New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-22
TN THE CYCLING WORLD.
MANY CLUBS HAD ROAD RUNS YESTLk-
DAY.
THE QUESTION OF HIGH OR Low HAND1Es-coL'
1JsIoNs on THE RoADWAY-ADNER-
Using A WHEEL.

- "a. q srlendd day yesterday for cycling. and
early everybody who owns a whee! TOOK a SPIN
Somewhere during the day In Brooklyn the drives
to Prospect Park and the cycle path were uncom-
fortably crowded.
nh, Wheeling fever mas caught the entire Metro
noltan Opera House people from Jean de Reszke
~, ia the ushorS Both Jean and EdouaW de
paezke are enthusiastic wheelmen. 1t is SAID tha'
come OF the singers have wheels which they never
leave at home. Max HiTsh wants TO ride out ne Il
particular about MS wheel. He has visited every
academy in the city. and ne Is yet TO find his idea!
wheel He proposes to ride wheels belonging u
friends for three months on trial
Most Of the clubs in the neighborhood gave runs
Yesterday among the number being the following
Tev-York Athletic Club Wheelmen, Gramer'!
wbselmcn I.euox Wheelmen, cyclone Whoemen
r-iun1rh Wheenen Williamsburg Wheelmen, Long
island Wheelmen, Nassau Wheelmen. cycle CIuD
OF brooklyn. Amsterdam Whcelmen HUDSON County
Ub.enen 18th Regiment Wheelmen. Essex count!
u-beelnen Riverside Wheelmen. Alva Wheeneh
C.I,,,al Wheelmen New Wheemen, Harlem
Wboeluen Pequod Wheelmen. Excelsior cycle
CrIb Metropolis Wheeimen, East orange OEcIe'S
Hangs County Wheelmen. Brooklyn Bicycle CIno
concord Wheelmen. Pastime Athletic Clno Nhee1-
men Manhattan Bicycle Club, Quickstep NheeF
INC, New-Manhattan Athletic Club, WheeIneh
r,hor,v Wheelmen Press Wheelmen, Century
zybeelmen Tourist Club. New-York Wheemen
1avinrton Wheelmen. Riverside Wheelmen. Bush
wick Wheelmen. sd Regiment, South Brooklyn
Wheelmen.
Tho bandle-bar Of wheel plays an important
mart to the purchaser of a bicycle. Inc average
legtnner cannot get the handje-bars hgh enough
srd the veteran rider. particularly one who is fond
g ,,,.bino cannot get them low enough. The
..nicvces bump" in consequence is increasing al an
alarming rate. That riding with low bars II III
,,r,ous rather than beneficial Is admitted by AL
.et nine ou; of every ten riders one meets on the
hi, -, lou Ia
tho advanced woman riders have fallen INTO the pau
,,ah,t Women who ride bent over in this way look
I,tle short of monsrous. and as soon as they real
izo This they will probably adopt a more sehsio'e
style of riding.
Tho o,g Island Wheelmen gave a fve-mle handi-
can race at Flushing yesterday. There was GU,
si1o9 crowd present and the contest was spirited
one throughout 1t a ckand-neck hhlsh ne
tveer Frederick Kesler and Edward Border heser
winning by a few inches The time was Il minutes
and % seconds
vbee,ncn generally are evincing lively interest in
The Tribune's Croton cycle path. and the IeE'S'a-
tors at Albany will do We'll TO get that Dill 'lI"ue"
,s quickly as possible. The little opposition maui
fsste5 really amounts to nothing, and while one
nan for personal reasons might oppose the path
there are thousands who favor 1t. The League oil
American Wheelmen ndorses the scheme IN la'''
every wheelman.in the State does.
crrasb,ns were numerous on the Prospect Park
drives and down the cycle path yesterday ana
splinters were strewn about rather conspicuonsN'
MANY whee,men were seen returning TO their homes
with broken pedals IN their pockets, piopeHlhs
their wheels with one foot. An enerprs ng eehiu fs
ST. up little repair shop in Bergen WOODS JUST o'I
the cycle path and he was well repair
The race between James Butler, Of the GL:ey
House and James Gray, of the Fith Avenue ny,
has been postponed Temporarily IL Is saiu ma AZ, ,
I-,ice told the men that the race couid hQt an
place in this city l. Is now Ro oPRR'fss m 10 m9 and
Papa" Hart 10 be the judges.
John NJ Ward. Albert Johnson and E. II, Talcott'
If baseball fame. are enthusiastic cycle r!drrs,
8nd they are TO be seen on the Bolievard nealH
every dav 1T IS a grand sport said Ward yes,
raining for nearly twenty years. and now 'hal
am out Of baseball ! find that l must nave e@e'
else OF some sort. and cYcIhs IS just 'ie ''''9
There are just thirty-four operators employed in
~ mis- number thirty are enthusiastic wheelmen.
Two Of the remaining four are SAD to to r0nd of
that they far advanced a.ohg 'H' iOa" VI
lie TO take up wheeling or AWNING eise'
inc near the entrance Of Prospect Park YESTERDAY
ronyersinr about their wheels. All three belongcI
10 Brooklyn bicycle clubs as could be toid Dy .n9
b baI3n5I or wsa up 70 h trio and said
of them. VINO rode brightly painted "heei: : Zee
here. young man This IS nice way to advertise
",,r wheel Don't you think il about time that you
did some hus,ng?' The young man mounted MS
nbeei and rode off remarkag 10 his companions:
Il did not pay for this wheel but am gong TO-
cycle dealer near Prospect Park made record
yesieIaay, NJ iyei ~ The wheels were rented over
again during the afternoon.
Cyclists desiring 10 join the League OF American
Xheelmen may obtain full printed niornd'I0 3; ana
blanks by sending name and address TO the Cychhs
Editor, New-IOrk Tribune