The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-02

USED IN the hardware frdde - not peins
adopted but on the contrary the cycle
manufacturers are using a standard OF
their own. a fact made necessary because
so many nuts are made so thin that there
Is very little surface for threading and
the use of the standard threat as en-
ployed by the ordinary machinery house
would be impracticable since II would 90
possible 10 cut only about one an : ha.f
o. two threads in them, which would not
be enough to carry the strain put on the
nuts. a finer thread IL therefore neces-
fary, such as viii give about ave thr ! Cs
10 the nut which will stand a greater
stress with less liability to strip than
the coarser thread.
Moreover. the adoption % a finer thread
by the bicycle trade makes II possible TO
maintain the standard Of quality in
manner since I'm case OF breakago II is
impossible for the rider or the repairman
10 purchase a stove bolt or nut that will
serve the purpose but which would at the
same time mar the appearances and lower
the quality Of the bicycle in its entirety
Tho stove bolt or nut is not OF a quality
that would stand the strains which come
upon such parts when used in a bicycle.
The bolts and nuts and similar threaded
parts employed I'm the construction Of
bicycle must be Of unusual good quality
TO prevent the stripping OF the threads.
Special soaps adapted to cycle cleaning
are manufactured for the use of tidy
English riders.
Summer, as well as pride. goeth before
fan.
The back-bent scorcher should be bent
back
I'm Wow of the assertion which has been
frequently made of late IN the daily press
10 the effect that cycling is on the wane
comparison Of the number Of persons
who daily ride their bicycles 10 work I'm
the downtown district OF Chicago this
year with the number who did so in 1896
as estimated from actual count. is reas-
surfing In the extreme. In both cases the
task Of counting The cycling workers was
undertaken 10 decide a. bet-in '96 TO
prove that there were az least 1000 per
sons who so r0de 10 work each day. and
I'm 90 10 prove that twice as many now
ride As I'm 1886. Counters We're stationed
at each of the main cycling thorough
fares that enter the heart OF town from
the three sections OF the city 20 check
the number of wheeimen and wheeiwo-
men who passed inward and outward be-
tween the hours of and a. NJ, record
ing the number every half hour. The re-
suits are exceedingly interesting.
On the south side the total number of
cyclists observed to pass a given point
on the only boulevard entering the bust
ness district from the south, during the
three morning hours of one day in 1895 |
going I'm both directions. was 25Sl exclu- !
sive of colored riders and tandems. Of |
which number il6 were men and 165 !
were women. With colored riders and |
tandems included. the total number was |
2. 1885, These figures show an Increase Of |
slightly more than so per cent. over those |
of SO. I'm which year 900 men and but 81 |
women We're counted during the same |
hours Of one day
on the west side there are two main |
bicycle arteries communicating with the /
business district and the total figures |
for these during the morning hours from 4
to Q. counting cyclists going I'm both |
directions. are: Men. 5tfS. women. ESQ. |
sOlOred. rs. taudems, 72-in all. counting i
two riders for each tandem. 6.uS Conn
pared with similar figures for 1896 when |
only 2Hi men and 30 women. not in-
'luding tandems and negroes. were count
'd. these show an increase of l1S per /
-ouL.
ON the north side the count was made
o include an the main cycling thorough
ares entering the bushes district and
Aas made from a number of different OBJ
eryati0n points on three successive morn
nss, resulting as follows. Men. 1S37:
women l6. c0iored. Il tandems. Ia
otM of 1912. In 1895 the count showed
lnly SIP men and rs women. so that there
ias been an increase i'm two years Of
20 per cent. in the number Of cyclists who
io longer Patrouize the north side street
ars JIM summer
As determined from these figures. which |
nay Dee accepted as accurate since the
cunt was made simultaneously by two
r more representatives of both parties
% the bets and Systematically checked
very half hour, the daily average num-
Der of persons who now ride 10 work
n fair days on their bicycles In the
ntire city OF Chicago is 1895, divided
9 follows Men. 1901: women. l2i: COLI
red. l3i. tandems 90 In 1895 the grand
otal was only 5026. Of whom fS2G were
lon. M women, a colored and A. rode
lndems.
There are fully 600 riders I'm this city
nd many more wOrkngmcn would ride
b their work if our streets were not
, such had condition