The paper said he was obliged to undress and carry his wheel on his head for a considerable distance. There was a large exposition of some sort in Nashville, Tenn., that summer, and cyclists wrote the paper suggesting good routes to it. Readers subsequently complained about many of the suggestions. A.B. Wilson biked down by one route and returned by another in June. He reported to the paper that the best way to go to the big show is to buy a ticket and take the train.
Roads weren t great in town, either.
The paper complained about Boulder Street, a stretch of cobblestones on Broadway between First and Ninth streets. The Hell of The Ville, I guess. Unpaved streets, which residents would sprinkle to keep the dust down, apparently were worse. The paper complained in August that residents along two blocks of Oak between Brook and Preston seemed to be having a sprinkling contest, which turned the street into a perfect loblolly. Cyclists taking to the sidewalks had run down two or three children, and the residents apparently had the nerve to be upset about that.