The record-union., 1897-08-11

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2kJINE$FRE! N bre king their
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H WI ~ ticular way. One
safe on a bicycle than on horseback,
for a horse may run away, but prop
erly managed wheel never will. With
only ordinary skill and pinch of judg-
ment, any woman ought to be able to
ride without bumps and bruises, brok-
en- bones or a scratched face. Be sure
that the brake is in working order be-
fore you go out, especially with a new
machine. and learn to control your
mount by back pedaling, so that you
may not have to depend altogether on
the brake. Curious as it may seem, I
have known girls who could ride much
better up hill than down, because,
though fairly strong, they never over
came their nervousness and the fear
that the bicycle might run away with
them. They thereby lost the pleasure
of smart exhilarating spin down hill,
which is so enjoyable to a rider with a
fair amount of confidence in herself"
A good many Of this years bicycles
have badly vanished rims This is a
very serious defect, of which the max
ers should take note that it may not
be repeated next year. and those riders
whose wheels have it should not fail
to take measures at once to avoid the
injury of the wood. The best plan is
TO remove all the inferior varnish by
means Of sandpaper and then apply a
generous coat of good varnish. that can
be had at any reliable paint shop.
Have you noticed how much higher
the women have their saddles this sea
son? Almost as if they were stand
ing on their pedals. 1t is safe to say
these are veterans in the service and
experience has taught them that they
can get more prOpelling power with
eXpending less energy in this way. Be-
sides, the muscles cramp a great deal
more easily from the half-motion OBJ
tained from improper saddle adjust
ment, therefore firing you, both at the
time of riding and afterward, very
much more. whether you appreciate
the cause at the time or not
Although Senator Perkins of Califor-
MIA rides a Wheel he is not yet an ex-
pert. The other evening he was wheel
ing through the agricultural grounds
when he met man and two women
whom he knew. Quite properly. the
Senator raised one hand from his wheel
to lift his hat, and the next minute he
had tumbled into a bed of flowers
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tor" was the comment of the trio of
bicyclers. I always dismount in the
presence of ladies'" instantly replied
the Senator. with the instructive gal
lantry of a Chesterfield.
A cyclist of $50 pounds weight and
moving at the rate of ten feet per
second about seven miles an hour, has
momentum of 1,500 pounds, without
counting the weight of his wheel. A
collision between two 150-pound rid
ers, wheeling at the moderate pace of
seven miles per hour would result in a
smash-up with a force of 1900 pounds.
The latest idea connected with the
making of the steel balls for the bear
ings of bicycles is a ball grinding ap-
paratus. The balls which have been
turned and then ground on disks with
hollow grooves are treated between
fat plates, which have rotary move
ment in opposite directions, and also
simultaneously a radial movement OF
displacement relative to one another.
The balls thereby receive Simultaneous
" with the tangential rotary motion
a radial rotary motion, amounting to
about One-fourth of the circumference
of the ball. A rotary body treated in
this manner receives a perfectly mathe-
matical spherical form, as the ball de-
scribes an elliptical course, and is con-
stantly operated on in two vertical di-
rections by the grinding disks at dia-
metrical points under costant rotation.
Hicks-Have a good time out riding
this evening?
Wicks (neophyte)-Not so good a
time as the people who were watching
me.-Boston Transcript.
Elmer C. Davis of Baltimore has
broken the twenty-four hour American
road record. He rode 316 miles. It was
done at Baltimore last week. Previous
TO that the record was held by Henry
Smith, also of Baltimore, whose dis