Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-04-17
BICYCLE NOTIONS.
TAsy Hardly Appay - Ne Zee Of The wheel
In Modefntiou.

TAsy Hardly Apply 70 Ne Zee Of The wheel
IN Modsratisa.
While not q few physicians have fall
On victims 70 the bicycle craze. the
profession Is not backward In pointing
out some Of the injurious effects Of too
much riding or constant use OF the
wheel. "Since the machine has become
popular here" remarked physician
whose name is among the popular lee.
turers at medical colleges, the other
day, more cases of spinal trouble
have come to the notice Of the profes.
sion than ever before and not q few Of
cheese are Of q peculiar nature that no
doubt are due TO the position acquired
by the victims while on the wheel.
Then there Is Mt present q greater mum.
Dor OF persons troubled with pigeon
toes and the bicycle walk than there
were few years ago" In explaining
these new physical deformities which
the extreme use Of the bicycle IL rapid.
ly producing, the learned N. d con-
tinued:
1.-THE constant revolving motion OF
the feet and lower legs as they turn
the pedals has given to the gait of
those people who arc much addicted 70
the bicycle q peculiar turn, which Is
known rs tho bicycle walk. Those
who remember the days of the roller
skating craze will probably recall the
effect that exercise had on the gait of
those who prac.iced It, particularly
the gait OF ZONE Of the young ladies OF
the age to be easily affected. They
took on at once rolling, swinging,
half.gliding, rhythmical step that re.
sembled the motion OF roller skating
as closely rs could be 10y any one not
on rollers. So IL will be with the
bicycle walk. except that instead OF
being only n Temporary popularity, 1t
threatens to become permanent.
"The bicycling walk is nothing more
or less than the pednliny motion of tho
wheel applied to the walk, but it. gives
to person who has II decidedly Pc
culiar appearance. Notice cyclist
who Is afflicted. II will be seen that
when he lifts his back foot In walking
he does not put IT, strai rht ahead. but
carries it back little, as he would
have to In following the pedals, and
then swings 1t high, almost up to the
calf of the other leg, before sending it
forward. Tho pigeon-toein! comes in
there, also. and causes the sufferer
from bicycle walk to 'interfece' after
the manner Of horses. The Interior
encc comes higher up, though, because
of the upward swing of the foot as IL
goes forward.
"Thc piseon-toeing is accounted for
by the position OF the feet on the ped
ais There the toes turn in and down
and the heels up and out, the pressure
being borne on the ball Of the foot.
"Among the racing men the bicycle
walk is most noticeable, of course. 1t
has taken them in much worse form
than it has the ordinary cyclist and ex-
tends 10 the swing OF the arms and the
of the head The elbows of
racing man bend out from tho body, as
D result OF having TO bear his weight
MS he leans far over the handle bars,
and gives him the appearance Of being
rs to his arms. The neck
and head are projected forward, too,
and the face wears that strained, anx.
lous expression of a man who wants to
get there Us soon rs possible.
"The bicycle habit, IL persisted in"
be says, twill make us all lsnock-hneed
md as pigeon-toed as our native red
men. Pretty much everybody Of the
present generation rides a wheel, or is
Just about to begin. Therefore. pretty
much everybody OF the present genera.
lion will be knock-kneel or pigeon
.oed or will be affected with the hi.
cycle waikiki. Y. Telegram.