New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-09

rides his wheel slowly and rings his bell every rev
feet This will be protection for himself az wen
as for the rest OF travelling humanity the care
full wheeman has long since recognized that IT re-
ouires no law to compel a rider with proper re-
gard for his safety 10 carry a lamp NJ hsn''
mental sf aYesasH to bicycle and additional
weight Is nothing except 70 the scI 1n "a Tho
lowest possible limit This class Of wheelman a.
ways did object 70 carrying lamp. ana ne eo,,ce 70
look over the offenders against the lamp ordinance s
before making formal arrest II the on ers.y
Startling colors and with handle bars down TO the he
hub his front wheel the 9uary OF e yase Of
Huyler Ellison of Freeport Long Island, ,,yht
may be used as a test case, Men like Ellison are not
wilful offenders against law and order' OUT "'e
champions for wheelmens rights.
The sidepath movement In this country Is grow
ing most encouragingly. In England the prospects
OF reform In this direction not particularly rosy
Belgium. is well known, has Gone great uea'
in this direction in the last two years. IN fact s'o
paths are being constructed the most elaborate
scale all over The country. The Hamburg senate
has decided to make special cycling paths IN many
Of the streets and roads OF that city The foho"ihs
is the plan suggested I'm cases OF badiy paVeu
streets a strip of about one metre In breadth snai
be taken up all along the curbstone ana renders
practicable for wheelmen but In the case OF 9niy y
partially paved streets cinder paths shail De iaa
down at the side and. where possible, on Dotn
sides of the street. These paths are for the sole
of whSelmen The total cost rs Sver sew
era years, SO that perhaps IN four years al tn me
parts Of the town Of Hamburg sv wi III De
why England should be behind In a mater OF ms
kind In all of the eTsT weShes country in
rope and II cities on the Continent can an t' 70
effect this reform surely 1t is time for something 10
be done there.
7, has ALWAYS been a contention that the motor
car Industry cannot possibly compete or Interfere
Of n
deed there can be little in common between cycling
and motoring The one provides an easy, cheap
rational and celebrating form OF exercise ana
recreaton the other provides In the case Oh MOTOR
T 6Gyees amG With the of
beneath one II ease combined with speed be the
sole desderata then the motor cfCre bn oii,,on
the bicycle is better.
The question Of the future OF cycle paths In this
country depends upon the support OF the rlders
themselves In buying tags. Every cent OF the
money is used for the paths. as the commissioners
serve without pay. Considerable outlay has peen
made in the purchase of implements. What money h
comes in goes direct Tor or Kew are used and the life
Of cycle path built by commission II d y
endless SO long as It is properly nantaned ana IL
cnn he maintained when once constructed, at a
comparatively small expense
Continual riding. especially II the handlebars arc
muscles Of the arms. To lift or lower the sadie
will generally give relief. but the best plan Is 70
swing the arms rapidly A different set OF muscIes
IL set into motion by doing this and the rider need
not get off the machine.
Several wheemen members Of the League OF
American Wheelmen, have been making tests OF the
saving IN hotel bills they have received through
the,r League Of American Wheelmen memberships
fhe sums vary from 80 IS to S29 TO- AS the cost o.
League of American Wheelmen membership IL Oily
81 wear 1t Is evident that they are "ahead or the
game.
Prussia Ia said TO have the finest bicycle track IN
the word The track is situated on the plains OF
Kodinsky at Moscow, and is one Of the mDt mod
or, things In the old Russian capital The track IL
"a entirely of cement, with steep banking at the
Turns and has n system of electric timing wnlch
is said to work successfully
According to a committee appointed by the city
NJ Atlanta Ga, TO determine what make OF bicycle
was best for the Atlanta police TO ride, there are
inst nine makes TO fill the BILL and the committee
wise,y refrained from saying which one or the
three-ouartprs of dozen makes was the best Inc
committee had nine members.
Two Austrian racing WHO won some fame
on the tandem are doing police work on motor
cycles in Vienna, where their duty Is 10 enforce