The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-13
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
STREET sPRINKLKRS HEED THE
COMPLAINT or THE CrCLkRS.

COMPLAINT or THE CrCLERS
! A Harlem Man Thinks lie Has Discovered
A Cure for - Soldering" on tho Part OF
| Women who Ride Tandems - Conster
Break is Promised for Chainlcsa Wheels.
1t is the cumulative vnlue Of the seemingly
trifling things accom- plshcd for the benefit oil
| wheemen by such organizations bs the Aaso-
ciatsd Cycling clubs OF New York that makes
the associations powerful. One OF the details
! OF the work OF the New York body mentioned
IL u new deal In connection with the flooding OF
1 the asphalted streets by the sprinklinR carts.
! A month ago both the Street Sprinklng AsSo-
| citation and tho Public Works DEPARTMENT
| promised that dry strips would be left for
| cyclists on Eighth avenue and Firth
avenue and other important thoroughfares.
Thus far they have lived IN to their promises,
and those governing the sprinkling have asked
to have any infractions OF their orders re-
ported. The Associated Clubs have therefore
| asked that any club member who notices cases
In which nsphalted avenues are flooded their
entire breadth shall report the circumstance.
| Another matter In which the organization has
done effective work concerns tho treatment OF
cyclists at the ferries. The rue hereafter will
be that wheel riders will be permitted to enter
ahead OF tho trucks and &c IN the front OF the
boat. instead OF being jammed with the heavier
vehicles In the wagon passage.
Although generally sound In rs provisions.
the Collins law regarding bicycle ordinances in
different cities has been much misunderstood.
most particularly in respect to the section
about carrying lights. When committee OF
wheelmen. represented by P. II. Mcconnell and
Alderman Oatman. called on Acting Chief Cart
right recently. and requested him to enforce
the law concerning lights. Cartright COM
planned that the Judges did not hold men ar
rested. After discussion. in which the law
was explained to him. Cartright said that
II letter was written to him em-
bodyng what had been said. he would
issue an order calling for the arrest Of those
law relative to riding at six miles an hour and
'f on hH Pf
interesting to all who ride wheels in he city to
know that the letter requested by the acting
Chief has been written.
A Harlem man thinks he has discovered n
cure for 'soldiering" or sinking by a woman
on,a tandem. His recipe came ont when he
not get a tandem. M Said the Bcnedi fa !:
~ Is hard enough to get up hills alone without
.andem. my wife and wouidn ' DO cyclists we
another month. know number OF men who
bought tnndems and soon afterward lost inter-
that thai, your wife would solder ana Leave ali the
sow work t. and f I've sfe d sSi 8HSf
Ms sSn9 the w0ms an begins to shir and stops
S%sfPHf 90 Pretty es ''%S k" tPs a
ss s sf%i L.. "G00 sob fHa u shf s shs
simply; say. well push hard and we We won't
fsIl: saw man DO that but as, have tried
mac hine Begins TO wobbie the other on ne who tho
has been loafnR will push without waiting to
the red ro 1r' lie down " 6eore
one told him to drop it."
Something new that is promised for next
gHS sp,n is an automatic foaster;nrake for ap;
I'm possibility Of nprlying such devices, and the
two speed contrvanoes to the cha inless has
riders having one or the other no bly,. but even
these minor objections seem to he disappear
was made, for the bevei gear machine
and now that the coaster-hrake is at hand
there is almost los no,hne left to wish toE Tne
chainless aud liked the coaster brake and set
about to nnd some way, OF getting them to;
and has given satisfactory results. Tho only
change in, the appearance Of the machine is
and by the shoe OF brake that applies to the
rear wheel double hub il used for
the bicycle is being driven and the other one
when it is running free. by means OF q clutch
nj at the crank hanger the rear
remain stationery. lyon slightly increased
backward pressure the brake i applied. ex-
devices on chain wheels The mechanism is
not only effective. but simple.
Henry n, Quicker Of Buffalo. the veteran race
NOUS Springfield races. and whose career dates
back to the first meet OF the Springfield Bicycle
Club in 1881. makes the announcement that
prC Ofi END
wheelman as. ever: Although past nifty. DUCK
s shndE; He rode three CENTURIES last January;
two IN February. one in March. FIVE in April
hundred mile trip being made on August %
Mr. DuGker is now engaged by New York State
as the state expert on printing matters"
1t was on ferryhoat crossing the Hudson
and carrying mum Der OF cyclists oil both sexes
whesiwoman who was sitting on one Of the stan
ehions on the mems side of the boat and said to
hs wis rd That is the reason object to
SS sRt' re f. act she I. tb.rd % n"
she had the license S q the otter fr see SEX
Sigma ass. them ifs SSs1 w 'Hof e HTs
II up. That woman would no more think OF
sitting there on th- men s deck i she, was not
IN riding dress. than she would think Of TAX
nue.. I see them loaf about the decks here
every day and they seem to prefer
horses cabin or the mems cabin and
sit down anywhere, They step over
the chain and hang over the gates like boys. l
have seen women riders leave their wheels In
tho horse com apartment and calmly take n scat
IN the smoking mems cabin when there was
On the trains they sit in the smoking cars and
seem TO- ENJOY it. although they are there
ostensibly because it Is next to the baggage
room in VIII ich are their whecis 1t il not the
common class that are the most frequent
offenders in this respect. but the most cultured
and resDectnble women"
Harry Hamburg. probably the bcyclist OF
the Oldest standing hnvinR in 1868 ridden the