The record-union., 1899-09-30
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
ROAD AND PATH MOVEMENT
oLYMPICS AND C. C. w.
Costumes-Mileage Cost-Taylor's
System-Handle Bars and
Saddle.

The organization of a strong Wheei-
ing club at Oak Park is cause for con-
graduation. It means another helper
toward the renewal of a good roads
movement in this county, and toward
the setting up of a side path system.
The latter is feasible at once. There is
no reason why it should not be adopted
by the county government this season.
Washington and Oregon are away N
advance of California in this respect.
We cannot hope to have a good roads
system soon-we may have side paths
in plenty at once practically, if wheel
men will put their shoulders to the
labor. With the c. c. w. and the Oak
Parkers combined, there is strength
enough to begin with.
The Capital City Wheelmen and the
Olympic Club Wheelmen of San Fran
cisco have long been anxious to meas
ure conclusions. Not the will, but the
circumstances of track availability,
time and conditions have long stood in
the way. But date, track and terms
have now been settled and the relay
contest for fifty miles with teams of ten
men to the club will take place here on
October I'D. It will be a great event,
a meeting for blood, amicable enough
Tor the clubs are good friends, but the
effort to win Will know no friendship
The G. c. w. men are now in training
we fear that thus early they are rid
ing too fast to hold out. Let the train
ing be easy, gradually augmenting in
vigor, and there will be better staying
quality developed. The choice of the
Z. G. w. team will be by try OUT
from among a large lot of competitors.
Sacramentans ought to take a deep in
terest in this race for city pride. If
Sacramento can down the boastful
OlympicS they will perform a hercu-
lean task But it can be done 1t viii
be splendid exhibition at any rate
and ought to draw an immense crowd
to Agricultural Park. Wisely the
prices of admission have been placed
low that the thousands may attend.
Seats, by the way are to be free. so
there will be no grumbling about re-
served seats and paying to stand up
The colors Of the Olympics are red and
white, and of the c. C. w. old geld.
black and garnet. May the latter float
triumphantly on the fateful day OF the
trial.
A young Englishwoman, Miss L. M.
Coote, fired by the success of the three
World-famed cyclists, Foster Frazer.
Lunn and Lowe, started from St. Paurs
cathedral on the morning of September
10Th, on a cycling tour round the world.
New York Tribune: Although many
people are talking about free wheels
just now, and most people speak about
them as though they were something
new, the principle is almost as old as
the cycle itself. 1t was used on some
OF the oldest types of tricycles. and
every carrier tricycle. was fitted with
clutch which allowed the wheels to
run free. The application of the prin-
clple to the modern bicycle dates back
about five years, when c. NJ. Iinlev.
who was responsible for the spring
frame bicycle, invented a gear called
the Protean. This has been annually
exhibited for the last three or four
years at the Stanley Show in England.
but never became popular.
Henry Sturmey, honorable Secretary
OF the International Cyclists Associa-
Iaylor, the colored champion sprinter:
a hon-smoker, teetotaler and regular
hVer' practically always fit, and. being
a cunning rider, at home on any sort
Oh track, clever at trick riding. he is a
most dangerous opponent at any game
ol cycle riding. Several of the Ame1i-
can cracks soon became jealous of him.
ana did all they could in their power
TO have him barred. But the negro
was hard to fight against. and 6espita
the dead set made against him he
trained on and appeared wherever nos
slole, and, thanks to his perseverance
he mas now gained the proud title of
worlds professional champion. His
special forte, like Bourillon. is his mar
VeIous jump, and he is at least three
or TOUR yards quicker off his mark
than any other American rider. He has
met and defeated every crack of note
on the other side, and he can be hacked
TO ride any man in the world who
thought we'll to visit the States. Tavlor
not caring TO visit Europe on account
OF all the principal races being decided
on Sundays. There is no doubt that
the secret Of his success is the careful
way in which he trains and the careful
way he lives when not in training.
Would-be champion, note!''
Not one wheelman in ten seems to
realize the importance of a. proper ad-
justment of handle bars and the sad
die. If riders only realized the addi-
tional labor they give themselves bv
riding in an awkward position they
would try TO ride in a good position.
There are, literally, thousands of folks
who ride with saddles too low and
handle bars too high. That produces
a position that is inelegant, and must
certainly be uncomfortable The sad
die should be so fixed that your heel
can just touch the pedal, and the grips
of the handle bar should be just one
inch higher than the top of the saddle
OF course, getting hold of a really good
saddle is one of the most important
of things in cycling. This is not ad-
vice for scorchers.
A ballot box, on which is engraved in
tiny letters Vote for Good Roads,
formed a part of the club seal of the
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