New-York tribune., 1899-04-30
The following report OF the condition Of the road
was given out yesterday:

OUOQue
dton Road over shignecock Hls II fair oor Short hort
d;;ion From southampton through Bridghampt9n
TO EssPoT & ,b aso in Sood shape Path from East
hsmpton to Amagansett fair. On the Nortn onofe
o 5e 0d nsPe sna nfw Roads Though Flushing
Roslyn Wheatley 10 Cold Spring; gooe hSau S,k 10
GT sn fSTs Trough and to oyster st. James
Port Jefferson fair Port Jeherson nor 20 etartes
fom gn' Port Port Jefferson wadips River nor on the
Hsh -5 g5OpnS Eoda whfh The VII psh rom WadRg
River 10 Riverhead is good Ryerheadd ad east east
10 fsI fo good cycle path across shelte- Isl
and good Road from Bridghampton 10 SAG IlSfar Har
has has been WORKED over the entire distance and is
in gR9G TRRepss path and the ESthampo
Fiverhead path and Wesths mpton- Rxerhead pain pan
Al qas ,STeupb hTe IN i Queens Floral Park Mneoa
Jericho fair to g,e gooI Hose anre rr0 10 Long Beach
good Road from JERICHO 10 Oyster Bay good gooa,
F6om afT 20 good from Hicksvlle 10 Amityve
FS8% Roads from Hicksve to Woodbury. and from Je5.
chP o RyGe 10 s Park to- to Little Neck Manhasseit to
Port Washington and to Wilets Point good.
Selling bicycles is not so easy task as doing
come other things as those employed In the busi-
ness have found out. Even in these days Of per-
lection in cycle construction and the intimate
knowledge that every one Is supposed 10 nave OF
the silent pneumatic-shod steed. there are IN
stances Of ignorance of common things about the
wheel that often battle the salesman. case IN
point occurred the other day at the salesroom
Of prominent maker IN Warren-st. A man ana
woman were inspecting Of the bevei-gear.
chainIess machines a stand. The salesman ex-
nlained the mechanism and turned the pedals until
the rear wheel went fast as Taylor or NC
Dufe could make IT turn IN & Cd she
understood the running properties OF the gear anu
rear wheel. but she objected 10 the DlcycIe pe-
cause the front wheel did not move around Win
the rear one. At first the salesman iooNSo otn1 d. &
mam nnemn TO TO add to The humor Of the situation
the man insisted that If II We're chain wheei oe
a halfhour to convince the pair that only only the he
wheel TeGeiyed both me would turn together
A good ride for, to-day is TO take the ferry at
One-hundred- and twenty -hfth-st. to the New-Jer-
sew side Ride along the shore to Fort Lee walk
ing up the big hill. which is being repaired Iroi-
ey-cars run up the side OF the Palisades from the
ferry landing and wheels are carried at the rate
OF Ave cents each. The rider must go TO fort
Lee F0Ti H 70 foow II the trolley tracks west Not
far out from Fort Lee is long steep anu Ious,tS
mile long and ends at Leonia. Coasting is dan
gerous as the trolley tracks turn sauarey& "a ac3ns b
the road at the foot OF the worst part OF ] re me
There is a stretch Of road from Leonia across 1870 ne
meadows which Is Is superb t d riaing sbort b Then
follows a short down grade In fackgnsaSN Es, 't "
h fi FseHst 81 station Of the New-Jersey and New
York Railroad After riding about two bio BLOCKS Ks
Rutherford Pass the Erie Railroad station and
follow Unio3.aye Until a6r4ss GROSS he foowSs the river
through Delawanna and Belleyire SN RVet tbrongh
may ma Se Ioe" 10 S1e The distance for this trip IS
about forty miles 1t is advisable TO take the train
from Newark to New-fork
Tho Executive Committee to manage the wheel
ing division Of the Morris Club No 6s6-eSS East
One-hundred- and thirty-sixth-st. The Bronx -oi
the year. is as follows: John Frick, chairman;
IOhV1 a
Wheeler X. Doty, Horace A. German francis Ni'
Tuomey. D. NJ Macdonald. Emil Brill, F. H.
Dose Joseph Smith 81 di; hamRe1j 19s1je Sa%Ss Prank
ThOnpien ppie fsopS RoaS nDt j E smith
captain; Herman F LamPe. E. D. Hallett James James
and William T. Graf. jr. Buglers-A. J. Ripley
and Augustus G. Miller The principal contests contests
and September g. at Columbia oval. open 10 me mem
6ors only special half mile scratch race WI vi be be
borough Of The Bronx The Road Committee Will
sSsa sl for May r which T M be be rum
Under League C. American Wheelmen sanction.
Among the club runs arranged to-day are the fol-
lowing Amphion Wheelmen 10 Freeport Bowl
ing Green Wheelmen to Central Bridge: Castle
Point Cyclers. TO Maplewood. " j.: Century Wheel
men TO Hicksville; Foresters Wheelmen TO Valley
Stream Garnet Wheelmen. - Fort Wadsworth;
Harlem Wneelmen. 10 Ridgewood n j.; Keystone
Wheelmen. TO Yonkers, Lanigiro Wheelmen 10
son wheemen Bergen Point; SisnRet Manhattan b.
Club. Tottenville: Penn Glenn Wheelrnon.
10 Valley Stream; Prospect Wheelmen to Coney
Island; Royal Arcanum Wheelmea, Lynbrook;
St Alphonsus Wheelmen, Valley Stream: ST.
George Wheemen Westchester. ST. Patrick's Iv-
ceurn Wheelmen. Greenvie: Vigant Bcy lie Club
Staten Island; Wolf American Wheelmen Ran
dom"
'rhe rate Of speed which a bicycle is travelling
may be easily determined by several simple meth
obs" says an expert. Each bicycle has a basis
OF time upon which estimate OF miles an hour
NAV be accurately made by counting the revolu-
lions OF the pedals which witnin this period
in such an estimate each revolution represents "a
Irfle To obtain the basis OF time multiply tho
rear OF the wheel by five and divide the prGduct
Iy twenty-eght. For instance. take a sxty-eght
gear; multiplied by five II gives $40 which divided
yy twentv-eight Is approxima ely 12l. Then II the
pedals make Ten revolutions IN twelve 5econcs.
tie speed per IS nearly ten miles, or II
the number OF revolutions be twenty. then the rider
is going the rate OF twenty miles an hour"
The Vigilant Cycle Club to-day will hold nov
city IN cycling. known hare and hound"
chase The riders Will leave No 6s East One
hundred and-tenth-st at o'clock, and go 10
Staten Island where dinner will be served. When
within aye miles OF the selected place. two NOM
bers who will 'hares." will have one minute
allowed them for a start. while the others walt. As
the end OF the time allowed many members az
20 be hounds" and take part in the five
mile race. will after the "hares." II the
the dinner OF the hounds" but. II not caught the
"hares" will dine at the expense OF the captain.