New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-01

SCHEDULED FOR TO-DAY.
Among some of the interesting club runs
arranged for to-day are as follows:
Colonial wheelmen, to Asbury Park. Leave club
house. Eghty-ninth-st. and Columbus ave. at a. m
Harlem Wheeimen. TO East Islip. Long Island
Club century run The actual riding time Will be
ten hours and ten minutes. and the resting time
three hours.
Falcon wheemen to Coney Island, Leave club
house. No. So2 Manhattan-ave.. Brooklyn atty a. m
South Brooklyn Wheelmen. 20 Roslyn' Long
Island: Leave clubhouse. No. AIS Ninth-st, Brook
Ign. at a. m.
Yorkvlle wheeimen to Roslyn, Long Island.
Leave Clubhouse. No. Ia East Eighiy-seventh-sS.'
at $50 a. IN.
Riverside wheelmen. to waltham Mass Left
clubhouse. No go West One-hundred- and fourthst
yesterday afternoon. Three days trip.
Press Wbhesmep to oo NswDOrp staten 5s Island
Prospect Wheelmen. to Tyrrel Lake and Pough-
keepsie. Annual picnic and three days run
Leave "a e s Whssms4 to at c m
New-York Wheemen. to Albany. Left on the
AiDany boat iaSt night Mhee to Poushkeeps'e TO-
Liberty Nheelmen. to Rockaway Beach. Leave
clubhouse. No 500 Gates-ave. Brooklyn. at a. m
klniskerbOcker Wheelmen. to Tottcnylle Staten
a. m @'''"'"'' ->' - ''''''9
The cyclist who has "bucked" against stiff
wind can easily understand how a big yacht can
be propelled at the rate If twelve miles an hour
by the breezes OF the sea Experienced tourists
do not forget to calculate the wind in planning
their trips. Riding in the teeth of a stiff blow is
not only slow. but dsagreeable work. and ii is
often wiser to take a train than TO attempt 1t.
Then the return trip is a delight for the
wind adds appreciably to the speed. The strength
Of a moderate breeze can best be felt going
down hill against IL. Sometimes cOasting is i'm
possible under these circumstances. while with
favorng wind hill-climbng becomes much easier
The number Of cyclists on the avenues and in
the parks has already shown increase and will
no mi N
1t is true that there has been no lack Of wheel
men and wheelwomen all summer. but the ranks
will now be recruited with hundreds who have
been out of town. Every resort where wheeling
was possible had its quota Of cyclists. Even in
tle mountains where the roads were lily adapted
FIR the sport certain part Of the summer colony
r?de. The New-Jersey coast. Long Island and
finer regions where all was favorable to wheel
ing. the cyclists were legion in number All Will
return 10 the city with more less zeal for the
pastime. and crowded roads may he expected
every afternoon and all day Sunday. Some Of
these returning wheelmen have learned TO ride
since leaving the city being impelled to ii by the
leisure which business or other cares denied them
in the spring.
Then. too, there are some riders who find the
hot weather distressing that they do not mount
their wheels in July and August. These will now
be ready to take up the sport again. The num-
Der of SUCH however is comparatively few, and
indeed il is remarkable how men and women will
go through severe physical exercise on a wheel on
hot days. Persons who, seated where they get
the benefit of all the breeze there is, complain Of
the heat as intolera0le, will put on bicycle gar
ments and their wheels for a spin
when the temperature is just as high. Some men
who gave up wheeling temporarily for sailing and
swimming will soon be ready 10 go back to it.
In the absence of information that is anything
like complete. it would not be wise to draw gen
era conclusions, but cyclist believes that
good roads have come TO be most important
factor in the popularity of summer resorts OF
course. peorle have always wanted to be in re-
gon where the driving vas good but the vogue OF
wheeling has made this feature of much addition
al significance. Doubtless the element OF good
roads has been deciding one in the case of some
wheelmen who were in doubt as to where TO spend
the summer, but the rider quoted says that GER
tain resorts have suffered severely owing to the
wretchedness of nearby roads He mentions
some which have had bad summer for no other
reason so far as he can see On the other hand.
according 10 his observation. where cycling may
be practised the best advantage the hotels and
boarding houses have been filled Certainly some
prophet ors of large summer hotels are well aware
Of the drawing powers Of good roads, for they
have joined in building them.
Complaints about the scattering of broken glass
and lacks are varied occasionally by those con-
corning deliberate and direct injury to tires. A
man who dismounted at roadhouse along the
Coney Island path particularly unfortunate.
He left his wheel in the regular rack and went TO
the piazza for a glass OF something refreshing.
Half an hour later when about to start for New
York he found his rear tire cut IN three places.
a sharp knife had been used If the perpetrator
Of the villany was friend Of the proprietor OF
roadside repair shop and wanted to help along
his business. ne overshot the mark because the
gashes were 50 large that the man had TO buy
new tire.
wheeman from Brooklyn ventured across
the Bridge the other day and then rode from
Beekman-st to the extreme upper end Of New
York City. He chose the East Side route, where
is hal rlv all he and chad
Central Park by Madison-ave. and Fifty-eighth-
81. In talking Of his new experience he said u
had no difficulty whatever in riding through the
streets Of New-YOrk. After mounting my wheel
IN Beekman-st., near Nassau | was not compelled
To get off until got to about Seventh-st. on Sec
ond-ave. There team turned differently from
what i expected. and | was in danger of getting
pinched. From the City Hall TO Chatham Square
along Park Row is not bad riding al all; | Judge
from that specimen that the granite block pave
ments in New-York are better laid than those in
Brooklyn. At Chatham Square turned into Di-
Vison-st. and then took the first turn TO the left
on Chrystie-st There | made a mistake. for the
asphalt on that street goes only 70 Grand-st
and l had to go along Grand-st. to Forsyth,
which has asphalt all the way That took me to
Houston-st.. and then one block of stone pave
ment. not at all bad. brought me to the begin
ming Of Second-ave The asphalt on these down
town streets is good. and found the pavements
surprisingly clean. OF course there were good
many people 10 be looked out for especially chill
dren. for pedestrians use the pavement appar-
emily much the sidewalks. Fast riding
here would be impossible. or at any rate dan
gerous, both 20 the rider and to the people on
foot / took slow pace. and even then came
pretty running into several people. found
the crossings at Grand-st. especially crowded
and could only get safely across by going eau
tiously / had my first experience on this trip in
trying conclusions with horsecars, and found 1t
easy rolling of log 10 get away from
them. Second-aVe. is so broad that II is safe 10
ride at a pretty fair speed there. The asphalt
ends at Twenty second-st.. but rs fwenty-second-
ST. is asphated ii is easy TO get to Lexngton-aVe
and then by Twenty-siXth- ST. 10 Madlson-aVe
In reference to his experience further up town
the Brooklynite said: - found the Riverside
Drive very pleasant indeed for wheeling Dut
can't say that l enjoyed getting across from the