Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-01
CICLlNc NOlGS.

IN Fngland a siot machine furnishes afr
Tor bicycle tire.
Jimmy" Michael has cleared so, 900
this season in cycle racing.
onc craaks give increased power, but
too ."ug they cramp the knees.
II f. predicted that next season bicycle
club century runs WILDE popolas only with
new members.
Many riders pedal moro strongly with
ono leg than tle other. An uneven pedal
ding action j. a prolific cause OF side slip
ping.
France and Germany have tho best sign
board systeras ot any two countries in the
world. They are maintained by the gov
ernmcnts.
The postal authorities OF ST. Petersburg.
Russia. have lately been experimenting
with tricycle. carriers Tor collecting ictters
from pillar boxes and postofices.
bicycle bell has been invented which
may bc fastened % tho pedal. \ side turn
OF the foot presses a lever which engages
the clappcr Oa tac crank and rings tho
bell.
Electric motor cycle races on the London
tracks promise TO Dc ono q tho features ct
next season. race of This kind should
prove a good attraction while tho novelty
lasts.
The oldest road in England Is tho Dover
Road IL was built by the Romans after
garded by cyclists as one OF the finest high
ways in the British Isles
Cp 70 July OF this year American exports
into the Argentine ltepu olic. South Amer
lea. amounted q S23 ,210. British wheel
exports there during tho whole OF 1925
amounted tc So $50.
Dealers In graphite aad ether lubricant>
are likely 20 safer through the appearance
OF the hsvcl gear and the enclosed chain
models. IL the fad oi trying 20 scehOw iar
wheel can travel witholt having the gear
lubrieated continues 10 grow.
Bicycling IS a pastime In Italy has be-
come very popular. as is shown by IN,
progress Of the Italian Touring Club. Ii
has just celebrated its third anniversary
When the club was organized in 1894 only
2C4 members were enrolled; now the clul
contains - CO names
The resistance OF the air TO the bicycle
and, IN q lesser degree. the resistance c
the roadway will cause small burrows al
either side OF the tr lex, and these vii
form an angle with the track of the bicycl
in the direction N which il is going. On
dusty road these marks will DO distinctl
visible.
To carry an extra person on a bicycle
Michigan man has invented device con
sis,inS OF q seat attached 10 4 bar project
ing from the center brace out in front q
the head, the seat being placed a little {
one side, and n dress gnard and foot res
extending down near the ground on IN
other side.
Cyclists eye" is the latest i'll for whiS
the bicycle must bear the blame. Th
term originated In Paris, where ophthalni
is Increasingly frequent among bieyelist
1t IS engendered by the dust and inpuritf'
raised by the wheel, and riders are recon
mended TO wash the eyes with a solutiC
OF bofse. acid In warm water before al
after riding.
Bievc}es are now carried "a baCcas
without extra charge on American rahr0s
lines aggregating over 6S,000 miles
length, an Increase or about SO, 900 mil
since last February. Coast line and raw
steamers and ferries having a combtn'
lehgth OF route o; l36. 900 miles are ci
carrying bicycles the same as fother forz
of baggage aid without extra charge -
Hogs for Germany.
The average annual imports OF hogs in
Germany are zoe, 900 to 500, 900 head, hs
rom Austria.