The record-union., 1898-06-27
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
THE GREAT MEET NEXT MON
DAY-ASSURED SUCCESS.
Novel Feature-Cranks and Pedals
Saddle Fitting-Correct Po-
sition in Riding.

The meet of the C. c. w. for next
Monday afternoon at o'clock proin-
ises to be a remarkably fine one. En-
tries are coming in well, and some of
the best work yet seen by amateurs is
assured The five-mile match is filed by
Peck and Wing with cloud OF pace
makers, assuring it a swift ana hot
race with no loafing. The sittlngs so
on sale this morning at Seventh and
j and Fifth and X streets. The ad-
mission is low, % cents, while the ex-
pense is heavy. The c. c. WIS desire,
they say, TO give firSt-claSS enter
tainment. and have assumed heavy re-
sponsibilities to do so. 1t may sur
prise some to know that the cost OF
such a meet is to the promoters over
$500, and to each contestant consld-
able sum. An admission fee is there
fore a necessity unless the Fourth or
July Committee could put up the lump
sum, which it cannot do. But there
will be fine entertainment, and the OBJ
ject will be accomplished. namely, TO
give genuine, genteel and spirited
sport in keeping with the character OF
the national holiday. There will be one
very novel feature, a bicycle artillery
company of four guns and twenty men,
Their evolutions and firings on the
course will be something wholly new.
Saturday night the c. C. WIS give an
invitation entertainment in Foresters
Hall for visiting wheelmen and the
Board of Governors of the California
Associated Cycling Clubs When the
c. c. W. entertain it means a royal
good and a genteel time, with music
and sense in plenty.
The c. c.. W. are not entering for the
meet next week as they should. True.
some of the best riders are out some
in the army, some in Kiondike, and
some have been sick, and one is dead.
But among the c. c. w. amateurs
there are plenty to enter. If true club
spirit only moves them. Get in, gen
tlemen, and maintain the honor of your
club, the largest on the coast, and one
representing the Sacramento communl-
ty in the highest sense
The complaint still prevails that
wheelway badges are not taken by
riders who use the Sacramento wheel
ways, constructed and maintained so
unselfishly by the local club. 1t is not
understandable why this is so. The
season is now One-fOurth gone, and
not enough wheel badges have been
sold to encourage the Wheelway Com
mittee to go on and extend and I'M
prove the paths we have. Over 1.Ob
cyclists ride on the paths weekly, and
not 400 have taken badges and helped
out by so small a sum as 81. Better
results are hoped for, however, when
the warmer weather sets in and the
riding increases
New York Tribune: To have too long
crank on ones bicycle is to make the
rider present an ungainly appearance,
besides which it is far more firing than
to ride with rational cranks. With
low gear say 60 or 63 it is quite un
necessary to have a crank longer than
six and quarter inches. except in the
case Of riders possessing abnormal
length Of limb, who may use a six and
one-half inch crank. 1t is the craze
for high gears and long cranks which
makes riding often a toll instead of a
pleasure.
Many riders have habit of jerking
out their knees at the beginning cf the
stroke when pedaling. This has an
cradle amount of the power otherwise
available for propulsion. The knees
should travel up and down without any
lateral motion.
The saddle should be so placed that
when the rider is seated ard one of
the pedals is at its lowest point the
body is directly over the pedal so that
If the entire weight is placed on the
pedals the body will still be over the
saddle. The saddle should be so high
that when the pedal is at its lowest
point the ball of the foot reaches it
easily and without bending the ankle
more than trifie. In -other words. it
should be so placed that the heel will
almost reach the pedal when 1t its
lowest point.
Bad pedaling means wasted strength
and such waste means that the rider
is not getting his due out of cycling.
Old time riders who have adopted
the chainless say that the pedal motion
is exactly like that of the ancient or
dinary
In 1895 the question of what a wo-
man SnOuld wear Eheel might nave
been summed up in the trite express
sion. Everything goes Skirts. long
or short. bloomers. knickerbockers. ali
went But public favor finally CEN
tered upon the short skirt and it is
we'll.
Advocates of bevel gearing lay great
stress upon their claim that the chain
leSs is always ready for use while the
older type of machine. because of the
necessity for cleaning. lubricating or
Tightening the chain at frequent inter
walls, is seldom in perfect running
de-
notable sign of the times is seen
In the constantly increasing provision
for the storage of bicycles. Every en-
terprising shopkeeper maintains a rack
many churches have their wheel
stables; the modern office building has
a place set apart for the machines of
its occupants; architects specify the
wheel room on plans for both city
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