The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-04
THE WHEEL.
Training for the l0O-Mile Relay
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Bicycling is gaining ground rapidly in this
city and Stale. Clubs are being formed through
out The country ana when The roads are in a
condition for travel The local wheelmen Will
take advantage of long wished-for oppor-
lunity OF riding many miles 10 see their best
country girl
The next event of importance will be the 100
mile relay race, which. no doubt, Will be holly
contested, between the distance riders of this
city aud Oakland
The Reliance Club wheelmen have arranged
club run for the 18th inst.
Ihe Northern California Division, j.. A. W.,
now has membership of 720.
A wheelman whiting to friend from Sydney,
N. >. W.. says: Aucnalaria, i think Will be
well TO the front at the San Francisco Mid.
winter Fair. All departments of sport are on
the Job and should arrangements be made,
VIII be Well represented. Our famous little
wheelman Wally Kerr will be there. ana should
give American and English riders quite merry
lline, II not beating. so mote IL be.
AT ltangiOra sports on January l. A. C.. Will
moi, the hve-me champion OF Auchalaria. won
All but one OF he bicycle events lie started IN,
lowering the New Zealand records for three
distances. viz: One mile bicycle handicap,
MN: 26 80 Sec; half-mile championship of
New Zealand, min. 10 40 Sec; ladies' brace
Iet zone and half niles, > min. 451<2 sec. The
hve-mile championship was won by Wilm0t In
IA min. % sec.
wheel attached 10 the hub OF the wheel be-
tween the spokes, is being fitted TO trick riders
machines. When wound up it revolyes at great
speed, and. ny supplying the motive TO The ma
chine, allows The rider 10 concentrate his atten-
tlol upon the execution OF his feats
Women are wonderfully deficient in mechan-
lea! aptitude. Two wheelwomen were discuss
ing pneumatics recently. and one of them gave
the other this sure receipt for The discovery of
a puncture: "Ail you have TO do" said she,
els 10 put the tire in tub of water and II il is
DuQcture0 II VIII either sink sWlm-I FORGOT
which,"
The pneumatic tire is generally considered an
Invention OF recent BIRTH and the application
OF the pneumatic principle TO Ihe wheels OF
vehicles other than cycles 10 be even younger
growth. But the patent records show that The
pneumatic lire was the very first form of elastic
tire ever invented. That was in 1916. The
FIRST solid rubber tire was not patented till the
next year.
A chain requires almost daily care. Smoth-
cred as II Is IN dust and mud The friction 10 the
rlVets aud blocks Is excessive, and causes he
chain TO lengthen through the rivetS and blocks
wearing. ana 1t very soon gets out OF pitch; in
other words, the links no longer fit exactly be-
tween the cogs OF the chain wheels. This re-
suits In still greater friction and loss of power
and In extreme cases the chain will even ride
over the teeth of the eoe-wbeel, and perhaps
sraiu the frame of the machine In doing so.
Hence the careful cycllst Will always clean his
chain.
chain. The mud should re let dry. He should
then brush IL with an old toothbrush or brush
specially made for The purpose, and he should
run piece OF rag between each link. A drop
OF oil should next be applied 10 each Tivet and
another TO tile block where il comes III contact
with The tooth of the chain wheel. PeriOdi-
cally the chain should be taken off altogether
and soaked for some hours in paraffine. While
soaking It should be moved in every direction
10 make The dirt come out. 1t should then be
either boiled in tallOw OF soaked for some hours
in pure sperm oil.
In adjusting his chain, too novice should
be most Careful. 1t goes without saying That
the nuts at DOtn ends OF The spindle must first
be slackened. He must then pull The ends of
tie spindle back in The Jaws of The back stays
by means OF the small adjusting nut, and in
doing so he must lake care that both sides are
pulled back the same distance. so that when
The spindle nuts are frightened mp the wheel
VIII be quite straight in tile forks III il Is not,
the two chain wheels Will not be on the same
plane ana the chain will not run tue over the
cOgs, but Will rub against the sides and thus in
crease the friction. In some cases chains
mount the cogs from this cause.