The sun., 1897-12-08
CYCLING.


PierreiItr, the Partisan expert motor
multiplct stccrcr, gives his experience as
follows:- Personally, ! must admit |
was almost scared to death the first time
mounted the tripIct motor machine
not so much from the fear of a break
down in the machinery, as from the
dread that burst of q tire might upset
us. Since then, however, all fear has
disappeared, and given way to a kind of
intoxication caused by the internal speed
at which the triplet travcIs.'
Ankle motion comes into play between
the two horizontal positions, forward
and backward. 4 rider holding his
wheel in check begins to "back pedai'
from the time the pedal is in its lowest
position. Every bit of pressure which
bears on the pedal from that time until
it reaches its upright position is a "back
pcdaling' or checking effect. Manifest
ly, then, the ideal pedal action leaves
the pedal absolutely free from pressure
while on its upward movement. In how
many cases is this done? Yet all riders
who do not do it and allow so much as
the weight of the foot to be lifted by the
rising pedal are literally working
against themselves"
An enthusiastic club man has been
sitting around this fall perspiring over
the perfection of portable device to in
fate tires without effort. This suffering
cycist is chemist, and he has invented
a small reservoir, hardly larger than a
handpu,ap, which will carry chemicals
that, in uniting, create highly expan-
sive gas. The device couples with the
tire valve the same as an ordinary pump
but instead of working as if to save a
ship she rider has only to turn little
thumbscrew, and, like magic, the tire is
blown up. If he tlrtnls the thumbscrcw
back quick enough the tire will mot be
blown from the rim. The invclitot'clan,s
that the gases created by his composition
will not injure the rubber in the tire.
In England tl,e:Salvation Army OWLS
and operates complete cycle factory
The product ofxhis factory issased, ft st,
to mount Salvation Cycle Cavalry ION,
and then to further fill the >Army's war
chest by being disposed of at hand
some profit. The wheel is titled the
Scarlet RuHncr' -,
The success of Jay Eartsn, theSnd
| king, in match racing, has been phe-
nomenal The Elizabeth man has won
26 of so match races and aIas beaten each
rider at least twice, in eachrase VIZ ere that
rider has beaten him once Eaton stand.
ready to- cover $500 ii necessary for s.
race with Eddie Bald, who is giyVI
preference in his last challenge.
Nearly every rider knows 's'hat it is.
to have trouble will! the chain bolt ta.at
couples the two links where the cue:
OF the clE'iil are joined. Manr patlet'c
scenes have had for their central fealrt a
perspiring victim struggling to sn'a i
tutc a piece of wire for chain boh tIs!;
has dropped out and been lost in 'E''c
dust OF the road. It will tbe welcnlc
news that an indianapolis >rkain1'aR ar
has devised 4 thin pla',c which pivore +"n
the side Of the cham link and shov2s
imto place 50 that thcn is lr possibility
Of the bolt working .!ocsc. The idea is
being copied by othcrahairnlakeHs.
Bltissel., a BordcauS ridW has ctta J.
Iished tn, following uRpacd0 records at
tt@ VeloIrome due E'are, Paris 'ho
ynrds, Standing start, :u) 81, =" .Nurd',
standing r"-', ~ 20 ; |A.aards, tlNihg
st,r4 ~ 10.