The record-union., 1897-08-01
SOME WHEEL NOTES.
A New Deca1ogue - Information
Items for Cyclists


ments':
/. Thou shalt have no other wheel.
before thine own, neither borrowing nor
lending that friendship may be pre-
served, and heart burnings be put far
away from thee
Thou shalt not scratch and injure
thy wheel, nor permit it to rust or
grow foul, for the keeping of the wheel
reflects the character of the owner, as
the neatness of thy attire expresses thy
sense of personal cleanliness.
3. Swear not at thy wheel 1t can
errors are thine Good breeding will
not hold those guiltless who curse this
accomplishing friend.
4. Remember a day of rest for thy
wheel when its tires shall be Debated,
its joints examined. its bearings cleaned
and its frame made neat Many days
shalt thou use thy Wheel but on sew
eral days shalt thou give it cleansing
and rest, and make its chain safe and
its joints timber
,. Honor the name of thy wheel and
the praise and good favor of it's maker
shall descend upon thee when extras
and new parts are most needed.
u. Thou shalt not scorch in the
streets, nor smash thy wheel against
curbs. nor dash it into cutters. nor
leave it in the hot sun, nor rasp it
against walls. nor stack it with other
wheels, to the wounding of the enamel
and the plating.
4. Thou shalt not allow another to
ride on the step of thy machine and
thus rack its rear wheel and task it's
strength unduly, destroying the tone"
of its spokes.
5. Thou shalt not fail to secure thy
wheel against theft by locking the door
of its apartment and securing it against
the schemes of larcenists; and, there
fore thou shalt mark thy wheel secretly
that thou may be able to positively
identify it; and thou shalt also register
its number in a convenient book
9. Thou shalt bear no witness against
thy brothers wheel He will soon
enough discover its weaknesses. Thou
shalt not go upon the road without
wrench. pump and patches, wherefore
thou shalt have the blessings of thy
fellow wheelmen who are not stopped
by thee to borrow.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy broth
er's wheel nor anything appertaining
thereto but go and buy for thyself
Thou shalt not condemn his saddle, nor
speak i'll of his costume. Thou shalt
not fell to warn him by bell or voice
as thou comest UP to pass him from
the rear, that he may not be startled
and 'wobble" and throw both thee
and himself.
The Wheelmen of Stockton have
watermelon run to Eintracht Park Au-
gust Sth and ask all wheelmen in the
State to attend.
Very little is doing just now among
Capital City Wheelmen. They have
done SO much and SO we'll that the club
is content to take midsummer rest
of few weeks.
c. j. Atwater, one of the most popu-
lar and best liked of all the Capital
City Wheelmen is about to leave Sac
ramento for Boston, where he will
study dentistry for three years.
On a long ride over rough roads the
most firing effects have been found to
come from the jarring Of the handle
bar. It often causes a numbness of
the hands and forearms and at times
becomes serious enough to prevent
further riding. The first attempt to
remedy this vibration was the introduc-
tion of wooden bars. They are sup
posed to be more springy than the
metal one and not such good conduc.
tors. A recent invention seems to more
completely obViate the difficulty. The
spring supported handle bar gives
gently with every motion of the wheel,
and as the weight of the rider is
thrown suddenly upon it yields gently,
the spring absorbing all vibrations.
| The bar yields only to downward pres
sure, and in lifting, as in hill climb
ing, it is rigid. The spring is adjustable
to any riders weight and the bar itself
| is adjustable in its bracket, and may
be easily reversed, giving either an up
or down curve.
| Fifty dollars or thirty days was the
punishment given to Carroll Jack,
Reading; J. A. Newhouse, Buffalo, and
| Charles Church. Philadelphia, at Sara
| toga, n. V, Monday, for the alleged
pooling of prize money at Washington.
! The racing board found extenuating
! circumstances in the case of these three
| riders and fined them accordingly.
/ Newhouse and Jack paid their fines at
| once and competed in the races. The
punishment of these men will be
warning to other offenders, who will
! be treated more severely. Isacc B.
! Potter, President of the League of
American Wheelmen, in speaking of the
/ case said: Riding of that sort cannot
/ be allowed, and there is little doubt
! that future offenses after this warning
will be punished by banishment to Cal
ifOrnia. where the suspended riders
/ from the East may ride. Banishment
| to California is about right, 1 guess,
! for they allow any one to ride out
/ there"
The newest invention to carry the
cycle pump will be very popular. Half
! the handle bar is made detachable and
i contains the pump, and this adjustable
! portion of the bar is held firmly in
position by a piece of steel, (which when
+ taken off is a nickel plated spanner
made TO fit any size nut. The cap at
! the end of the cork handle also comes
/ off, so that in the hollow may be car
ried the oil can and cleaner; the other
/ side CT the bar is to be fitted with
pistol for military purposes. and then
/ both sides will be detachable. These
/ handles are stamped with a number or
name, so that when travelling the ad-
Unstable portion of the bar may be
! taken off and the machine would not
+ be given up until the duplicate part
was produced by the owner This