T he people of this great Republic are revealing more clearly every year the traits that, in the individual, characterize the extremist. To occupy a middleground, to be conservative, is abhorrent to the average American, particularly the young men and young women of this country. It has to-day obtained such a hold upon the younger people as to threaten the danger which comes through extremism. It is being run into the ground for the reason that bicycling in moderation is something the American youth finds impossible. This tendency to extremes in bicycling is stimulated by the handiwork and the brain-work of Americans.
Every year finds the wheel better and cheaper than it was the year before.
In direct proportion does the number of its admirers and its riders increase. It can not be gainsaid that wheeling is a delightful exercise, and, taken in moderation, conducive to health. If the seat of health was located in the calves of one's legs, the bicycle would develop a race of Methusalehs. But too much bicycling is worse than none at all, and it is time for the spirit of moderation in wheeling to be manifested.