The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-10-12
THE WHEELING WORLD
Points About the Bicycle and
Use.

Points About the Bicycle and It's
Use.
Some of the following points for wheel
ing, given by surgeon, are familiar,
others are new, and are good for pedes-
TRANS also:
Never ride within half an hour OF a
meal, which means either before or after.
Wheel the machine up any hill the
mounting OF which on the wheel causes
any real effort. See that the clothing
round the stomach neck and chest IS
loose. Have the handle-b bar sufficiently
raised to prevent STOPPING. Be as sparing
as possib bic of taking fluids during long
ride. Except the wind, road, ETC., be
favorable, never ride more than ten miles
an hour, except for very short distances.
Never smoke while riding.
An automatic bicycle Instructor is the
latest appliance devised to educate in the
art of balancing on the wheel. The inven-
tor claims that any one can learn 10 ride a
bicycle with the aid of this attachment
within an hour The appliance, which
! looks like carpet sweeper, is secured TO
the lower part Of the framework of BIZ
cycle. The wheel is then bound to stand
up. 1t cannot fall. The pupil is thus
taught 10 acquire seat. Little wheels on
the under side of the instructor permit it
to run freely over the floor as the bicycle
is propelled. After while the instructor
by read justment, Is raised clear off the
floor. but still il is impossible for the
wheel 10 tip over. The machine is in
tended for use in academies.
The bano OF the touring wheelman Is
the country dog, which runs out snap
ping and snarling. often causing serious
accidents. 10 meet this annoying feature
OF suburban travel q New York wheel
man has taken out patent on what he
calls dog gun" 1t is a small rubber
affair with nozzle like the atomiZers
used in the toilet, and it Is designed TO be
filled with ammonia. No dog with his
eyes full of the biting liquid will continue
an attack.
The English two-mile whistle bracelet is
now The fad for women cyclists. Women
wear them who wheel in the country and
are venturesome enough to go off unat-
tended. Tho call is warranted to be heard
two miles.
y patent safety bicycling skirt of Eng
lish design has valuable characteristics
1t is made of covert cloth of any shade. 1t
has flat, big plaits behind and is cut scanti-
ly SO as not to get inflated while riding. The
overskirt falls in a graceful fashion, COM
pletely hiding the motion of the limbs,
SO ungraceiully apparent in our ordinary
/ skirt. The garment is securely fastened
! by means OF double belt.
Light wheels are quite out of fashion
/ The rage for bicycles weighing eighteen
and twenty pounds has disappeared and
there is a very healthy reaction in favor of
heavier machines and larger tires Tween
/ ty-five pounds is none too heavy for a road
+ bicycle, and two-inch tires run better
/ than smaller ones. Furthermore, they last
/ longer and hold air better; 1896 will see
I heavier cycles in demand. Consequently,
+ it will see better, stronger aud more dur
/ able bicycles, and fewer accidents and re-
( pair bills, which is exceeding good. The
! probabilities seem against much reduction
/ in price. Skilled labor has ad vanced more
/ than 10 per cent. and is becoming scarce.
! The cost OF raw material, as it comes to
! the cycle manufacturer, has advanced
more than 10 per cent. The cost of SELL
/ ing has not decreased, but the knowledge
OF what is good and what is bad in the
makeup of high-grads mount has
ceased to be sphinx. One hun
bred dollars is the least sum which
will cover the cost of making and sell
/ ing a good bicycle with any chance for a
profit, and even at that price there is a
I mighty temptation TO slight somew here.
( With the certainty of prosperous sea-
+ son IN 100, there is little fear of cut In
! price among the best makers Wave.