The record-union., 1895-07-13
CTCLERANIA.
The Best Wheels and All About
Riding.
Notes on the Craze of the Day-Wheel-
Ing Wit and Wisdom-Cost
of Cycling.

There's where you make the biggest
mistake of your life." declared one of the
listeners. why, that's the thing about
bioyoling-irs SO cheap. You pay Sl00
for your machine, and that ends it."
There was further discussion, and it
wound up in the purchase of bicycle by
the man who wanted to economize. After
all, 500 seemed very little for six months
of fun, and so be was persuaded that 1t
would be best to buy a special make of
wheel at a cost of Sl25. Of course he
must have bell, but that was only 81
and a lantern. and that was s., and
cyclometsr, which cost 81. Then came
stand, at 81 80, and toe clips, at 81, and
lubricating oil (only % cents, and
illuminating oil (only 40 cents, and
graphite "a modest % cents, lock and
chain (Sl 80 was the figure for these), and
g pump (S2 50).
A handsome suit cost S25 to make. 1t
was so light IN color that mud would
ruin it, so the clubman bought second
one for rainy weather. This one was S15.
kangaroo bicycle shoes cost 81, two pairs
OF Scotch WOODEN stockings S., two
wOolen shirts 81, aud sweater IS. The
young man wanted TO go touring, and S3
more went 1or road maps. y leather lug
gage carrier was So 80. One of his tires
sprang leak and had to be sent to the
factory, SO he bought an extra one for
s. 30. He had one collision, and the bill
for repairs was only So 80. 1t cost 81 to
have TWO punctures nended. A watch
10 be fastened to the handle bar was 81.
His first saddle didn't suit and q second
one involved the expenditure Of another
So.
"WelI, how do you ike bicycling?"
some one asked the young economist.
Its great. / hope TO have complete
outfit ofsundries by next spring, il they
don't invent too many new appliances IN
the meantime. Expensive? Well, il isn't
as cheap as it's cracked up to be."-New
York Tribune.
HOW WOMAN SHOULD RIDE.
Woman has conquered the bicycle; the
bicycle has conquered her. Woman and
bicycle as com Dination are permanent.
Therefore there IS no more important
question pending at present than this:
"How shall the bicycle woman dress ?''
She shall dress, first of all, modestly.
Next in importance to modesty comes
beauty. Woman's constant mission on
earth is to be beautiful and to cheer her
interior-man. She must not interrupt
this mission even while bicycling. Her
dress must be convenient. 1t must not
catch in the pedals or wheels. 1t must
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her feet. 1t must encourage the deepest
sort of breathing. It must be healthy
dress. The skirt must not be too long or
too short.
The boots, shoes, leggings, etc., must
be we'll chosen. They must not De hot.
They must not cramp the linn bs they
should protect. The hat must be a beau
tiful hat and commen sense hat. 1t
must tempt mankind without tempting
the wind. The entire costume must not
be dashing and sporty" Nothing 100
coy or too demure viii do for the bicycle.
Bicycling Is sport, and the costume
must go with the game.-N. \. World.
ELECTRIC LAMPS FOR BICYCLES.
The electric lantern for the bicycle has
not arrived. AT least those that have
been tried in France have not worked
satisfactorily. Where storage batteries
have been used there is the objection of
weight, but more serious IS the liability
OF the carbon films IN the incandescent
lamp to break under the vibration that
cannot be avoided. a Harlem electrician
has appeared on the road 1or a month
with magnetic light that works Iairly
well. 1t is generated by an apparatus
that must be made smaller to become
popular, and the light only burns when
the machine is in motion. The faster the
wheel is propelled the brighter the light.
BE SURE TO HAVE a LAMP.
Every bicycle rider should provide
himself with a lamp for use at night.
The city ordinance requires him to do so,
but if it did not he should have one out
of caution and to secure himself as far as
possible from committing an irreparable
injury To run down pasSer on the
street is dangerous affair to both parties,
and the risk may be considerably lessened
by the use of a lamp.-Chicago Times
Herald.
THE BEST WHEELS THE CHEAPEST.
AS well might one try to economic on
false teeth or wooden leg as on bicy-
Gle. The best is the cheapest in this case,
ii in no other. and when you find your
self on s lonely road, far from car route
or alienation from the hot sun, the rain,
the wind or fierce thirst, with broken
pedal or fractured handle bar or an un
upblowable tire or any other cheap dis
qualification, you may give the SO you
saved on the wheel Ito bOot' for another
make, or TO the doctor for cracked
crown There is no economy in q cheap
wheel.
THE CARE OF THE BICYCLE.
After a trip on boulevard and park
roads the machine should stand until the
mud is thoroughly dry, and then can be
wiped down with dry, soft cloth. For
an ordinary rider oiling after each hum
dred miles is suf1icienL-Chicago Times
Herald.
CONDENSED CYCLING CHAT.
It's said that bicycles are driving the
suburban electric roads into spasms.
In France and Germany no less than
twenty varieties of motor cycles have ap-
peared
The men with "wheels in thcir heads"
the manufacturers, are making money.
Bicycle lamps cost all the way from
81 30 up TO 81 and will hold enough oil
to burn about four hours.
II is estimated that there are 5000 bl-
cyclists within q radius OF ten miles from
the City Hall. New York.
In Chicago reeentlya plucky wheelman
overlook a runaway horse drawing u
buggy. grasped the Drlule ana sIoppeo
the frightened animal.
Even the dead are TO ride with comfort
TO the grave, thanks TO The pneumatic.
An Atlanta undertaken has hearse
equipped with pneumatic tires.
The sum of 100000 marks is included
IN the German army estimates the pres
ent year for the supply OF bicycles to the
army. Two wheels are assigned to each
battalion.
wELL-KNoWN PEOPLE AWHEEL.
The British Embassador, Sir Julian
Pauncefote, and his fair daughters are all
expert riders.
Phil Sheridan, the fourteen-year-old
son OF the famous warrior, Is great
wheeiman, and is seen daily spinning
about the fashionable avenues OF Wash
ipgton.
Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer, Cruger. known
i'll literary way as Julien Gordon" is
suffering from q sprsined ankle and
other injuries received from bicycle
mishap.
Mrs Truxon Beale, who will be re-
membered as Miss Hattie Blaine, daugh-
ter of-the late James G. Blaine. is a de-
voted cyclist and wears q most attractive
and becoming costume of tan.
The Princess Adolphus OF Teck, the last