The evening times., 1896-09-22
FACTS FOR THE CYCLISTS
Eating Hurriedly and ScOrch-
ing a Bad Practice.
BEGINNERS ON THE 7 TANDEM
Match Race Between Starbuck and
Michael Being Arranged-Tandem
Riders Should Practice Uniformity
III Stroke and POwer-September a
Fine Month for Wheeling.

Riders Should Practice Uniformity
III Stroke and POwer-September a
Fine Month for Wheeling.
September is the finest mont h IN the year
for making bicycle tours. and hundreds OF
cyclists are taking advantage OF the fact.
The cyclist who will take the trouble to
follow carefully all the published hints for
his wheel may rest assured that IL will DE
spawned. knock kneed, ,bowlegged andhain-
strung within five weeks after he has
begun his treatment. The fact OF the mat
Ter is that hints are not so much needed
for the wheel as they are for the rider.
A bicyclist, in speaking of club runs, re-
Gently sad: Il never accept any more ill.,
vitations to go to club runs. l have passed
beyond that stage, and am 10 longer a
novice. 1 prefer TO go off by myself and
tour IN the suburbs OF the city. and i'll the
fuIl enjoyment of cycling l find time to
utilize the bicycle as means OF learning
more about the city and its suburbs than l
ever knew before. There is a large num-
ber of riders who fail TO enjoy bicycling
tecause they have lost sight OF everything
but mileage records. / remember some
time age | was invited to 60 on u century
run. / Went along. but did nothing but
hurry from the start. When We arrived
at our destination we We're told that we had
forty-five minutes for dinner, fact that
forced everyone TO bolt down his food as il
his life depended upon it,"
When the forty-fve minutes were I'D
the order was gwen to start. Imade up my
mind To finish IN dinner and told my friends
to e. home and leave me. that proposed
tn ride back slowly and when got tired
lintednded TO take "A train. got home tIllt
evening about 8 O'Clock after an en-
joyable day. My friends the next day won
dercd why they had that tired feeling and,
for all know, the ytbii, kthe y have he rig-t
idea about cycling. Scorching pelI-nlell
over the country may do for some of the
cranks. but 1 prefer to go alone and take
IN! Time. Since / invested in my bicycle /
find that my appetite, digestion, and gen
erai health have improved. am no longer
at loss for amuseme nt.''
Frank T Fowler, of Chicago, has placadin
the bands Of Dixie Hines,of New York,
deposit of $500 to bind match race
Il
buck for one hour Michael broke the 4 mcr-
lean record Frida a the meet of the Quill
Cub Wheelmen, and Starbuck was de
feaied by only eight yards in the nour.
Details will probably b. arranged today or
tomorrow. The manage of Starbuck wants
the race TO take place at once but LEX Is
anxious to have the matter hang over
until Michael is in better condition.
Many people who mount tandems for u
long road run as the first experience ON
double wheel are not impressed with
the delights OF that sort OF wheel
The trouble is frequently lack Of practice
with the other rider. Riding tandem is
like rowing n double-scull shell; il is
necessary TO get the stroke OF the other
fellow. one rider returned disgust from
his first trip
Il don't want to think il of the friend
who rode with me- he said, but feel
as If he had back-pedaled all the way"
The other fellow told a tale of nearly |
the same suspicion against his cumrade |
As matter OF fact, each made it harder |
for the other by not having practiced |
TO get their stroke and power uniform |
It's exactly tine same proposition as Il |
compound engine operating one shaft !
Any engineer knows how nice ! s the cal |
culation necessary To make each stand |
al equal part of the strain and exert |
an equal power upon the load"
The pleasure of riding and the exhilara-
ton of the exercise are such that it is No.; |
easy to tell Just what ones limit or speed |
and distance should be. One gets so wrought |
up that fatigue is overcome, and there Is
an overdraught on the nervous forces
When man has been working hard be
has not full stock of vitality, and SHOULD
regulate his pace accordingly Athletes
become aware when entertaining has mad.
them stale. and at once 20 easy on Their
exercise. Bicycle riders should learn 10
identity these symptoms and to act accord
ingly. Some OF them find it best to put |
their wheel aside entirely for one moutI, |
each summer. Swimming, yachting. tcu-
MS ana golf supply them sport aud exercise
meanwhile, and bicycling is then taken up
again with renewed interest and vigor.
Long distance racing has appa rently
finally caught on this country, and next
year there will doubtless be many more
events OF that class held here. In Eng
land and France they have always been
popular. but for Some reason American
crowds have, until recently. never taken
kindly 70 them. The success OF the five.
mile events, Which are now included in
nearly all meets held in Philadelphia
and which were first introduced bv
D. s. BuDnell, have contributed largely TO
This change of sentiment. and the records
made by Michael, the Welsh rider a Man
haitian Beacn last week. in the hour race
have made Some of the American profes-
sionals ambitious to lower the worlds
ong-distance figures, nearly all of which
are now held in England