New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-05

FOR wHEELMEN WHO
CONTEMPLATE TOUR ABROAD.
rprzrs AT THE PARIS EXPOSITION EXPORT or
HicycLEs-PAUL BouRuLoN OK TRAIN
ING NOTES AND COMMENTS.
rnr7rs AT TIT

ricyctEs-PArI. BorRuLoN OF TRAIN
ING NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The alliance between the League OF American
Wheclmcn and the Cyclists Touring club. OF Ing
land Sc now complete the membership tickets ior
fi.e hy mo nbcrs Of tho League Of American Nheel-
mon having arrived from tho Cyclists lou'"s
club These tickets arc In possession OF secretary
Rasscff of the League Of American Whcelmen' ana
WIFI hc issued 10 members who will make tours OIL
rarane The interchange OF membership tickets is
ma,l, for the purpose ~ obviating any mi'under-
standing on the part OF thousands % official notes
and repair shops and the hundreds ot representa-
tiVcs of the two organizations. 'n'er 'he pa"
adopted a member ~ the League OF American
Wh'elmen touring Europe will nave tne s'i'T Tour
lax luo and VII be- entitled 10 an me p,le ~
ttsIi.ls' Touring Club members VINO VISIT the
, a., tt,'nceest moves Of The league This fact
Qin be- most apprec'a led next year when thousands
of vne,lmon Wil visit Europe on account Oh tne
lfri. rxpo-ition Many o these visitors. Or course
uf make their cycling trips OF secondary con
n 81 picasufabie part ~ the foreign visit and now
TIA. f4c league has furnished u.s. members "A chance
more Of these trips awheel will be taken; Inf an
nouncement by the i.EP"sl' ion s%bcemcn vii be
If Nmerican Xheeimen has arranged for a SPECIAL
IeaG@i,art'rs for its members and there they Will
De able 10 get all the knowleuSe te,rssalS i'
tours any part Of the Continent. me nemo,,fo
Ship cards I'm the Cyclists Touring Club entlue
them TO access 10 roadbo9ks notes anu t'p ,ha
shop accommodations, and the services OF 'he
Official representative IN almost every village as
quarters established ~ President keenan, to uIs "a
the principal sightseeing districts Will he arranged
Viii h. as Wei supplied with Information tho
permanent Offices For those who enjoy racing me
contests viii be- for tie worlds championships
he'd under the auspices or the Intern , u9nal
ril,s ,h arc In good standing eith the League
q Am.
pete rs representatives. Of the United States ana
ihe racing department Of the league will make ar
rlngsments for the proper care Of It's represent
tativcs Both The touring and racing members ot
the league Will be well taken care Of abroad next
year and the preparations are So e@ ieisise lntt
large amount Of work IS being done Tor tn'ir
benefit even at this early time
Exports Of bicycles and parts from the port OF
New-York FOR the week ending October 81 we're as
follows.
Arsentiuo Republics bicycles sio'si' cases
aa,ssT,: ss..s ,i Ssyss % ma; $50
Brdsn East I1aies-is cases bicycles. siile' casa
British W'si Indics-l2 cases bicycles s2s7 cases
iremenHi9 cases bicycles 500 cases bicycle ma
3d. scst--io cases bicycles $50
British Au-traiia-0 cages bicyc.es, $3.50
ase. bicycle material $50 3D., ,as
cor1niasen-s cases bicycles S3i5 bicyel.
raia iis cases bicycles seo5e 10 bicycle
Da'ra E., Inass-5 bicycles $40 cases bicycle
e-aaa.r-i case bicycles 50 ..,
ienoa-f cases bicycles 500 cases bicycle material
'Iia,re-2 cases bicycles 500 ~ cases bicycle material
Ilambrr 20 cases bicycles SER CO cases oieye.
isl. i,6 cases bicycles s2ose as cases bicycle ma
ii,,-i4 eases bicycles. siii. bicycle material
Ni.r % case. bicycle material $3.50
SEES Ieaie. Il cases bicycle SO
Neef,uniari case bicycle material So
iise-s- ~ Eases bicycles. $500 cases bicycl.
i.t.enlau. 4 case trycies $50 80 cases bicycle ma
80 .lon.-1 cases bicycles. 500. ] bicycle
s.. r.i.t-hars 10 .ases bicycle. $50 ,.-
i'rguav cases bicycle material 500
a...s State. ~ cs.on6a - GASES bicycles $3.50
Nal-.a-a ,-s.s b'}e.~s Si-a
The o'df'ne rider gives advice reeardng the care
~ Tire chain. "roo uu d attention cannot be given
% chain. In the first place if must neither be
100 tight nor too loose. a tight chain makes the
work OF driving the wheel difficult The links OF
the chain grind unon The cogs % the chain wheel
ami the dirt adds to the already excessive tight
ness and great force viii Do required as well d.
The chain should not he $50 tight that there is not
m1 nag c obtained By xn l f's 6 t5a t6erc
H. loss than an inch % and fro movement poss bic
talk, OF having chain too tight one IS fear
that It Will ra'tc against The frame and the cure
~ 10 iy indue ughtenns OF ne chain IL a remedy
far worse than the disease The rafting chain IS
an abomnation. hut 10 remedy IL by strainlng Il
tight s. "a grievous mistake. Furnishing Yourself b.
TIE extra demand on your muscular powers"
Concerning the war In the Transvsai wheel.
ing publishes an Interview with A. Maynard Row
land who was bicycle messenger in the jane
SON raid. Mr. Rowland says that on the Natal
border the country is too hy for wheeins but
on The western border and around Mafeklng f. IL
comparatively level. and affords fairly good going
tracks IN every direction. which the wheeman
can u,e YIN satsiagt2n As an Instance OK What
said that Alr. Rowland owes his Ike 20 the fact
that The Beers did not believe that any one could
traf,l sixteen niles an hour over H. lie had es.
capped from the Beers been 10 DR. Jameson ami
again They were going 20 shoot him as they sus-
pectcd where he had been. bat he pointed ont that
It would therefore have been impossible 10 get
70 him and hack in the hour and bar which
again before they became wiser.
A Paris paper publishes Tatistcs 10 show
that IN given period only ono death and thirty
three iojurcs have been caused by automobiles In
that city, and that in the same time vehicles drawn
hy horses have caused NJ loss than sixty-seven
deaths and 15 injuries The statistics arc inter-
estng rather than conclusive. because they 10 not
tpo kinds ~ vehicles IN uso but tho g,rf that
tuo automobile whether in Paris or elsewhere Is
lc@- dangerous 90 passershs than rs the horsel
aivats rrl.- lotfor control than arv LIVING or~an-
i-ni especially "hon tie living organ sm has high
strung nerves. rs is tho case with the horse thar
s0fre- ~ ar Ola haf or % vagrant re,vsnaper and
eo"s mad over vain imaf 'rings vhor lf seos mar
a. wing buggy or 10Y riding bicycle wi,hol
holding tio handle uar-
Paul nomilion one - tho specifies, OF rho FOR
r f.r LEA.