The record-union., 1899-06-26
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS
Southern Cycle show-Crooked
Saddles-Use Of the Highway-
A Racing Marvel.


interfered with. The presumption must
Judgment. If Individual tastes, notions
and desires on the part Of riders are to
govern, there can be no success. since
only confusion can result If the man.
aging committee is overridden or
checked. 1t is simply impossible to
attend to the details of g. race meet in
club sessions. All such affairs must
be wholly managed by the race COM
mdttees. Any other system is certain
to result disastrously. What the mani
aging committee decides upon after the
affair is committed to it should be
Loyalty sustained by its club. Expe-
rdence in all clubs has really made this
a law.
The Florida Division. L. A. W., has
been added to the list Of the divisions
which have succeeded in having side
path laws passed through the Legis-
lature. There was not dissenting vote
and the Governor has signed the bill.
These paths are very popular in Flor
ida, many being laready In use, and
more are now being built under the new
law.
There seems to be great activity in
the building of side paths Throughout
the country. Nearly all Of the Eastern
States are actively engaged In the work,
New York and Pennsylvania leading,
and the Pacific States are likewise In
the path field With these paths built
and laws enacted to protect them the
wheelmen seem to have solved the prob
lem Of having good roads for them
selves until the full width Of roads can
be built The clubs of wheelmen are
to be credited in every case with the
passage of these laws and with the
building of the paths. Wheelmen rid
ing over them should remember this and
assist the organizations that are help
ing them, by becoming members or by
taking road badges.
1.-The principle of wide tires is so
generally acknowledged in Europe that
prescribing their use. Austria requires
tires of at least 1-3 inches width, in
creasing as the load to be carried ex-
ceeds 371a tons. In France all freighting
band market wagons are turned into
road rollers by being required to have
tires from 3 to 10 inches wide. Ger
many requires 4-inch tires for all
wagons used for heavy loads, and Swift
zerland requires that they shall be pro-
vided with tires of six inches. These
regulations have been adopted for the
protection Of the high-class European
roads built during the present century.
The proposed automobile race be-
tween an American and a French ma
chine has brought the attention of the
public to the wretched condition of
American roads. The French automo-
bile has shown am average speed Of 80
miles an hour for a long distance, while
the best the American machine has
been capable Of is little over 16 miles.
The difference Is ascribed solely to the
bad roads over which the American ma
chine was compelled to travel.
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The first cycle show ever held in the
South has been scheduled for Charles
ton in November. Combined with the
exhibit of bicycles. parts and sundrdes
will be an extensive show of automo-
biles. The exhibition will be under the
auspices of the South Carolina Division
of the League of American Wheelmen,
and will be held in q hall having a
seating capacity of 1000. The audi
torium is large enough for cycle track
if it is decided to conduct races in con-
nection with the show.
Riders of double centuries and longer
distances on the road complain that al
though they experience no particular
WEAKNESS or other bad effects while
riding, they wake up the next morn
ing with the hands perfectly numb. and
the blood does not again circulate prop
erly for several days. This is caused
by the terrific vibration of such run,
and to obviate it riders should use some
kind of soft grip, preferably pneumatic.
Bicyclists who suffer injury to their
persons or property through collision
with other users of the highways OF
with road Instructions should always
study up on "contributory negligence
before seeking redress at law. Cases
Of the kind usually afford an opportun-
ity for discriminating work in drawing
the line between ordinary watchfullness
and prudence on the part of the plain
tiff and failure to take that reasonabl
care of himself which is legally -incum-
bent upon every traveller by horse foot
or wheel ssssssyss ssss 81 -
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Red cement. powdered, and benzine
make good rim cement for placing
tires. The solution should be allowed to
stand until the powder is thoroughly
dissolved, and should be applied to the
rim with a brush. After 1T is once on 1t
will do for any number of tires, as all
that is necessary in putting on others
or the same ones, If At Is necessary to
remove them, is to apply Attle ben
zine to the hardened cement.
To prevent tires losing air when no
puncture exists and there is no Leak
age at the valve, Debates and inject
water, after which initiate as usual. The
escape of the air arises from the poros-
ity of rubber. Let the tires stand for
day or two and the water, evaporat-
ing, will fill up the countless invisible
holes in the rubber. Repeat If neces-
sary.
The wrrd efficiency" used in connec-
ton with the bicycle is frequently heard
nowadays. and riders are beginning to
understand that the item of weight, the
oscillation and spinning of the bearings
and certain other things to which
great Importance was once attached in
determining the qualities of bicycle
are not, after all, Important factors in
economizing power and saving the rid
er's strength.