The record-union., 1898-12-30
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
NEW WHEELWAY-LAW OF
THE WHEEL SETTLED.
y. G. w. Reunion-New Brake De-
vice-Racing and the
L. A. w.


The county will soon have a report
from County Surveyor Boyd concern
ing the cost Of the proposed foot path
and wheelway on Schley avenue. 1t
may be considered as pretty well set
tled that the path will be built.
Tuesday evening the Capital City
Wheelmen viii initiate new admins
tration. What it is to be depends upon
the result of the election to be held
that evening, when all the reports for
the year will be read. But it is per-
fectly safe to say it will not be retro
gressive. The club is doing splendid,
broadly public spirited work, and the
community owes it much. Every mem
Der in it who puts up his 80 cents
month has the satisfaction of knowing
that it goes for a good purpose, for
public betterment and hence for the
better condition of the member in en-
soyment of his rights and privileges
under the law.
The c. c. w will receive it's mem
bers only on Monday afternoon, and
evening to an early hour only, at it's
cIubrooms. The reception is exclu-
sively for members, and is intended
as a New Years reunion.
Endeavor to cultivate a good style,
no matter how slowly you ride, and
In good time you will find that style
IS of material assistance to your pace.
The rider who sits his machine we'll,
whether he is potterer or scorcher, will
%flN,a
Keep your knees in, remember your
ankle joints, and when it is necessary
to lean forward, bend from the hips
and not from the middle of the back.
Every cycler should endeavor to be-
come an adept in back pedaling. Even
brakes go wrong at times, or suppose
your front tire goes down on a steep
hill your brake-and in most cases
your brake is made to- act on the tire
is no good then, you must back pedal
or let the machine run away with you.
With very little practice, on slight in
clines, any rider may become expert
at back pedaling. Just reverse the ac-
tion of pedaling, putting on the
pressure gradually, and keeping the
chain tight, not putting on weight in
Jerks, suddenly, which on a stiff hill
might even cause a rider on safety
TO come over the handles.
The reasonableness of an ordinance
prohibiting a person to ride bicycle
with handle-bars more than four inches
below the top Of the saddle is held, in
Moore VS.. District of Columbia Cd. c.
IL L. r. A 20S to be a question of
fact to be determined by evidence.
Those in a position to know say that
there is small chance that the League
of American Wheelmen will give up
the control of cycle racing. 1t will re-
Quire a two-thirds vote to get the
amendment through the Assembly, and
st is believed that those who have ad-
vocated the divorcing of racir from
the league will abandon their pc nobby
before they have been at the National
Assembly any length of time.
A new chainless wheel device is de-
Ecribed by the inventor as follows:
1.-The driving gear consists of a conical
wheel wedged upon the middle of the
crank axle and gearing with conical
pinion upon the fore end Of an axle
whose back extremity is fixed to the
interior Of a tube provided at its back
end with another similar axle, upon
which a conical gearing working a con-
ical wheel secured to the hub of the
driving wheel is fixed. The tube form
ing the transmission axle turns inside
another tube forming one of the
branches of the lower back fork of the
machine and having its fore end fitted
in a swelling of the bracket and its
back extremity in a metal casing Sc
cured to the frame of the machine by
means of screws or bolts. These cas-
irgs are provided with doors fixed
with screws aid shutting the openings
which allow the easy introduction of
the pinions fixed at the extremities of
the tube into their respective cases"
The object of a new contrivance just
patented in England is to overcome
any vibration or jolting on rough roads.
The invention consists of a steel plate
or tube with hole to allow the sad
dle-bar to pass through into the down
tube Of the cycle. Attached to the
steel plate or tube is a screw band for
holding the saddle-bar at the required
height. The steel plate or tube is con-
nected with the frame Of the bicycle
by other springs.
Some of the uses to which cycles are
put seem very novel, for few people re-
alize how much can be carried on one,
or how readily a rider can steer with
one hand and bear some cumbersome
load in the other. It is simple enough
for messengers to use them for ordinary
deliveries and not much more difficult
for the newsboy on his rounds to carry
his papers slung under his arm.
But sometimes the kit of tools a
mechanic carries seems little toe
much. A great number of small ar
ticles can be packed in luggage car
riers, to fit in the frame and b2 strapp-
ed on handle-bars and behind the sad
die. A good-sized bag is often hung or
the handle-bar near the head and al
ways looks ready to get in the way oi
the knees, which sometimes it unfor-
tunately succeeds in doing.
One of the most recent DatentS ir