The record-union., 1896-05-31

since the season opened it is impossible
| 10 predict what the bicycle will look
/ like at the end of this summer.
1t is possible for wheelmen to injure
themselves physically by an over-in-
| dulgence in wheeling, in taking to the
exercise ravenously at the start of their
| cycling careers. AS soon as a person
| buys a wheel the first thought is for
| spin over the country roads. Considera-
bic discretion should be exercised in this
respect. Begin by taking short rides,
and increase them in proportion to the
! strength developed. BY following this
method it will relieve the rider of many
strains and stiff joints that always en-
| sue when wheelmen exhaust them
| selves by riding too fercely at the out
set.
AS we have annually done heretofore,
we advise the purchase of a high-grade
wheel for the new riders first mount,
providing of course he can reasonably
afford it. There are cheap wheels on
| the market which represent excellent
value for the money, but the satisfac-
ton one takes in having the best that
can be got is worth paying for, to say
nothing of the fact that the highest
grade is sure to give the best results
| during a seasons use.-American
| Cyclist.
NO. sir!' exclaimed Mr.. Meekton;
Il will not stand it any more. 1 have
! rebelled at last"
What's the matter with you?" asked
his friend
MY wife has gone too far. I'll stand
| her wearing boomers and leaving me
at home to rock the cradle But when
| she pats me on the cheek and tells me
that if am real good she'll take me out
and teach me to ride a bicycle, it's time
| to call a halt. .'-WashingtOn Star.
! The deadbeat wheelman who is rid
ing across the country without a cent
| in his pocket on a wager has bobbed
up again. This time he is riding around
the world and is expected to come back
with $1,000 in his inside pocket. 1t
would be a good thing for cycling if
! some enterprising policeman would nab
the man and jail him for vagraney. The
| less we see of such fellows the better.
=
A well-known bicycle instructor in
--A - soy A4AelA manly 8Ol1lCl4 4OOA FC4y
awkward on their wheels because they
do not sit correctly. The seat is as
important in wheeling as in riding a
horse. On a wheel mademoiselle or
madame should look as though com
fortably seated in a chair, with the
hands merely resting on the bar, not
gripping it for support. The point of
| the saddle should be just enough raised
| to prevent her from slipping forward
| One reason why women, especially
beginners, find UP hill work so very diff
ficult, is because they do not have the
sa ddle at the correct hight. On level
run no Inconvenience will be found if
the knee does not straighten quite out,
but when it comes to grade, the best
force can be put on the pedals if the
rider can actually stand erect on the
enc which is down; in other words, if
/ the leg from hip to ankle is Strengthened
to its full length at each revolution.
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The popularity of the wheel has not
only brought out the athletic qualities
OF many women who had never taken
UP any outdoor sport and been a benefit
to womankind in that way, but it has
created new industries for the sex In
the bicycle factories women are en-
ployed at working on the rubber tires
and in other departments Of the bust
ness. In one factory alone there are
800 women employed at work which
they find easy and pleasant
Ny bicycle girl has wheels dn her head,
And limbs that have muscle and
grace;
But that which really caused US to wed
Was her beautiful bicycle face.
Mr. Crimsonbeak-Whe Constance
was younger she used to ride a wheel,
and 1 tell you she'd take nobody's dust.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak--You dom, say?
Mr.. Crfmsonbeak-Yes but now she
has reached the marrying age she's
willing to take almost anybody s.
Yonkers Statesman.
|
Walker-Er-when you run into a
man, the rider is as likely to get the
worst Of It as the pedestrian, isn't he?
Wheeler-You bet he is. The last fell
low 1 ran into only lost a front tooth,
while had four spokes broken and my
| sprocket wrenched all out of true.
In the spring a malden's fancy
Lightly turns to thoughts of bikes,
And with girlish necromancy
She dear papa's checkbook strikes.
-
scorcher-I fell off my wheel yester-
day and gave my shoulder an awful
twist.
Pacer-What you might call bicycle
wrench, Ell?
Mr.. Parsons-so you are the little
girl I used to hold on my knee?
Miss Bloomer-Yes.
why you've grown to be quite a man,
haven't your"
They ride on a wheel that was built for
two
When out on a century run,
But when he is calling they use, it is
true,
a chair that was built for one.
The horse that uses the city streets
costs the public one hundred times as
muchin the wear and tear of payements
as the bicycle. There is. therefore, less
reason for taxing the latter than the
former.
Look out for your digestive organs,