Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-13

able "why." no said sfhe roarhcst Beiessn
block feels like a bIlliad table. THIS morning
was ON the beach At Southport. where she
sand was so sOf, and yielding it vas
at each step one 70 two inches I mounted q
pneums tic-tired machine and rode for some
distance, easily aud readily. on this sand bed,
utterly unridable 10 an ordinary rubbcr-tircd
machine Of any kind" IL would seem that on
many Of our American roads. where sandy
patches are frequent IL would he . great sue
cess
On the road near Coventry saw q man Who
had Just came sixty miles on one and he
looked fresh. and starting Of set the pace foe
q lot OF road scorchers"
LIApIx TO socIrtSrs
II is. however true that they have 20 Far
proved somewhat liable TO accidcnts occs-
sionally one will burst with q loud report
or very agsravatingly ooze out gently when
most needed. leaving the rider with a collapsed
balloon TO walk home. Tho small boy. whose
bump OF Neneratlon IL very small in compare
son with hls inquisitiveness. does call 10 the
life buoy" and road roller" and
may use 50 occasionally rs pin
cushion. with fatal effect on the tire.
OF course anything that will cut the tire de-
stroy Its usefulness. A by-s,Ander said ~ the
pneumatic: suppose you are OF on the road
and you cut your tire = flint or glass bot
tie. or boy runs pin through IL; what would
you doy" lie looked At him n moment aud
said Suppose you break your backbone,
what would you doG" or course there Was NO
more 20 be said
TnE CUSHION TIRE
is modification OF the pneumatic, but AZ zee
comparatively untried- The diameter is much
less though far greater than the solid tires,
the rubber is thicker and is hollow through ,he
center. Many leading cyclists claim the ''cush-
ion" is the coming tire. IL Is claimed n will
obviate most. il not all. the serious objections
urged against the pneumatic, wbi,o preserving
its advantages.
II is said they may be cut through without
seriously impairing their usefulness and that
they will not collapse. The only serious objec-
ton urged against thom that have seen IL that
they have been cut on the edges. but il was adj
| mitted tins WAS probably largely due TO the
rims, which could be remedied. They are
wonderfully elastic and comfortable on .
rough road.
Riding a Rodge safety. fitted with cushion
tires, at Viehy on August 20, Dubois carried OF
the principal event A few DAYS later
| Medinger borrowed this machine and came OUT
| first at La Rochelle, and in the very next event
at she same meeting, fourmior bor-
/ rowed 10 and also won easily. This would
| indicate what even persons unfamiliar with tho
machine could do with II A cushion tire has
just won the ffty-mile championship, and
| everywhere when brought in competition with
| solid tires they nave won easily.
lt would seem that the upright, or early
form OF bicycle, generally spoken OF 40 the
| ordinary, 10 doomed. Some are still
| made, but in the agents show rooms they are
| quite in the background Many Of them are
still seen the roads but mostly old machines,
| and far outnumbered by the dwarfs every where.
On the racing tracks few riders still cling 10
| their first mounts with which they arc moro
familiar, but they are frequently. and might
| say generally, beaten everywhere by their d.
1 minutIye rivals. The small machines have also
proved the best hill climbers, and road riders,
as the English say, all "go in for them" In
| deed, many steep ascent, which had beeu
thought quite unrIdable, Las been easily con-
| quered by the safeties.
| IL Ii curious that nondescript machine haa
just made a sensation. Frank Shorthand las,
| week beat the coach record between London
and Brighton and back by thirty-one minutes.
He rode a geared iacie bicycle and made the
distance, about l20 miles, Ina seven hours and
| nineteen minutes.
But find have no room left 20 continue ms
journey on the Great North road nor 10 tell
about the rare old ale supplied by The Green
Man" the jolly proyonder at 1.-The Nag's
Head, how safely passed ''The Great Red
| Lion" only TO encounter "Tae Little HE'D
| Lion" around the corner, or how The Glas<
Barrel" quenched my thirst. Z. ID. loRE.