The record-union., 1898-02-28

Z With air as power CanS1n1tI6r nave
proved unsuccessful. Moore's device
consists of a cylinder attached to the
seat post, into which air is pumped
through the agency of pistons connect
ling by rods with the pedals on each side.
From the cylinder the air is sent through
tube to an air motor at the rear-wheel
hub that drives the rear wheel. Another
/ chainless, patented by j. F. Frankey,
a Kansas man, is driven by large wheel
much like the ordinary sprocket, to
which the pedals are attached. By the
/ ordinary spur gear the big wheel runs
a small wheel that is connected by driy-
ing rods with a wheel of the same SIG
attached to the rear hub. AS in this
condition a reverse motion would be i'm
parted to the rear wheel, the connect
ing rods are fulcrumed SO that the end
on the rear small wheel is up while
the end on the forward small wheel is
down. or vice versa. 1t is claimed for
this device that all the power is trans
mitted and that the dead center is COM
pietely overcome.
| To overcome the dangers of collision
in cycle racing when a rider is following
pace, an Englishman has advanced an
idea that seems satisfactory, although
rather unsightly. 1t consists of a wheel,
not necessarily more than twelve or fif-
/ teen inches in diameter, placed hori-
zontally and attached to continuation
of the end tube of the pacing multicycle,
at hight sufficient for it to come into
contact with the head of the pace-fo,-
lowing machine. It may be set so that
Al, ~, q ri
within an inch of the pacing machines
rear wheel without the least danger of
accident.
/ New York Tribune: A rowing bicy-
eye" is a combination providing for
foot and arm power that has been taken
/ seriously by a number cyclists. 1t has
the ordinary chain gear, and in addl-
! ton a complicated system of levers and
movable handlebar, by which the power
exerted at the pedals may be reinforced
A wheel of this character has been seen
about the Boulevard, but its rider did
not appear to be very enthusiastic over
the violent exercise required to proper
the wheel, and the figure he cut was
/ highly grotesque. Another style OF
! rowing bicycle" makes provision for
the use of the arms only in propulsion.
! The inventor does not claim that the
arms are better than the legs to propei
wheel, but he believes there are many
who would like the rowing motion as
I exercise.
Racing promoters are flying storm sig
nails and strife is not improbable.> A
rival of the National Track Association
has at last been definitely announced
! It is TO be known as the international
/ Track Association and will hire riders
who will not be permitted to ride on the
tracks of the rival organization. The
scope of the new conner includes tracks
throughout the Eastern States and in
! England The outlook is not reassuring.
I The foreign tracks have closed because
| OF non-prosperity and riders are coming
! to the States. Greater New York is
promised a surplus of tracks and sew
eral bitter rivalries between race pro-
noting associations. 1t certainly looks
/ as if over zeal is liable to kill the goose
| of the golden egg.
| A wheel that is of itself about as good
as cycle show, in that it exhibits pref
1 ty much all the changes in chain wheels
/ for 1898, has appeared in New York II
/ is a remarkable example of the latest
! fads carried to the limit. 1t is necessar-
| lily the product Of a small maker, or as
sembler,' as no manufacturer could turn
cut an article so completely made up of
/ the patented features of parts makers.
1t illustrates what can be done by jul
/ dicious assembling and suggests the
/ important role that wheels of this kind
may play in the future. The bicycle in
question has flush joints, a 4-inch head,
a drop of 81 inches a the crank hanger
and the F'auber axle with crankS in one
piece The back stays and rear forks
are brought together into one stem be-
/ fore being joined to the crank hanger.
/ The front forks are a continuous piece
of tubing. The front sprocket has 81
/ teeth and the rear one II. 1t is fitted
with Thor patent hubs, Frost gear
case and a hard saddle of the latest rae
ing shape. Internal binders are used for
! the seatpost and handle bar. The light
and narrow chain is adjusted by means
of an eccentric action in the crank
hanger and the handle bars are of octa-
gon shape. All told, it is an exceed
Eingly rakish machine, and extremely up
to-date.
So many queries were received by the
/ National Cyclists Union of England re-
garding its edict practically prohibiting
read racine. to w.t. That no licensed
rider may take part in any race or paced
/ record attempt on the road that the
union has issued a bulletin setting forth
+ it's precise position on road racing. 1t is
of Importance in view of the crisis road
racing is undergoing in this country
The bulletin reads:
NO licensed rider may either race or
pace in any race upon the road, whether
the race be open. club or local.
The term taking part in applies to
officials acting in connection with such a
+ race, such as the starter, judge, time
keeper and checkers.
by paced record attempt is meant
any attempt at worlds record, amateur
record, place-to-place record, club record
! or any time record.
The rule does not interfere with any
rider or riders, paced or urpaced. going
for standard medals at certain dis
tances offered by their clubs Any ride
+ dard medals only, and if there be a spe-
cial prize given to the first man of any
such group Of ostensibe medal hunters
starting on the same day. the ride be-
comes race. and is therefore an in
fringement of the rule. In case II
Should appear that an attempt is III
any way being made 10 evade this rule
the committee Will deal with the case on