New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-28
CYCLING.
A TRIPLE CENTURY IN THIRTY HOURS.
f. KLIENBERG ATTEMPTS THE FEAT WITH \
HOMEMADE MACHINE. WHICH HE HAS
wAGERED AGAINST WATCH

WAGERED AGAINST WAlCH
THAT HE WILL. SUCCEED.
This is the time of the year that ambitious young
riders OF the wheel feel like Keeling of centuries
With the fine weather lately there have been plenty
of opportunities for work. and the majority OF the
racing men are consequently in good condition
Early these mornings scores Of racing men can De
seen on the good suburban roads. practising for
coming contests.
At 10 O'Clock yesterday morning several young
men met at the rendezvous IN Prospect PARK
brooklyn All were attred in the regulation
cycling costume except one young man. VINO wore
black tights and a sweater. His companions gave
him constant attention, even picking out SOFT
spot" on the bench for him TO sit on. twenty
minutes later the party was augmented by several
other wheelmen. and then the entire party arose
and started for the ,eginning OF the Cycle Pain
Stationing one at the head Of the path, with
Instructions keep careful tally, the rest OF the
cyclists mounted their wheels and started for Coney
Island. The pace at first was only an ordinary
one and a Tribune reporter. who happened to be
on wheel himself caught on behind the bunch.
Soon the pace quckened TO a sixteen mile-an-hour
clip. but those in front made excellent wind
shields and pacemakers the reporter had Htte
trouble IN keeping up with the party
A. Coney Island. however, the man OF news con-
Guided that he had had enough OF II. and ne al
lowed the others 10 make the turn at the mile-post
near the Shelter House and continue up the path
Another of the party was left TO do the checKihg
at that end Of the path.
Some time ago Brooklyn rider who is some
thing of Il mechanic concluded build himself a
bicycle lines particularly his own. When COM
pleted the wheel weighed little more than four
teen pounds. and. according to the Cycle Pain
scorchers. Il was a good machine. Other fast rid
ers became cnNiOus and wanted Il lightweight racer
of the same sort, but the maker Of the fast
wheel refused TO accommodate them. Soon stories
began 10 be circulated about the wonderful things
that a scorcher could do that particular wheel.
This led TO a bet. The man who owned the wheel
gagered that with II he could ride 800 miles in
thirty consecutive hours. Each man Is supposed
20 be an ANA teur of the simon pure order, Wnlcn
accounts Tor the unique wager that made.
The owner OF the bicycle wagered the wheel against
a gold watch 20 cost So, that he could ride the
trirIe century under the conditions stated. The
start was made already told. and the rider was
sun AZ his work a late hour last night
T.. kiierberg, OF the Empire Stale Wheelmen, Is
the rider who has sat himself the task, and he
thinks he VIII win the wager easily While ne Is
hour many other sprinters ride at far greater
speed. and the pain guardians pay ltt!e or no AZ
t.ntion 20 them. Up 10 yesterday afternoon klen-
prefer to ride In front himself He has trained
hi. ASK between 4 and o'clock this afternoon.
ting ready for the undertaking. 49,
kllcnberg said he rode along that ne did not
won or lost the wager He rides bicycle geared
10 eighty inches, with a siX-inch crank. He Is
about twenty-five years Old. and weighs IN the
rriynhorh hood Of hundred and thirty pounds.
The wheel he rides s not particularly handsome
machine Is II Is devoid OF both enamel and nickel
plate The maker said such things were all right
for fancy show riders but that they would only
add weight 10 his machine ana ne wanted none
OF them. -,
ulefion century run twenty-four fer a double
century and .hrty-sx for a triple century.