The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16
BICYCLE NOTES.

An English legal light IS ~ the opinion
thai he scoEcher can be pax down n ere
Nay only. AID that : By psaelng am on 4
wheel which cannot be Tiassn az speed
greater than two miles an ho1r-
A new Industry IN connect s9n with h4cy-
cling has recently sprung ap IN New York
city. A company has been organized.
which agrees 70 keep he bicycle clean Ter
year fer small sun. TIE same company
also contracts 20 keep the wheel IN repair
upon the payment Of a certain amount.
one OF the troubles OF wheeirsa ~
windy night may be overcome BY t1- use
q an apparatus for lighting lamp which
has lately bean invented. IL II called
bicycle gsr. and Is placed in the hole be-
siSe the lamp with 8 common parlor
match in iss muzzss BY pulling the tris-
ger the match Is pushed between Two
rough Jaws. and igggted inside the lamp.
where the Wind viii not exsingaish II.
inexperienced riders have tendency 70
Initiate their tires as fully as posi- bic. This
Is mistake. for the advantages of TIE
pneumatic feature are almost entirely
lost. and one might Just as well return 10
the old-fashiored solid tire BY no means.
however. is it necessary 10 so 70 The other
extreme. and ride with the tires 50 soft
that they chafe against .he rim. Expert
ence has shown that 10 initiate the tire just
hard enough 50 that one may easily make
a slight impression with she thumbs is
best, as the full elasticity of the air can
then be obtained.
There is a controversy IN progress in
Pittsh4Tg between a clergyman and a
physician. In a sermon recently delivered
the clergyman alleged that: "A number
OF young men who took part In the road
races last year are lying in the ceme-
teries today. as the result Of over-exeruon.
Young men enter the road races for the
tempting prizes that are offered. The eN-
ertion is too much for them, they take 10
bed, and in a short time. no doubt. many
OF them VIII be called 10 their reward"
The physician says that he has made an
investigation, and that not one death has
occurred In Pittsourg which can be traced
TO bicycle riding.
sufferers from sick headache. neuralgia
and hysts-fa have reaped much beneft
from regulated cycle riding, and many
cases of so-called palpltation have been
cured" says a medical authority. In
somnia has frequently been found 10 yield
TO the proper use OF the bicycle, when ev-
cry other soporffic has been dehei. and
many cases OF persistent nocturnal cramp
have been relieved. 1t is niece ssary, how
ever. 10 warn every one VINO is not an ex-
psrieneed rider against the abuse of this
exercise. Young girls are broken down for
q time by riding too far and too fast while
still unfit from lack Of practice for any
really hard exertion.
Many admontions TO riders with PEN
chant for developing the monkey hump
have been printed OF late. but still evil
dences of this unique creation are TO be
found on every hand High handiebars
are the vogue. bur, as IN everything else.
some people prefer not TO follow the fash
ion. Physicians are crying that wheel
men are suffering contraction Of the lungs
by riding too low over the handIebars.
Their warnings have not been needed. The
sooner the average cycler appreciates that
II Is bad form to pose as a scorcher the
sooner there will be a healthier lot Of
wheeimen in this country. Even girls have
a craze for low handlebars. and should be
taught TO know more than 10 adapt them
selves TO within that is ridiculous and re-
pulsive.--New York Times.