The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-07

J. a. Farley. a. y. Cousins. J. w. Wing
Held. Ben G. Spransy. a. Bmshcar, X. L.
Moncure Gray Weber. W. II. Blunt. VI.
i. Whalan. r. L. Bloomherg II. L.
Bloomberg. G. Wilson. \. y. Stokes,
Charles proste. II. Woodell. II. Dollman.
!. NJ. Hensman. Il. d. Haller, a. l..
Patton, J. g. Hankins. NJ Labeaney. i.
Breeder. Jr., T. a. Sherman. o. II. Fun
stem. r. u. Yeats. S. r. HILL r. -.
Frey. J. X. Browning. W. II. Colquitt
II. +. Baskerville. 3. II. Randolph,
John Il. Savine, G. A. Gibson. Miss Rail-
Meyers
ACCURACY IN CYCLOMETERS.
Complaints are heard in reference to
tho inaccurlcy Of cyclometcrs, not al
ways with just cause. No doubt there
are some poor cyclometcrs on the market,
but the standard makes may be relied
on. II sometimes happens that rider
goes out on his wheel on the road where
the miles arc marked Off with posts, and
fails 10 find that his record agrees with
the measurement OF the surveyors. lie
ovcrlOoks the fact that the survey was
made in a straight Inc. and that II is
impossible Tor him TO ride I'm straight
line. even II the road IS wholly unob-
structcd. Every time he makes n swerve
10 right or left. or turns ont 20 pas. an
is adding TO his distance. I'm a run Of
five or six miles Il IS thus easy 10 add
half mile or more. which. II inexper-
fenced the rider may lay 10 the mac
curacy Of the cyclOmctcr. cyclOmcter
attached 20 tho rear wheel Of q bicycle
would measure the distance covered more
accurately than One on the front wheel.
since tho front wheel travels considerably
farther.
WOMAN'S POSITION.
Zimmerman. in a recent article tells how
n woman should sit on a wheel 10 is full
of truth. the result Of long experience.
and female cyclists may read II with
profit
A woman may look very charming On
her wheel. or quite the reverse. II rests
with herself. as am depends on how she
sits and manages her machine
First Of ala Il is most important that n
wheel adjusted 90 The weight OF TIE WOO
man who s. 10 tide 10 should be found
A nervous woman cannot r.de as light a
machine as her more robust sister It's
stronger Vibrations would soon send her
of her head. A twenty siX-pOunder is a
good weight ioi the average woman. The
saddle should line mp slightly back OF tho
pedals. and should be sufficiently elevat-
ed TO allow the heel TO rest comfortably
on the pedL At The lowest point OF its
arc
The handle bars should be so adjusted
that. when sitting erect. the rider can
easily reach the grips without fully ex-
tending the arms.
LOOK ATTRACTIVE.
To look attractive on her wheel and
get tho best results from the exercise. n
woman must hold her head well up throw
shoulders back and get rhythmic and cor
rect leg motion. The "camers hump"
which only belongs 20 the professionalism
Of the track. is at all times ineXcusable
and vulgar in a woman. The greatest !
difficulty q woman rider has 10 encounter |
when learning 10 ride IS how 10 mount |
and dismount properly. Horseback riding |
has perhaps something 10 do with this, !
as woman has always been extended The /
"hclping hand" on which She lightly |
vaultcd into the saddle. Men are per !
haps stnl as accommodating. but they /
are useless 10 the woman bicycle rider. /
and probably the nc~v woman would OILS
ponse with their services anyhow.
TASD AND GRACE.
To mount easily and gracefully one |
should turn 'he off pedal (Which viii be /
that on The rig'o n its greatest altitude. /
Then place the right foot on 10 and. /
lightly graspne the handles. vault light /
lv into the saddle. II is folly Tor wo-
man 10 20 on the road un,il she has |
mastered the mounting and disnounung /
diGieultv ~ times n may be a matter Of /
Ufe and death 10 be able 10 Jump or /
nring wheel. and with steady practice in |
this as I'm most things one can easily at
tain perfection The wisost course the
would-be woman rider can pursue is 10
take her first lessons from n thoroughly
competent teacher. Then. later. she will
have no bad habits 20 correct. The man
.aromont of her wheel Wll come as ma
tural 10 her and require as little apparent |
thought and eXcrtioD as walking does.
while the keen delight and exhilaration
OF spinning through the air will more than
COMPENSATE for the trouble Of properly
acquiring the art Of bicvcle riding.
BETTER ROADS WILL RESULT.
II is not very remarkable matter that
the whee'rnen Of the United states should
wish for better roads. saws the New York
Herald. but II IS remarkable tha. they
should have been able 20 influence the
legislative bodies Of nearly every state
10 such an extent that everywhere there
IS a movement for the appropriation OF
State mopevs 10 be devoted 70 the I'M
provcmcnt and betterment OF roads.
Good roads are a positive necessity 10
the bicvclst. This NAV be laid down as
the first axiom in the book Of the wheel
men Mr. Isaac y. Potter may be quoted
on this point:
1.-THE cycle path Is a protest against
had roads not desire Of the wheelmen
Give them good roads and they would not
ask for a path France has 10000 miles
OF splendid roads. 7 have ridden all over
that country and there IS no cycle path
II costs France $500 000 a year 10 keep
those roads i'm good repair. The assessed
Of personal real-estate in the
State Of New York is S5.000co0 yet there
is no State appropriation for the main
tenance and making OF roads
IN MASSACHUSETTS,
The Highway Commission Of the state
Of Massachusetts IS composed OF tl-re
members of the League OF American
Wheelmen That State has an a7pro-
Ration of $500 30 Il year for the improve
ment and repair Of It's roais New Jersey
has appropriations of 5000 900 from Stafe
and county. and during the last two years
has constructed aud improved mo-. than
one thousand miles OF roads. 81 Ken
fuckv and North Carolina the work OF
-tl structing roads is most active. IN tie
litter state convict labor has proved
b ghly successful. and in Me 1ien,ws
county a large number OF roads have
been built at a cost Of $3.50 a mile,
which is less than half the cost hal .
been done by contract.
Illinois IS hampered by a provision Of
he constitution against State approDria-
.on4 for local purposes. hut I'm Ohio.
Indiana and Wisconsin and in Rhode Is
and the work is going on briskly and