The herald., 1895-06-23
Here Is Something You
Want to Paste in
A#a@ @ Your Hat
A BEGINNER OR AN EXPERT
Can Read and Thoughtfully Digest These
Valuable Hints, and II He Will
Heed Them May Avoid
Trouble

Don'G ride ''head down."
Don't ride "dark wheel"
Don't coast without brake.
Don't ride your sisters "bike."
Don't swear by your cyclometer.
Don't "scorch" on the crowded boule-
ward.
Don't wear black sweater in the sum-
mer.
Don't ride on the sidewalk. 1t may cost
you s..
Don't carry an extra load. One is
enough for wheel.
Don't try to pose. Bicycle riding is not
D ''cake walk"
Don't oh don't appear in public on
wheel wearing silk hat.
Don't carry matches. 1t is cheaper to
borrow and more sociable.
Don't try to climb fences. The bicycle
is united for the steeplechase.
Don't forget your tool bag, unless you
want to lead your "oke" home.
Don't hold too tightly to your handle
bars. The vibration is very firing.
Don't borrow road map, Get one OF
your own, so that you can lend it.
> Don't wear 'toeclips" Just because
Zimmerman and johnson use them.
Don't wear puff sleeves, as it is hard
to sail against the wind with them.
Don't do stunts and fancy tricks on the
road. Leave that to the vaudeville stage.
Don't try to make dents in a two-ton
truck with twenty-three pound wheel.
Don't take up the whole road in your
efforts to guard your "bloomer" from
collision.
Don't ride up hill with an angle of as
degrees. You will feel better If you
Don't wear golf stockings on a long
Journey unless you are seeking MARTYR
dom.
Don't ride in the middle of the road,
or you will catch trouble 'a-coming-an1-
a-going."
Don't get gay and try to ride through
a flock of geese. - You Will be thrown
every time.
Don't drive out in the middle of the
road when there are fiocks OF bikes be-
hind you.
4 Doon't carry flask in your hip pocket
It looks bad, and is likely to be lost be-
Sides.
Don't whoop like wild west Indian
becaus,, you are out OF your own neigh
porhooo.
Don't stop at tramp's camp to study
human ma ture. You will rarely find it
at its best.
Don't race alongside of suburban trolley
cars. They DO not always remain on the
tracks.
Don't bend over on your wheel until
un uninitiated people think you are.
suffering from collie
Don t chew tobacco while riding on a
crowded path. The man behind you may
not like it.
Don't keep your eyes on your front
wheel. They should be directed to the
road before you.
Don't leave your money in your other
trousers. The country inkeeper is sus-
picious at his best.
Don't ''spurt'' blocks ahead and away
from the lady whom you are supposed
to be escortng.
Don't be afraid to wear "bloomers.
They have come: to stay as part of the
wheeling costume.
Don't forget to remove the chain lock
from your wheel before attempting to
resume your journey.
Don't put your trust in the sellers
guarantee of the inextinguishable nature
Of your new bicycle lamp.
Don't fail to notify your fellow wheel
men when their lamps are out. They
will do the same for you.
Don't ride off of a ferry. A boat Just
docked is often erratic, especially when
the tide is coming in.
Don't carry your baby e ~ in noaa i,dtg riding 9
decoration to your bicycle.
Don't try to raise your hat to the pass
ing 'bloomer" until you become an ex-
pert in guiding your wheel.
Don't buy bicycle with down curve
handles. 1t is impossible to sit erect and
bold that kind of handle.
Don't go out on a bicycle wearing a
tail coat unless you enjoy making
ridiculous show of yourself.
Don't store your bicycle at depot, the
proprietor of which is likely to rent it ont
during your absence.
Don't travel without jacket or loose
wrap, to be worn while resting. A sum.
mer cold is stubborn thing.
Don't allow taste for bit OF color in
your makeup to tempt you to wearing
red VI other gay-colored cap,
Don't get off the old gag about that
tired eeling'' every time you stop by the
roadside for little breathing spell.
Don't engage strangers with your views
on the subject of forcing all class cyclists
irto the professional ranks.
Don't shout central" 1t is very funny
but everybody does not know what it
means. Better ring your bell.
Don't absent yourself from church to
60 wheeling, as you and your bicycle are
welcome at most houses OF worship.
Don't attempt to ride on one wheel and
feat for many weeks in secret.
Don't leave your bicycle in the lower
hallway of your fat house for the otner
tenants to fall over in the dark.
Don't forget to purchase pair OF blue
glass spectacles If you are given to long
tours over white country roads.
Don't believe the farmer boy who says
that it is ''two miles to the next town. -
It may be two, four. six or twelve.
Don't be more than an hour passing a
given point although wheeling on dusty
road is honestly conducive to thirst.
Don't smile at the figure others cut
astride their wheels, as it is not given
you to see yourself as Others see you.
Don't go out after dark unless accom-
pan ed by an owner OF real estate, as you
may need bondsman before you return.
Don't be harsh in youl criticism OF
"bloomers as there is no telling how
soon your best girl may take to wearing
them.
Don't stop at all the road houses be-
tween Prospect park and Coney Island
unless you intend to come home On the
boat.
Don't take your dog with you. He may
not wreck you, but he will upset others,
if he is not killed in the first collision.
Don't coast down a strange hill with a
curve at its bottom. There is no telling
what you will meet when it is too late.
Don't try to speak Of ''the silent steel
steed'' in the presence of ladies after hav-
ing fingered overtime at some bicycle
Inn
Don't ride ten miles at scorching
pace, then drink cold water and lie around
on the grass, unless You are tired of life.
Don't try to carry your bike down stairs
under your arm. Put it on your shoulder,
or v0u will cOme to distress. Verh11 n,