The sun., 1898-02-17
CYCLiNG.

4 general demand for larger gears is
expected next season. Last season there
was Il run on gears Of about -, while the
scorchcrS used from 50 tn0O. According
to many manufacturers high gears, run
ming from so to ia, Will be the thing
next year only. In very few cases OF
big orders are gears o! less than SO called
iOr. 1t il not believed that for general
use any gearing of more than 80 Will be
used except by the scoIch,ng set, but
only those higher than - will he con-
sidclcd up t. date.
Pedals very often work loose in their
sockets through the wearing OF the
thread of the screw. The best way to
overcome this is to wind the stem closely
with coarse thread or darning wool.
Then coat this with ordinary gum
arabic Screw OH the nat as firmly az
possible, and it will ecncralIv be found
to hold securely.
Very few persons who undertake to
repair and overhaul their machines
themselves realize tha, ;he wheel is a
delicate piece OF machinery. In
wheels it is. Liable to BE- subjected to
rough lfeil lciIt.
The proper position Of the saddle is
one of the nt'cessary adjuncts of comfort
which makes. spins long or short a
pleasure. Tie slanting position Of the
saddle, with the decline toward the
front forks, is noticeable among the
scorching contingent, but the only cor
rect way is to have the saddle adjusted
SO as it will b. horizontal.
The delayed production Of the $75
cbanless has III measure interfered
with the sales Of the highcr-priced ma
chimes OF the same pattern. Although
two of the $75 makes were announced to
appear on Feb. |, neither has yet been
seen and the chances are, Will not Until
March |. The delay has, therefore. in
terferlpd witt the sales Of the 1925 ma
chine, for the reason that some persons
who, with an idea OF being strictly up
to date, would like to ride c!lainless
bicycle, do not like to take the chance of
purchasing one for $l25 and have
another model OF almost the same pat
tern appear which can be bought for SIS
and which might possibly be AZ good as
the one that j. $50 ,lcarcr.
WIKI the outgoing of this month. ones
thought intuilively turn to the near APP
proach OF the riding season We already
notice hat the days are slowly but sure
~, lrngth,ning. and the few good days
We have been experiencing OF late gives
color to the idea that winter has passed
aw"y and spring looming in the near
future. 4 change, however, is not i'm
probable, and, perhaps. the earl y spring
will be cold md wintry. However. we
may console ourselves with the fact that
come what may, the worst ot l,u' .,..,,1l
is past, and whatever bad spell may
come, it cannot last lDng
Twenty five candidates for the Yale
University bicycle team are in daily
training in the gymnasium under the
of L. Twecdy, o2. The
work at present consists of short runs
nd body exercises. The material is
very good, Many OF the candidates are
freshmen.
hree members Of the Century Wheel
n eli oI Philadelphia rode 702 century
runs last year. divided rs follows: John
10 ,rp. 253; Jack George, 21G and Milton
n. kcinl, Jr., 225.
Charlie Church and Bob McCnrdy, the
jwo shining lights Of Philadelphia pro-
'csSionai brigade of riders, leave this
week on Il cunning trip. to be gone a
week or two. On their return they will
)egin to prepare to 60 into active train
ny for the seasons racing