The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-18
N THE CYCLING WORLD.
A NEW BICYCLE PUMP THAT WILL
BE SOUGHT BY WHEELMEN.

The BicycIist Touches the Button
and 1t Does the Rest-The Thun-
derboIt Road in bad Condition.
The Authorities Appealed to in
the Matter-Zimmerma to Return
to the Pnth-MichaeI Breaks Sew
eraI RecOrds-LittIe Likelihood of
the Kinsey-MayO Race Taking
Place.
Savannah wheelmen need trouble them
selves no longer pumping their tires win
a Woodworking hand-pump. Mr.. T. ~
Bryson, whose bicycle agency and repair
shop is at &C Bull street, has perfected
an arrangement which will revolutionize
tire initiating.
1t is a compound pump run by an elec-
trio motor of one-horse power. There are
two pumps, small one, which sucks the
air from the atmosphere, passing Il
| through a pipe to thirty-gallon cylinder
which holds the air.
This cylinder is located in the cellar or
the store and a pipe leads underground
from it to post situated al the edge OF
the pavement. Attached to the pipe is a
rubber tube with a stop-valve, which con
meets with the attachment and the tire
BY simply pressing the valve on the tube
the air is pumped-or rather let-into tbs
tire, and when it is filled, the valve is
stopped by simply releasing the pin.
lie pump can take on over 100 pounds
of pressure, but the average use will be
about eighty pounds. gauge tells now
many pounds of pressure are on and pre-
vents the putting on of too much pressure.
1t would seem that where there is such
a strong pressure there would be chances
of bursting tire, but it is just the oppo-
site. BY watching the tire and stopping
the air as soon as it is inflated there is
less chance of bursting a tire than there
is with a hand-pump, where the air is
pumped in with jerks and starts.
stand has been provided for wheels
while they are being inflated and wheel
men can obtain attachments for their
tubes by calling inside the store.
Mr. Bryson has been working on this
pump for some time and his enterprise in
putting it outside for the benefit of wheel
men will no doubt be appreciated.
The Thunderbolt road is in very bad
condition, and riding on 1t LAST week was
almost impossible. Why it is, wheelmen
ask, that the road authorities wait until
a moonlight night, when everybody is
out for a spin, to lay green shells on the
road The road is now covered in spots
with large green shells, which have not
| been ground or mashed, and it is death to
tires to think Of riding on it, unless the
cycler cares to ride slowly and take a zig
gag path, picking out the good portions Of
the road. and even then, if he is not over
| careful, he will roll his wheel back or
ride in on the rim. There was move
ment some time ago to apply TO the court
to make the road keepers keep the roads
in good condition, but it seems to have
fallen through.
There is a rumor in the air that thinner
man Will return to the track. The cd
crack-a-jack claims he is no has been,
and refuses to be classed with that aggre-
cation. He was a wonderful rider in his
day and the only distinct champion Amer
ca ever had. But he had not the competi-
tors in his day that now characterize the
| competition in the struggle for supremacy.
! Should Zimmerman return to the path his
advent would be marked by a rousng re-
/ ception from the public for 'Zimmie' Is
popular And, then, he was once champion.
Jimmie Michael, the little Welshman
! has been playing havoc with the records
! from one to five miles Last week he rode
two miles in 1885, breaking JohnSon's rec
ord made a few days before 1888 3-5. lie
made the three miles in $50 As, breaking
his own record of 5:S3 made the four
miles in 7.25 and five miles in 9;17 10.
Since Michael has been in America he
has pulled the fve-mile record down
from 1851 to 9:17 1-5
A friend of Mayo, the Jacksonville rider
who was matched to ride Kinsey, was in
Savannah last week. He gave out the
statement that 1t was hardly likely that
Mayo would be able to ride soon, as ne
was unable to get in condition on account
of that carbuncle.
Willis B. Troy, who managed the
| Stearns team, which went to Paris last
summer, does not underrate the ability
| of the French riders He says that
! France has champions of her own, and
| Frenchmen do not lavish attention on
the American riders as they did in the
! timeeof Zimmerman.
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD.