The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-13
THE WHEEL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Creeping tires, or, in other words. a
| tire that becomes loosened from the
| rim, causes a rider great deal Of
| worry and sometimes long walk
| home. The cement used to fasten the
| tire breaks away through continuous
| riding and the tire begins to creep or
| gradually work itself around. Then,
| without any warning, it suddenly be-
| comes debated, and upon examination
! 1t is found that the creeping of the tire
! has torn out the valve. If it IS a sin
| gle tube tire a new valve can be ad-
| justed, but there is not always a re-
| pair man on hand. 4 double tube tire
! is made practically worthless if the
| valve is torn out. For single tube tires
| there are valves made just to remedy
| such a mishap. If the valve is properly
| adjusted. the tire is practically as good
| as new again. 4 rider, to avoid all
| this trouble, should remove the tires
| from time to time and scrape off the old
! cement from the rim and then put on
a fresh supply. The machine should
| be left standing an hour so as to allow
the cement to become properly hard
| ened. The best time to do this Is on
| the night before a proposed trip.
| President Keenan, of the League of
| American Wheelmen will soon start for
| Europe, and while over there will com
| plete the appointment of League of
! American Wheelmen representatives in
! all the principle cities. This will be for
| the convenience of cyclists who intend
visiting the Paris exposition, as well
as for those who will make a tour of
| Europe this year
| 1t is believed that thousands Of
| League Of American Wheelmen MEM
| bers will visit the exposition, and ev-
| erythlng possible will be done for their
| care and comfort. President keenan,
| intends to establish headquarters in
| 10 piS 1,,nr and lao M
| tent representative in charge. so that
| members DESTROYS of obtaining informa-
| ton can get it from a trustworthy
source. The Paris bureau will act in
| conjunction with those of other cities
| so that tutors can be mapped out in
| advance, and the officials at the diff
! ferent points of interest will do all in
| their power to make things pleasant for
| visiting members of the League of
| American Wheelmen.
The Brooklyn man who rebuked a
| woman in harsh terms for riding a
mans wheel and was promptly arrest
| ed. fined S. and told by an unfeeling
| magistrate to mind his own business
| in the future. suffered the usual fate
| of wOuld-he reformers. AS an offset
! to this, however, a New York policeman
| observed a man riding a woman's
| wheel the other day and became con-
WINGED from the awkward manner in
| which he handled it that he was not
| familiar with it and probably had not
come by it honestly; so he captured the
| rider after a sharp chase. and the man
| confessed that he had stolen the wheel.
| All of which proves that you had better
stick to the wheel of your own par
| ticular sex and avoid trouble with
cranks and policemen.
1t is a curious fact that Charles Muir
| ply, the man who rode a mile in 81 As
| seconds when paced by a locomotive,
| does not appear well at an exhibition
| race. His mile on bicycle behind the
| engine was the fastest ever made by
| any man or animal in the world. Yet
at a bicycle meet the other day he did
| not come anywhere near his own or
McDuffies or Taylor's record for a
mile He has ridden at several ex-
| hibitons since his locomotive exploit,
| and in every case the time he has
made has been a disappointment.
| The very newest thing in bicycling is
| a penny slot machine which initiates
| your tires. You connect your tire with
| the machine, drop a penny in the slot.
and pump away. The owners of the
| machines are now engaged in setting
| them up on all the roads frequented by
wheelmen and from the manner in
| which they are patronized it looks as If
| tives would reap a harvest
The pacing of bicycle riders by mo-
| torcycles may not improbably develop
special motor machines constructed
solely for this purpose and built with
| an eye to the greatest possible speed
combined with an adequate degree of
| durability. Indeed, motorcyclists say
that in all likelihood bicycle meets in
the near future will have not only
motor-paced races but also races be-
| tween motor machines constructed
| much after the model used by Henri
Fourier 1t is said that even now sew
| eral such machines are being built, to
| be run by gasoline, and with guar
! anteed speed of mile in lilo. Later,
single-wheel motor machines, it is pre-
| dicted, may also be seen as racers.
| Arthur Zimmerman has Cancelled all
| his racing engagements. The oldtimer
! has concluded that the cycle racing
| game is not for him in the present fast
brigade. The Bald defeat has evidently
discouraged the former champion, for
in letter to Earl II. Kiser, the ''Skeet-
err says he will race no more, but will
confine his attention strictly to his
series of summer meets at Asbury
| park.
One of the greatest bicycle rides in
the history Of the sport was the "a
hour performance of A. E. Walters, the
! Englishman, who won the Boil dor
(gold cupD race in Paris, news of which
has Just reached this country. The
English flyer covered 634 miles in the
twice around the clock contest,
paced by motorcycles. This is an av-
erage gait of about 26la miles
an hour. The previous record
was 6l9 miles, tn the credit of Cordang,
"a DutChman. When this record was
made experts predicted that it would
= never be beaten. Walters got in among
the records after passing the 6Sth mile,
and thereafter continued to make new
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