The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-11
NEWS OF THE wHEELMEN.
BRIDGE ENG IvEERs asked FOk a
REPORT on 4 CYCLE F1TH.

This H~ear-Racine Beard Will watch the
Movements or the Observation-Disclosures
Msnrs On the Leagues Control or RhcinE.
A committee representing the local cycling
organizations called upon Bridge Commissioner
Shea yesterday in relation to the question OF
constructing q cycle path across the big struc-
ture. Tho committee was advised that a reso.
luton to that effect had been forwarded to tho
Board Of Public improvements. President NJ. +.
Holahan OF tho latter board informed the com-
mittoo that Commissioner Shea's resolution had
been received, but 1t had not been reached In the
order OF official business. Holahan said that
tho bridge engineers have been requested TO
furnish q report on the question OF n cycle path,
and when they submit their opinions a general
hearing will be accorded to the committee rep
resenting the bicycle organizations.
It is the intention to introduce electric pace
makers In match and record trials in this coun-
try this season. Tho innovation will be a de-
oided novelty, and many riders are curious TO
know how they will DO used. Thomas w. Eek,
who recently returned from abroad, saw electric
tandems pace riders while on the other side, and
has two machines of this description engaged
for big races In this country. In talking with
tho reporter OF The Sun yesterday on the sub
ject, Eek said:
81 believe, ana so do all those who have seen
electric tandem pacing machines tried in
France, that they will be the future machines
used In pacing all over the world. They will be
more easily matched In speed than the pacing
now used. riders will receive the same advaD-
tages of pace, and instead OF combining a race to
two men six men could start In orc event.
each man having his own tandem. and this
would prove the greatest race ever seen. Con.
dition in men and training would count, every
man would be pulled out to tiptop notch, and
~ a --zItt ill., A. .-.1l L. ~,..I- -
man would be developed. In case Of one man
quitting through accident or other cause the
race would continue with the other i've men.
Electric pacing machines can be regulated at a
will draw the contestants out TO- the full limit
OF their speed, and the public will aec what they
a man ride a mile or how far in an hour behind
pace -"
The L.. A. w. Racing Board has decided that
copies of all contracts entered into by the rae.
ing men and promoters this year must be filed
o Oh tns r" Of iRi s'n ru1e Is fo e on tss t tSe Board Ih 20
follow tho movements Of the riders closely
throughout the season. The National Cycle
Eddie Duff for the season. The contracts
made with these riders were forwarded to Chair
man Mott yesterday.
Charley Mears. q l.. A. W. handicappcr. takes
up the question OF the League abandoning the
control of racing. and gives some pertinent rea-
sons why, the organization should not do such a
thing. He says:
League are not interested in racing has not been
substantlated, and probably cannot be proved.
the hne f oH1t tso S1s Gr sU sSa ro tSoss rs mTt OF Sri ris.rs i anT
more than Is the control OF racing, and. go far
as the members at large are concerned. good
roads and good racing together might be doomed,
and The League would continue to prosper with
its offerings Of minor benefits that are direct
and certain. The control of racing interferes
with no other department of the Leagues work.
The sport Is capably managed by the members
G from tho the nac HiFh sGsFd' rm mno "sR mt 's commiis
tee, or. for that matter, any. other com.
mittee on the Leagues list. The claim is made
full ad junct of the L. A. w. No proof of this as
sertion is offered. for, the probable reason that
Highway Improvement Committee. the facing
Board is u monumental winner, When tho
highway legislation nothing whatever is said Of
their failure. whereas should the Racing Board
have the slightest trouble with a single rider
count Of the prominence given TO racing matters
the boards doings are often criticised and for
sometimes think that it would DO better to
abandon the sport. But the Racing Board. de-
p sPl,S 1 nn5isre than %Gw is a1 rred thea to na any Ae o,her
l. A; W. committee. and the move to
abolish the board and to give up the
part of the Assembly that ls unbecoming In an
organization OF The size and the influence OF the
carry out all the work that it has begun. and
racing. as well as good roads, is a part OF the
The good roads agitation is u gooi thing for
the /. A. w. It promises 20 bring favorable
results at some time in the distant future. and
when excellent highways have taken the place
Of the miserable mudholes of the present, the
world will bless the League. But, notwith-
that the agitation is in the hands OF men |
who are not broad enough TO realize that tho
ers. swamps and wagon wheels. 1t is evident
that they are narrow minded. for it was for
them and at their solicitation that the anti
racing resolution was introduced and passed by
the emb
Cheap wheels are improving in quality |
faster than high.prioed ones" remarked a cy-
cling expert TO a reporter of THE Sun .yester.
ssssap, wSsels on %At Tho sn1 @sr fts PR'SSs s so Sl inss@y
!" nor DO | mean that the high priced wheels are
there is q lack Of the proEressiveness that has
been known in former years. when profits were
i%af8 a%a and minh intToduee i SSp1s sinSSa to that sn;
Of prices has checked ihs march q
is q biicycle concern in ttRRiiSS country. nf for
instance and quite a large one. that YVES SO par:
manufacturers Of the latter hesitated 70 deal
It. Tho cycle maker did not care what he
His test of all purchased was crucial. and a
tsP setd Rn5s Gf e WbiyIe s thEs Issts 10 h 9he S %rS @ aPt to
turn out balls more accurate than their competi-
tors. Tho prices paid permitted OF the effort.
Now, however. that same bicycle maker finds
that the price he pays for material IL so much
more Of . consideration than before that he
takee balls he formerly would not accept. and
rivalry between the ball manufacturers that
leading toward perfection has ceased. This
Ii only q single illustration. The circumstances
are those not OF ono wheelmaker. but OF many,
they apply not only to bearings but to many
other parts Of cycles.
On tho other hand: the number Of concerns
thot are making parts for cycles has increased,
And they are each turning out unusual quaint.
ties OF material. Formerly those who bought
stock parts and them into n wheel
were spoken or sneeringly as mere assemblers.'
but to-day the largest makers In the country
are, buying moro or less parts The reason Is
plain, Several concerns. each having peculiar
began to turn out one or another
20. On account OF their facilities and OF max
.ng a spefiaitS OF one or two things. their goods
iuce. while because OF the large quantities they
they could sell them cheaper. The
'erned some OF tho best wheels in the land are
comparatively cheap ones made by Assem-.
Diers entirely OF patented parts. The makers
prices and avoid much Of the expense OF a big
nanufscturer In assembling. them. Tho only
tha ynrENnanaht tka 49, IT,