The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-13
OF INTEREST TO CYCLISTS.
THE CHAMPIONS AND FLYERS
TO VISIT SACRAMENTO.
Jointed Crank-Dress Guards
Front Eorks-Rust-Good Roads
The Path BilI-'99 Wheels

The Path Bill-'99 Wheels.
Long have the men of the Capital
City Wheelmen who love racing and 10
see champions ''go" desired to nave q
bunch of the big riders who came out
to the San Francisco tournament snow
Sacramento their PAGES. The desire
was entertained long before the crack
ajacks left the East. After much nego-
tiation, for it is great undertaking.
arrangements have been perfected Tor
big lot of the famous riders to enter In
the program of an event" to be given
here on the 10Th inst. at Agricultural
Park mile track, and it will be under the
auspices of the c. C. w. Race Commit
tee. 1t is to be no mere exhibition, but
the men are going for that great lncen-
tive reward. Among the bunch Will be
Barnabee of Boston. the greatest TWEEN
ty-four-hour rider in the world; Chap-
man of Atlanta, the lightning sprlnter
and long-distance rider-Strange compl-
nation, but true all the same-the Law
son Brothers, Chicago; one is known as
1.-The Terrible Swede," and is winner Of
the famous Chicago road race, was
third in the late twenty -four-hour race
in San Francisco and won the lOO-mlle
race at San Jose the other day, break
ling all the world records; Downing Of
San Jose, short-distance Splinter and a
whirlwind; Frank Cotter Tacoma,
sprinter and tandem rider. He and
Downing make the ideal tandem team.
and will go against the Turville broth
ers; one of the latter. Charles. was sec
ond in the Neutrality-suspicious. race at
San Francisco, and the other Glen, IS
a. noted Eastern Splinter. Baby Glib
son of Cincinnati the second Michael.
will ride also. This prodigy is worlds
wonder we are assured by all who
have seen him go. Otto Zeigler, Lit
tile Demon will take a number and
win if he can, and Otto is in finest form
just now. Oscar Julius. the champion
of Sweden, will be in the bunch. and it
Us believed Fourier of Paris with his
internal machine will be here to do pac-
ing. The committee has prepared a
splendid programme, and it has had the
wisdom to put the gate admission so
low that everybody and his wife can go,
and the wife, by the way is to have a
seat in the grand stand free. but mas
culines will pay a small fee for that
favored vantage ground. There is to
be a ten and a five-mile race. multicycle
and tandem races, matches, mile. hand
leap, half-mile, and a variety Of num-
bers, and some openings for a bunch
of amateurs also.
The Terminal City Wheelmen of
Stockton have dedicated their new club
house on California street, between
Channel and Weber avenue The club
house is equipped with billiard, bath
rooms, a gymnasium fifty feet square.
The entire building is lighted by cleo
tricity and the Stockton wheeIers are
very proud Of it.
An automobile race is one of the feat
ures that is being considered for the
National meet at Boston this year. The
race will be run at Charles River Park,
and the automobile races will be the
second series that have been run on
this track.
The National Cyclists Union Of Eng
land has decided not to limit its ma
tional championships to English born
contestants. AS heretofore. the cham
pionships will be open to the world.
After April LIST all cyclists must carry
lamps and bells in Ireland. Hitherto
this has not been necessary.
According to several writers who have
been associated for years with the ANA
seur Athletic Union, the League of
American Wheelmen mas no right to
govern professional cycle racing They
argue that the right of government
also comes from the consent to be lick
ed, as the Amateur Athletic Union just
ay represents.
The Colorado Legislature has before
1t for action a good roads bill. fostered
by the State Division, League of Amer
lean Wheelmen. creating a highway inn
provement commission and appropriat-
dng round sum for the use of the
commission.
The bicycle-path-license bill has had
q second reading in the Senate and
stands good chance of passing. So it
should.
The s'jointed crank Is one of the new
Nhings IN bicycle parts. This is formed
by using the ordinary crank and pedal
an connection with an intermediate fit
ting, IA inches in length and weighing
four ounces, which connects the crank
end and pedal-pin, so that the pedal
swings just below its accustomed place.
after the fashion of swinging pedal
The result IS that the rider is enabled
ito use a frame two inches lower than
usual or a saddle adjustment lowered
to that extent and to overcome both
dead center and chain back lash. In
addition. the leverage is so varied that
at reaches its highest power at the for
ward thrust and its minimum on the
up ward stroke, where little power is
needed. Among the additional advan-
fages claimed are ease in hill-climbing.
decreased vibration of the pedal, in
creased power in back pedaling, and
1essened chance of serious accident
should the pedal strike an obstruction
The use of a netted mesh for dress
guards on women's wheels has replaced
the old cord lacings in many instances
and aluminium chain guards have de-
creased in number. There are fewer
novelties in hubs than in other years.
"A new one is constructed so that the
spokes fit directly into the hub, there
being no f1anges on the ends The
spckes have spherical heads on the in
side of the hub which prevent them
from pulling out. while at the same
time permitting of a slight lateral yield
under strain