The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-28
FOR A BICYCLE CLUB
The Anadonda Wheelers Will Meet
and Organize.
SOME RULES OF ETIQUETTE
How the Gentleman Should Con-
duct Himself While Riding In
Company With a Lady
Notes.

The project for securing membership
to a bicycle club is meeting with en-
thusiastic encouragement from the
wheelmen. All of the members of the
league which fiourished a few years
ago who are now in the city, have
Joined the proposed club. More than
30 signatures have been obtained to
the agreement calling a meeting, and
the date for organization will be set
in a few days. The committee in
charge of the list is Messrs. Knight,
Greig, Hamilton, Neal and Wisner
The growth of cycling is making
new conditions in society which give
rise to new relations between the sexes
and the following as solutions of prob
lens and etiquette of the road are
timely:
The basis of good manners in bicyc-
ling as of good manners in everything
else. is common sense and kindness.
Armed with these the cyclists need
never fear that they will make any
breaks on the road. In fact, the whole
manual of etiquette might be boiled
down into the maxim, Use your
head"
bicycling is in the more need of a
set OF rules for behavior because of the
peculiar conditions under which the
sport is carried on. Men and women
ride side by side for miles. and while
woman ostensibly and voluntarily puts
herself on the same footing as her es-
cort by accepting the same conditions.
she is still the weak member of the
firm. and needs a certain amount of
helping to enjoyment and forbearance
on hills. One should never let his sell
fish desire to plug" up a good hill,
for instance, pull him away from the
side of the lady, whose weaker muscles
las we'll as heavier wheeD make IL
necessary TO dismount humbly and
meekly at the foot and walk up. OF
course, you show her how easy ii is,
and what a strong rider you are. You
can dismount at the top and wait for
her. but IL isn't kind. It's lonesome
walking hills alone. In brief, Ii is the
duty OF the men TO see that the women
get as much enjoyment out of their
trip as possible, and II is also the duty
of the women to give as little trouble
as possible.
Here are a few rules to remember,
paste them in your hat:
Never pass a dismounted wheelman
trying to repair a break without offer
ing assistance.
A dismounted woman should always
be offered assistance and a man stop
ping to offer her such should dismount
and uncover.
1t is always proper to speak to a
wheelwoman in distress without an in
PRODUCTION.
But no service rendered to woman
on the road entities a man to her ac-
quaintance.
In following a narrow path. ladies
first. and leave good distance behind
them.
The rule for positions has always
been ride on the left hand side of a
lady
When riding with a lady. should you
come up behind a wagon at such a
time that you will be forced to pass
between IL and another approaching
team. take the lead and in a way force
open a passage for her to come
through
Pass an approaching wheelman. We
hicle or pedestrian. on the right.
Pass anything going in the same d.
rection as yourself on the left
When you come up behind any per-
son on foot or mounted. or any vehicle
ring your bell.
At a corner If you see cyclists on the
cross street go a little slow till you
find out which of the three possible
courses they mean to take. A slight
turn to the left by you gives them
better chance to get by. but too much
would cut them off from riding down
the street up which you have come.
Always be ready to give way rather
than sprint by.
II riding on a sidewalk on coming to
a blind corner always slow down and
ring your bell
The reason given for riding on the
LEFT hand side Of n lady is simply that
one may have his good right arm ready
to assist her IL necessary. Following
this reasoning, il would seem that a
left-handed man should reverse the
position. But there is another reason
in this rule for position. which is that
riding on the right side of the road
the man is always between the lady
and any vehicle that may pass them.
w. c. Morgan. an expert bicycle re-
-. a. Il.