The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 7, No 11
Articles in this issue
- The editor argues that the League of American Wheelmen's only practical achievement is the Railroad Committee's work, citing its success in persuading the New York, Lake Erie & Western to carry bicycles free in baggage cars, and urges that attention be turned next to the Long Island Railroad.
- Boston correspondent 'W. I. H.' relays an interview with H. D. Corey on English roads, the popularity of cycling, lightweight Coventry machines from Rudge & Co. and Singer & Co., English tracks, and a spirited 'scorching' ride from Ripley to Surbiton with John Keen and the Cooper-Webb Humber tandem.
- Reprinted from 'Mercury' in Land and Water, an account of the Crypto two-speed gear designed by Thomas Shaw of Finsbury Square, with touring testimonials from Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hutchings after a 500-mile Scottish Highlands tour and from Captain W. Warner Dennis.
- New York city letter by 'X. Y. Z.' reporting the Citizens Bicycle Club's opening reception at 313 West Fifty-eighth Street, attended by 400-500 guests including Col. A. A. Pope and Gen. Viele, with ventriloquism by A. F. Camacho, boxing by Fowler and Young, and Riverside Drive badge enforcement.
- A satirical telephone monologue signed 'Tertius' addressed to the secretary of a Baltimore bicycle club, disputing claims in his last letter and lecturing him on temperance.
- Reports the bicycle events at the American Athletic Club's annual winter meeting, where T. W. Roberts of Poughkeepsie won the two-mile final from scratch in 8m. 3 1/5s. over E. C. Parker (Harlem Wheelmen) and T. Thayer (Ixion Club), plus a fancy-riding exhibition on the Star by Master Thos. Finley of Smithville, N.J.
- Trade note on Zacharias & Smith of Newark, New Jersey, who supplement the H. B. Smith Co.'s American Star bicycle with sundries, lately producing a larger rubber-surfaced Star step and a Star leg guard.
- Humorous clippings reprinted from other papers: a Reading Bicycle Club rider's collision with a cow, the Armaindo-Morgan-Brooks-Woodside six-day race, G. P. Bastian's planned transcontinental ride, Howell on his defeat by Prince, and Kangaroo jokes.
- A review (from the Gazette) of the Kangaroo safety made by Hillman, Herbert and Cooper of Coventry, describing its 36-inch chain-driven front wheel geared up to 54 inches and citing G. Smith of the Merry Rovers T.C. covering 100 miles in 7h. 11m. 10s.
- Publishes the Department of Public Parks order signed by President Egbert L. Viele setting hours and routes on the West Drive and Riverside Drive for badged members of uniformed bicycle and tricycle clubs, with riding rules barring coasting and speeding.
- A New York Telegram reporter interviews a wheelman who argues bicycling is confined to those who can afford an $80-$150 machine, that it develops every muscle, and humorously describes the after-effects of spills.
- Signed 'T. L. O.', a report of the Keystone Bicycle Club of Pittsburg's third annual Thanksgiving-eve banquet at 'Mashley's', with toasts to the ladies and the club's history, 'St. John Lemonade', and a letter read from former wheelman E. J. Waring.
- Captain F. M. S. Jenkins of the Ottawa Bicycle Club gives Karl Kron a detailed road guide for the 128-mile route from Ottawa to Montreal via Clarence, Caledonia Springs, Hawkesbury, L'Original, Rigaud, and St. Annes, noting surfaces, hotels, and scenery along the Ottawa river.