New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
Y THE CYCLING WORLD.
HINTS FOR SUMMER TOURISTS
STATEN ISLAND RoUTEs-A DANGEROUS BoU11E-
WARD cRossINc-wHEEL1NG GOODS IN DE-
PARTMENT sToREs-TowPATHs FOR


PARrMENr sroREs-TowPATHs FOR
BICYCLE PATHS.
The Delaware Water Gap trip is again classic
tour for wheemen of the Greater New-York
this year. Every Saturday number of parties
start from here for that charming ride. A man
who has just returned from the Gap gives this
advice to those planning TO 60 there: 1T Is wen
to arrange your ride between Port Jervis ana
the Water Gap for the afternoon. Most OF 'he
way the hills range along the west side Of the
road, so that there is beautiful shade IN the
afternoon, while the sun beats down directly on
you in the morning. There were ten IN our
party so we were able TO buy our railroad TICKETS
from Port Jervis to NewYork at half-prlce. II
the number going together IL less, IL Iisnt ~
possible to Join with other cyclists VINO might
be met on the road in the purchase OF zen zen
tickets in lump 10 secure the discount W.
made a mistake. however IN buyIhs uV NJ.
through to New-York. Arriving at Jersey lily,
we tried 10 get wheels, but couid NOT me
baggage officials told us that they had oeeh
checked through TO this city ana coulu ~. ot -.
delivered at any other place. Consequently at
Jersey CITY we saw our bicycles piled on bag
rage-truck G nd thus hauled to the ferry. we an
had lamps on wheels, and the OIL ran ou,, ~
that the machines were covered with IT, ms
As not good for the tires. believe and hao we
arrived after dusk some Of us might nave ma.
TO walk home on account OF havins . ~ 70
The right thing to do is TO buy your 'iVhe. 20 ~
Jersey city and then to get your wheel there
end pay your ferriage over.
An addition will soon be finished to the al
ready superb system of Staten Island roaoa
This will enable cyclists to make partial CIR
cult of the Island and will be or speclai sei'iee
TO those crossing TO Port Richmond lron" '''
Bergen Point ferry. This is now faVorite way
of reaching Staten Island az one can cross '''e
Hudson River by the Fort Lee or Forty-seconu-
st. ferry. reach the Hudson County BouieVaf'
and ride to it's southern end, only snoi uiS
lance from the ferry. Thus the trip oO"n ..e ",
W. GUYS crowded avenues to the Battery is
avoided. The new road Is reacheu . ~ - -
Port Richmond Road. which leaos ron ti'e 80 a
7, runs south across the meadows ana Over
long uooden bridge crossing the Fresh ME
Al the end one may turn left TO Gli1oru . &c
ond then right striking the Amboy road at On
Sora.s or keen straight ahead to Eltngville, COM
INC out upon the Amboy road mere me us
lance from Port Richmond to TottehVlle
shorter by some three or four miles thai H.ote
80 shore through Tompkinsville and then SOUTH
The latter route however, offers pleasant va
r,etv for the return trip. II is now p'Ssiple -
ride over the new road. but the macauAh vi S
go viii not be finished for some weeks Re
ra3rs are making on the Amboy road nut
strong and skilfu rider need not dismouht lot
them
c+a+en Islanders think there is no other SUBURB
9, the metropolis in which the wheel Is more
caad MANY workmen and some worklng"ohel
gave carfare by riding their bicycles 10 anu
from, their labor If they use this methou Oh
TRANSFORMATION in the morning and rain sets III
they nevertheless pedal home IN me eHe''. nnd
1'he roads are so good that this is possipIe, anu
thns II is not infrequent that men ana women
are seen riding in fairly heavy ram; S"ipe -
tiers and other mechanios Co CO. nenarhanser
Tnds II possble to carry great roll OF waiipapsI
IN this way The women and chlioren Nv -. ~.
shonnine awheel. carrying home small druciee
go - ,be,r Ia n5le-bars Grocers without being
esSed 70 do so. put such purchases In strong
naper bags which may easily be attachen " VI
cycles.
An agreeable feature about tandem riding Is
that the person in front need have no previous
experience at riding. 1t is usually dilncui' 10
persuade girl who has never before peen on
bicycle that it is perfectly safe FOR heI 70 se OH
O tandem and allow the man behind 10 90 az
Shs balancing Yet such Is the case. II she VIII
only help little with the pedalling ne WI, a 40
the rest Probably person VINO no mas spo ," would
more readily learn to ride a single vince. a,
any the tandem trips VIII 'eHd 10 F Is
confidence In ones self, the lack OF VIII" 10 q
chief difficulty In learning to ride.
What has been said In this column ABOUT the
general practice OF riding at greater speed Una"
eight miles an hour is borne out by an inter
view with Policeman George w. Brown. OF the
bicycle squad. Everybody rides more than
eight miles hour" said Policeman Brown.
.The average rate is fully ten miles, but we don
about a bicycle can control II easily at that rate
and one who doesn't know, can't go so ias'. AS
long as machine is safely unoer cohtrol, t" YER,
- no danger It's when the speed gets over ten
miles that there's danger Of trouble You can
shut off quickly enough, and you can't turn anu
dodge"
The accident on Wednesday at Sixty-hfth-st.
and the Boulevard calls attention to one OF the
worst danger spots in the city for cyclists. The
c.b,e-car tracks cross the boulevard at an acute
angle and the street sprinkler seems TO De espe-
cially lavish with water just here ms com
bination is extremely conducive to falls. The raiis
of the horsecar line also add to the uncertainty
of the going. and besides, there Is heavy traillc
THE pillars Of the elevated road are also an ob-
etruction The gripmen on the cable-cars olteh
show little regard for the safety or DrycIsts'
They go at a high speed past this point. and they
oyten keen their cars so close together that one
cannot pass between them. At times half q dozen
cars are punched here on one track AZ soon as
the head one moves few feet the one next IL I'M
gnediately closes up TO the gap. and so on IL Is
impossible for a person on foot 10 pass between
them much less one bicycle. The car when
s.rncl the man on Wednesday WAS going 80
rapidly that his body was thrown IN the ar
good way to avoid this crossing is to reach
the boulevard and Riverside Drive by way OF
Central Park and Seventysecond-st This route
IL little longer from the plaza at Flfty -ninth-st
and Eighth-ave.. but the road Is good all the way
and the surroundings are pleasant ~ IS true Una
the cable-car tracks must be crossed but al righ'
angles inexperienced riders who go up or down
the Boulevard should be careful at Sixty-nfth-st
10 take the tracks squarey. Skilled ones would
naturally do So A good plan Is to cross the street
under the lee OF a wagon going In your direction
utilizing the football tactics OF interference
This device is useful in crossing any crowded
thoroughfare. on foot or awheel
Another lesson Of the accident at sixty-ifth st
a the advisabllity OF carrying In your pocket q
card giving your name and address for purposes
Of Identification. There was no clew by which II
could be learned who the injured man was. Bicy-
clsts wearing some club insignia could If knocked
unconscious or killed, be easily identified by Eel
Iow-members Persons going tours are more
likely 10 carry their cards with them than in the
city vet the gravest danger Is in the city streets