New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
PART Ill.
PAGES 81 TO rs.
IN TIE CYCLING WORLD
MIN, o,.rnoor SEASON Is NEARLY HERE

,,,xr.r. c-r,.,rrs AND l. 4 W OFF lA''N I00N
''(''>' ,.,,..-.,, .ro RECORD BREAKING
vr,r- NOTES AND COMMENT"
.,,,.r WHEELING AFFAIRS.
!. sooo ~ :hc ,ros, IS ou' o. the @rounu' anu -
80, r,-,,iu there much longer. II" oE'"',s SEQ
'""''o' io.,, Even nov. With bad roads ana
so" VII oa,b.~ the. enthusiastic cycler can
-. .o., ~, the suburban roads nearly every di''i
NC ~, ,~oeracfs %: a successful season. Ooth
NV. and from an athletic standpoint, never
-, ,ri,b,or the manufactures j. happy man
,,s, now anj well he mAy'b be. Cor the oe'hamu ~.
now. wheels almost exceeds tn" supply All '"'
.,c,ories are uow running on full time ana many
~ tbe1 are practically running night ana day
-r,ra is 70, as much crumbling as there has been
o,,onc would-be purchasers about the price theN
,,,,st nav for their wheels. although nine out OF
avery zen cycling admit that the prices are
entirely too high The profits to the manufacturer
are enormous but the manufacturers OF cycles
form a close corporation. and II VIII take a mann
moth tidal wave to break it doNn.
our profits are rot larSe as some people
think" said a maker of one OF the staple VheeiS
20 the writer the othcr Jay cycle manufacturing
= business in Itself. and il has been run "a.
fcrcntIy from most other enterprises our me,ho"s
nave grown un with the business. and un'i '"o'o
is a change of policy cannot see much ''''
of a material change in the price OF ~heeIS,
..vo,, ,e', - ON, l,rcc maker should break away
ard o9or ~ sell wheels cheaper than TIE o'h'iS
what the effect would be? That has peem "o'o ~
ready. in fact. il was done last year ~"
who triol it simply ruined himself All INC ''"e'
manufacturers held aloof and watche" 'he :" "-7''
srd the alleged rctorlner soon reached lhe emu u
his rome and his business collapsed.
...rhora is only one thing Which will cheaper
b.els and the time may be close az hand. be-
lcve that the new % wheel is model in Itself
and ! do not how it can be improved upon to
any appreciate extent. The limit OF hSh'ness mas
7 believe. been reached. do not think that ser
v.ceable ROAD wheel can be built which can weigh
much less ;har nineteen pounds.
IF we can make this pattern last for three or
four years then We can afford to SCI cheaper
wheels 1t is the constant changing constant eX-
perimcntine the purchasing Of new tools and ma
rhinerv which has cost the manufacturers so much
money ] see that IL is charged that we are pull
ing wires ius, ike the hatters. that Is. that set
STYLES in wheels and bring ont new designs each
wear so as 10 keep the riders and enthusiasts
having new Wheels. II those people knew what
Il costs us 10 turn out a wheel they would
whistle another tune.
The affairs of the League OF American Wheelmen
s-e in better shape lust now. for In the choice OF
new officials wise selections have been made. with
possibly one two exceptions. League of1cials.
however viii do well TO drop personalities for the
present, and the leaders in each section should
buckle down TO hard work. The l.. y. W. Will
have a big expense list to meet this year and the
officials will have to do some lively hustlng to pull
the old ship away from the rocks which threaten
20 wreck II.
Every one speaks highly of the executive ability
OF the new president. a. G. Wilson and his appe-
lite for hard work is well known. He differs in
many respects from his predecessor. eX-President
Inscornb II is doubtful. however. if Wilson has
that bulldog tenacity which has always character
lied Luscomb. Isaac +. Potter is another good
man in the right place and only words Of praise
have been heard when the name OF George u. Cid
con- the new chairman Of the Racing Board, has
been mentioned.
The mistake made by Wilson ~ the recent
meeting Of the l.. \. w in resigninc his office
str,nlv because something was done which did
nIease him IS not likely 10 be repeated Wilson is
100 clever 20 be guilty Of TWO such breaks
in his incumbency Of the presidents chair. Each
hicf consul is nov watching the legislators in his
respective state. and in consequence the mushroom
bicycle bills will be fought from The beginning.
cycling men are watching with much interest the
p arrangements being made for the opening OF the
new cycle path IN Brooklyn ON June -. The num-
Der Of whceInlen IN line in this parade VIII prob
ably eclipse any wheeling celebration ever seen
In this part Of the country. Another meeting OF
the Good Roads Association OF Brooklyn Will be
held tomorrow night
President Albert ANGEL has appointed the .Ol-
lowing as a committee of arrangements 10 make
the necessary arrangements for the opening OF
tie cycle path: George =. Stebbins. chairman; ].
y. Drummer X. 7. Simmons, G. ". Shannon. Hiram
Y. kipp. Alfred y. Logan. :. ". Willard, Adolf
Bruc kheimer. T. ". Nash. l.. 2. Coleman. George
E. : iebDns, Frank Il. sohuIr. ". II. Kay, Hosea
T. Bcadolla. Charles II. Luscomb. ex-presidcnt Of
the l.. \. ". VIII Le the grand marshal Of the
parade
The following whcelnen have been proposed for
n The Good Roads Association: s
Glenn Wamsley, Long Island Wheelmen F. r.
Foster. Niiwood Wheelmon; W c. Ackiey. Max
Indig, Maurice Welt, Arthur j. Wolf. Mark Good
stein. the Lawrence Club James H. Brown. q. f.
Strnger. Walter Schumann. Mrs. A. Strin8eT Miss
O. L. Lyons Freq W. Nash, Thirteenth Regiment
club; Warren D.SAik.nan. Il. +. simmons. George
G Sowden. Of Anlty Wheeimen. John J. Garraty
LYNN II. shanks, A. T. Kipp NJ Brunner; S +
Chster. South Brooklyn Wheemen; Louis G Hess
Long Island Wheelmen; c. H. Denison A. W
Hudson Frank Menson. l.. s Harrison South
Brooklyn Wheeimen; l.. +. Coleman, Twenty-third
Regiment Club.
Thomas NJ. Winder, OF Nassau. Ind. left New.
Orleans last week an n trip around the Inite1 |
States a bicycle Winder makes the trim On \ |
wager as well as 90 establish record The dis !
lance he is estimated TO travel by circuitous coun
try roads f. q CO. m.lesto be done in 800 consecu
tive days. This 8 a daily average Of sevcnty-two
i'ni'S IL 'i"SSS iH y -iilff Stdles ana Terri
tories 20 counties passes through ssi cites towns
and villages ami registers at - points on the way
His route viii be west from Ncw-Orleans through |
Texas. over 20 the Pdcirc Coast. north 20 Tacoma
east TO Portland aion3 the northern boundary and
then south along the Atlantic 10 Tallahassee
Fla. and finally back 20 Now-OlIeans 70 win
the wager Winder wi be obliged to earn his own |
expenses on the way. This h. Will probably do
by newspaper correspondence His outfit Will be
'he most complete ever put the road and he |
VIII also carry a camera.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
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