The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27

| of the man in the second seat, who
| does the steering for the others.
| The great machine can be taken apart
| and used for the pleasure of a lesser
| number. but the II riders who go out
| riding in this way are accustomed to
each others presence and it is a rare
| thing for a spin to be taken without the
| entire crew participating. But for the
| peculiar nature of the wheel there
| would be little to attract the attention
| of the casual observer to the riders. for
| they pedal along with heads erect and
nostrils snufting in the exhilarating
| country air after the manner of all
| cyclists who are keen lovers of the
| sport.
|
| Of the sport.
| 1t is not an uncommon thing to hear
| that young or mfddle-aged man " no
has taken to wheeling, after a season
| or two, discards the bicycle. They have
all kinds of excuses, the prime pal one
| being that it is too much work
But with elderly men it is a very
| rare thing to hear such expressions.
| Once a cyclist always a cyclist, is the
| thing with them. They stay right by
| the sport, and when asked how they
like it. only say that they are sorry
somebody did not invent the machine
when they were young.
| notable case of the bicycle being
| used for the cure of serious ailmsnts
| is that of a Brooklyn man who is lid
ing with two broken knee-caps, ana inn
| proving steadily. His injury resulted
| from falling while out skating. and he
| adopted wheeling at the advice of his
| physician. At first he had to be lifted
! on the wheel, but he is now able to
| mount from a step that is on the right
hand end of the rear axle. He cannot
It lact lnt Faic w TO
| on the usual side, but his wheel is
! fitted with two steps, so that as he i'm
proves he can try the left-foot mount
| whenever he feels strong enough. He
rides with low gear and proceeds very
slowly resting at frequent Intervals.
Riding a bicycle without legs is
difficult problem. but Robert Leamann
of Canton. ILL.,, has solved the fiddle
and is competing in road and rack
| races with success. Some time ago
| Leamann had his legs cut off at Day
ton Ohio, by a street car. He has ne
come an adept in walking about with
| artificial limbs, and on wheel the
white surface of the calves of his arti-
| fetal limbs exposed looks for all the
| world like the real skin of a racing
| mans legs, although there il lacking
| that tan which comes with steady ex-
posture on the track. Leamann COM
peted in the road race of the Canton
| Bicycle club, and with an allowance of
five minutes finished the five miles over
bad roads in 20 minutes, taking fourth
| position. On a very bad track he ne
gotiated one-half mile in 1920, and his
| trainer believes that he will go much
faster than this unpaced. He will APP
pear at the county fairs in Illinois this
fall.
Under the caption. Bicycle Morals
| nd
has to say:
reflective riders of bicycles know
that the wheel is a great teacher of
morals and philosophy.
1T teaches the folly of intemperance
alike in eating and drinking. No man
can be a strong and expert wheelman
who Is not a sensible eater and mod
| crate drinker
TT teaches the wisdom of looking
just far enough ahead to avoid trouble,
and the folly of looking so far ahead
| as to borrow trouble.
| TT teaches the necessity of getting
a good start in climbing difficult kill,
and of sticking to your purpose If you
mean to reach the top.
1T teaches the advantage of being
always on the right side of the road
| in your own proper place. attending
| strictly to your own work and prog
| ress.
1T also teaches the advisability of
temporarily yielding your strict rights
when you meet an obstacle too ugly to
be overcome on the spot-say drunken
| teamster, driving big brewery wag-
on at full speed on the wrong side of
| the road AS between two evils, losing
your right to that particular position
on the road or losing your life. it gives
you a quick lesson in choosing the
| lesser.
1T teaches the profitabIeness of
|
just as likely to hurt yourself as the
| other party.
1T teaches, by the incidents and ac
| cidents of a long days wheeling, the
great moral truth that men are inter-
| dependent upon one another in hun
bred and one ways-for consolation, in
struction, guidance and help If all
| kinds. No man liveth unto himself
| who rides often or far on a wheel.
In short, the spinning of the wheels
! has done more to popularize the Golden
Rule as practical rule of action than
! any other invention of this most invent
| i've age"
The rider with the low handle bar
who bends over until he resembles an
! interrogation mark, is not so frequently
| seen on the roads as before. This i'm
proper style of riding is no longer a
fad, and the cyclist who equipped his
machine with the rams horn handle
bar simply because he thought people
considered him a racer, is beginning
to realize the foolishness of riding in
a cramped position. Eight out of ev-
cry ten machines seen on the road at
| present either have upturned handle
| bars or a bar that is straight. This en-
| ables the rider to assume the. proper
| position, one that gives the lungs and
| heart full play to do their work. With
| the handle-bars in this position the
rider bends slightly forward. The ma
| chine is also more easily controlled.