The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-17
Anaconda Nel0s.

worst of these legal transactions. Tn
soions have put breaks, lanterns an
bells on his wheel, made him respon
sible for damages resulting from col
/, lisions and have declared his noun
to be a vehicle and not baggage whe
he wants to travel on the cars.
With the growth in popularity o
| cycling, however, and the increase o
riders. there has come a strength tina
Is making its influence felt, in the leg
islative halls. The bicycle vote has be
come an element in elections and nov
the wise representative of the people
some of them are wheelmen, too, max
effort to get solid with his wheeling
constituents.
Amendments to the codes are now o
frequent report. which make 1t a mis-
demeanor to throw tacks, glassware
nail-studded boards or anything els,
that might puncture a pneumatic tire
upon the highway.
The roads are receiving attention
NO agency has done more to secure
good roads than the bicycle, and tbs
work is only just begun. Beside tn,
improvements in the road beds, the
wheelmen of California and some oil
the eastern states have demanded
guide posts and distance notices, for
the information of travellers and the de-
mands were granted
In New York state they have gone
even farther and now in Oneida and
Niagara counties have reserved for
their special use paths by the road
side.
E. Anaconda's city council has several
times of late discussed the subject, but
have taken no action. With a wide-
awake bicycle club in the city. how
ever, the interests of the wheelmen
"a Aad
Now I want to say a word to the
wheelmen and wheelwomen who ride
solely for the exercise and leasure they
get with it, writes Bicycle Champion
A. A. Zimmerman in the New York
World
This is just between ourselves, of
course, and mustn't go any further.
Sit up straight when you ride. If
you are out for a mild little jaunt you
will enjoy ii ever so much more If you
sit up straight.
There's nothing so attractive about
the road that you should keep your
eyes on IL constantly. Study the coun-
try you are riding through.
III in city street keep your Shout
ders back and your head well up so
you won't meet with an accident or
cause others to meet with one.
Give your lungs an opportunity to
fill with fresh air. That's what you
are out for
To see you stopped over is not a
pleasant sight.
Ladies, / don't care how handsome
your costume is or how pretty your
face may be, you look hideous when
you go all doubled up. How can we
tell II you are pretty If we cannot see
your face?
If you don't stoop over your wheel
you will not be afflicted with what has
become known as the bicycle face.
There is form about riding a bicycle
just as there is good form at the
table.
1t is just as much bad form for you
to double over when riding the bike as
1t is for you to use your knife when the
fork should be used.
Bear it in mind, won't you, when you
go out this afternoon, or tomorrow,
Or the next day. 1t is never too late to
mend.
Brace up and keep up and mark the
difference.
A few don'ts, things a rider should
not do, are perhaps profitable read
ng:
Don't attempt bicycle tricks before
7ou can sit in the saddle.
Don't linger on the railroad cross
ng.
Don't think diamond frame wheels
we're designed for women.
Don't think sweaters and bicycle
suits were made to save laundry bills.
Don't think boomers give a woman
license to act like a man.
Don't join cycling club unless you
want to, but it's a good scheme
Don't stop under a tree and turn
vour pedals by hand to run up the
Mileage on your cyclometer. Someone
night be watching
Don't drink beer while on long rides. |
I makes the rides much longer.
Don't collide with railroad trains. 1t |
3 not good policy for your wheel
Don't ride down to business" unless |
ou are properly dressed.
Don't ride so far from home that you
ant get back.
Don't sell your last years wheel be-
ore you know where to get a new
ne.
Don't think that you won't be in 1t"
you don't have the latest make of
yheel.
Don't ride eight or ten abreast and
AXE up all the road.
Don't learn to ride on a new wheel.
tent an old one.
Don't run over babies because they
appen to be squatting in the road.
Don't take off your back step to re-
love an ounce of weight
Don't trail after the scorcher who
asses.
Don't buy freak wheels.
Don't wear too blooming boomers.
Don't ride bicycle in a dress suit.
Don't forget to keep to the right.
Don't talk too loud of private af-
tirs.
Don't chew gum. IT looks band and
oesnt make your wheel go any
Lster.
Don't stay out too late.
Don't pull your belt too tight
Don't ride hard over the car tracks.
Don't sass back" at even an I'M
ounted policeman. He may have a
irtner ahead.
Don't fail to find out which way the
ind blows.
Don't ride fill voli'ra hlaoLr n H.