The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-12
AMONG YHE VREELNEN.
Items Of Interest to the Local
Cyclists.
THE RACES All PROVO.


Views of Mr.. Emise on the Tire
Question.
Come Utah Centurians and Their Records
Gears Used by the EIyers-Riuts
for Riders-Lafferty's Try
at the Record
Since the inception of the pneumatic
tire the efforts Of their makers have
been directed to the perfection of
fabric which would tend to speed and
comfort in the tire. The experiences of
the past season have conclusively
shown that the very properties of re-
sistency which tend to make a perfect
riding road tire are the very elements
which make it impossible to obtain top
notch speed on such a tire, and vice
versa This is exemplified in the Pal
mer and Cleveland tires. John Palmer
has certainly secured speed in his tire,
as the recent worlds records will
show almost every racing man of any
Palmer. In this tire the threads of the
fabrics are laid diagonally, making
the receptive qualities comparatively
stubborn, and in passing over obstruc-
lions the rider is lifted While the
Palmer tire on the track has been
proving its superiority in speed, the
I1Ozier people have evolved tire with
a view toward comfort alone. Instead
of a diagonal fabric, as in the Palmer
tire the threads in some other tires
are laid in parallels directly across the
tread. Tt has been amply proven that
wheels having this style of tire are
better coasters on account of the re-
ceptive qualities in passing ever OBJ
structions, and the work required to
lift the wheel over an obstruction, as
in the case of a Palmer tire. is over
come by the fabric, which allows the
obstruction to bury itself in the tire.
1t is obvious. therefore, that a fabric
which presents hard, unyielding
tread, which has been proven neces-
sary for fast work on the track, will
prove an uncomfortable tire on the
road, while on the other hand, a re-
silent comfortable road tire will lack
the essential elements of a speedy
track tire. Makers of 1894 wheels who
desire tires both speedy and comfort
able viii be obliged to adopt a sep
arate fabric for track and road use.
c. A. EAIISE.
THE PROVO RACES.
Those who witnessed the recent
races at Provo were doubtless sur
prised at the large crowd present
Surely wheeling is progressing at a
rapid rate when such towns as Provo
turn out from six to seven hundred
people at a race meet. True the at
tendance was swelled by visitors from
sister cities, Salt Lake for instance
sending about seventy-five people, and
Payson, American Fork and other
towns sending their quota of Specta-
tors. The races were very interesting
IN spite of rather Indifferent track,
and the audience were delighted.
Through some misrepresentation the
track was rolled smooth in the center
while the sides were overlooked. This
virtually threw the riders some five
feet from the pole instead of eighteen
inches SO that every mile they rode
was a good long one. Notwithstanding
this fact, Enise in one Of the quarter
mile trial heats, lowered the competi-
ton record Tor Utah, time 80 seconds,
and Weller won the half mile, also
lowering the record, time ITO. The
honors were divided between Weller
and Jensen in the finals, the former
taking the half mile and the mile and
Inc ldlltE lllE QudIltI HIT l-lOdN
again caught his competitors mapping
In the two mile handicap, just as he
did here at the division meet, and
jumped away just when they didn't
expect it, winning handily. Altogether
the races were a. huge success.
UTAR's CENTURIANs.
It isn't all wheelmen that are
fond OF hundred mile spins, but Salt
Lake city has quite a list of riders
who have accomplished a century in
the stipulated time Of sixteen hours.
The chief centurian of Utah &C. A
Emise) appointed by the Century Road
club of America is the official who rec
ognizes claims for centuries. If no
record is kept and attested by respon-
slble people at points along the route,
it is not recognized and consequently
not official. Therefore we have both
official and unofficial century riders
The official list is headed by Emise
himself, with a total of eight centuries
TO his credit. A w. Game comes next
with four, Browne, Angel, jr, and
Game, IT., have three each, Robbins
and Miss Matte Moffat two each, and
the following one each: 7. o. Angel,
ir Ihrig. Senior, Stein, Mrs Stein.
Hemenway and Joeger.
The unofficial as far as known are
Falconer, AIarrineaux, Gum, Scott and
Kelly. who have one each
Emise holds the record 10 hours and
10 minutes, which is excellent consid-
ering the roads. Miss NToffat made
one of her centuries in IS hours and 80
minutes. We know of no better time
being made by western lady.
GEARS USED BY FLYERS
Zimmerman the wheeling wonder of
the age finds 6S gear just about what
he likes. Tyler also uses a 6S while
Windel pushes a 50 and Sanger a Y
gear. The tendency of all great riders
however, at the present time is to-
yard slightly lower gear. 1t has been
found that such gears as so inches are
not productive Of as good results as
from 60 to 20.
Among our local flyers, Angel uses
a 81. Weller TO- Jensen IS, Ingham 661b.
Enlise IS, Hemenway 20. For quarter
mile, many riders prefer a 81 especially
if they are rapid pedelers, as the lower
gear is capable OF being quickly put
in motion.
Cycling Echoes
johnson has lowered WindIe's rec
ord of mile flying start from 1856 2 s
to 1:55 3-5. Horsemen have given up
the idea of a trotter ever equalling the
wonderful speed of bicycle.
Enise has pulled the Utah official
record for a quarter mile down to
341-5. Charley pegs away at records
with an Uncomfortable will, and by way
of recreation piles up century runs to
his credit and grows fat over such
trifies.
Last week, Lafferty attempted to
lower the five mile track record for
Utah, but failed to come anywhere
near it He had but two pace-ma kers