The herald., 1897-12-06

! DECEMBER e 1871
|Angeles. To this end It shall promote
facQuaintance and good fe1lownhip
among wheelmen, ascertain. defend and
protect their rights. secure by lsgisla-
tion and other legitimate means I'm
provements in the conditions Of the pub
Tic streets and highways Of the city and
county. correct the abuses arising from
defective streets, promote proper OBJ
servation Of the laws Of the road, and
to see that cycle thieves receive their
Just punishment. It In intended to make
this a precinct organisation, and to
branch out until ever precinct in
Southern California Is represented. BY
this means It will form the wheeImen
into political organization that will
secure for them rights for which they
have SO long labored.
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Indianapolis Is after the national meet
Of the League Of American Wheelmen
for next year. There are several other
applicants for the honor Of entertaining
the .wheelmen Of that great organization
but the Hoosier capital seems to have
the call on the fight.
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If the present relations between the
league and the California organization
are changed so as to secure the re-
admission into the league of the sus-
pended wheelmen, it will only take place
as the result of the leagues action.
There is no disposition on the part of
the c. A. c. c. members to withdraw
from their present position with refer
ence to Sunday racing. II the league
1eaves the question Of racing to the
several divisions the cause of the pres
ent difference between it and the Call
fornia body will be removed and It is
almost certain that the coast riders
would again be received into the league.
This would cause the California asso-
citation to be disbanded.
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| There is every prospect Of one OF the
sharpest conflicts in prices next year
that has ever occurred in the history of
cycle making and cycle riding, not even
excepting the present years experience
in that matter. The pioneer in the
tchainless wheel business has decided to
reap all the benefit possible from being
the first in the aeld, and the result will
be that other makers will not only con-
Itest the claim Of patent right on the
tnew mount, but will endeavor by cut
| ting prices to make 1t interesting for
| their opponent. The claim that there
can be any exclusive right to use the
bevel gear is believed to be untenable.
as the principle involved Is almost az
old as mechanics. There has already
been a combination Of some Of the larg-
est manufacturers tn the couRtry
against this claim, and the fight prom
ises to be a merry one. AS a result Of
this combination. chainless wheels are
already in the market at prices below
first Of this year.
| There are now ITO, 93S members Of the
League Of American Wheelmen.
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| Bicycle makers agree that 1897 was a
poor year for the sale Of tandems. Com
pared with 1896 1t was disappointment
The cause Of the falling off is hard to
determine, unless 1t be that the average
young man prefers to ride alongside his
girl to being perched behind her.
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Michael has challenged any two Amer
lican riders combined to race twenty
five or thirty miles, or will meet either
the French or the English champion
now in America.
It is no longer possible to disguise the
fact that the L. A. W. racing contingent
has met successful rival in the Califor-
MIA Associated Cycling clubs. The lat
est reports from the Pacific bring the
news of meets being held there under
the west insist upon their prerogative
and encourage the demand for cycle
racing as they find it. One of the best
posted, as well as influential, cyclists
in the western country was visiting
New York lately. While. for obvious
reasons, he was forced to the back
ground, he realized the popular feeling
that existed in the west.-Spirit OF the
Times, New York.
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Relative to the claims Of riders who
Iseek to establish for themselves the rec
lord of a mile in one minute, a New York
city manufacturer has calculated that
Ito ride mile in one minute man would
have to make three revolutions Of his
fleet in one second with 1112 gear.
with a 1874 gear two and half revolu-
tions per second would be required, while
with two revolutions per second q gear
Of 1853 is necessary. Michael, when rid
ing a mile in two minutes with 106 gear,
makes 23-100 revolutions a second with
his feet. If man could move his feet
lat the rate of one and half revolutions q
second for sixty seconds he would re-
quire a gear Of 224 in order to cover a
mile in that time. Is this possible?
E0OTpATT.