The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-12
NEWS OF THE WHEELMEN.
A CrCLE PATH FROM BALTIMORE
TO WARRINGTON.

It Will he Forty Miles in Length and WIN
He Ono of tho Longest In This Country-
WHY n Tandem Works Harder Coin,
Up n Hill Than n Single Wheel-Gos,In.
A cycle path forty miles long. connecting
Baltimore and Washington. ia a project nov
engaging the attention Of the wheelmen ~
those cities. Men prominent in the L. A. w.
and other cyclists not members of the League.
but we'll known in business and professional
circles. are interested In the plan at both end,
and are confident that it can be carried ont.
Among those leading the movement az Bal.
timore are Conway W. Sans. Chief Cons nj
Of Maryland for the l.. A. W. Harry V
Casey. +. Howard Harvey and Albert 7. pleTer.
korn. At Washington the active ones are ".
T. Robertson. A.. Giovar and c.. +. Wood. repre.
senting the District OF Columbia. An assocIa.
ton is being formed In each city to carry for.
ward the work. 1t is estimated that a first.
class path can be built o rfrom S25. 900 to $40.
900. and 1t is believed that the money can be
quickly raised. The cycle tradesmen hay.
been interested. and each association will work
in its own city to get its share OF tho total ex.
pense by popular subscription.
When completed this wheelway will be one %
the longest In the country. and also one OF the
most popular. because OF the population and
Importance of the cities It connects. A cycle
path has long been needed between these two
places, anu inc DTOJeCJ mas Dcen before the
wheelmen for years. The roads between
Washington ard Baltimore are VIGOROUSLY
poor. and such an innovation as that proposed
would be very timely.
II has often been asked by cyclists why q
tandem with two able riders working In har-
mony runs harder going up a hill than a single
wheel OF the same gear, The question has be-
come the subject OF many arguments. and
there are riders who contend that the state
ment is a mistake. because a tandem must ale
ways run easier than a single wheel on any
grade. The subject was under discussion re-
Gently In n local clubhouse. and a rider OF many
years experience gave what the others present
voted to be the first satisfactory explanation
they had ever heard. The old-timer said:
Any one who contends that a tandem goinR
uphill runs as much easier than a single wheel
as it does on a level road is opposing fact by
theory. l have seen only n few who argued
that way and they were pure theorists. Tho
fact Is that, proportionately. a tandem does run
harder than a single going up a grade and
every one who has had experience knows it.
The theorists know it; too; but argue
on the tandem is Sinking. The secret
n Is in Of t he hlT iPiicI End HIT its tS dlsSIFlbu tho In the
ton is in the greater load on the front wheel.
At least that is what my study has taught me.
wheel aud on a single you do not. The man on
a, single pulls up, on his handlebars when
on q tandem also pulls on the handlebars. and
it doesn't, count for much. His own weight
much. The drag due to the longer wheel
base OF a, tandem and the extra weight
BY, the extra power applied to the pedals when
going over a level, but in sand or going ups
s nv there Tb Is entered q red a new w faGtSr in II the pFopo,
s Theeis, both ! fa SeaI tsiG at " YIN and Z 7 t RndS fbs Snd "a a
anv nnn pan plimh a prn6a nnaiar m fha sinrla
although, It is easier to ride the tandem on a
The report Of Secretary Anchell Of the Asso-
ciated Cycling Clubs of Long Island, which has
meeting. contains the following:
In January. 1899. this organization was composed
Others, have Joined. two have resigned and one ha.
been dropped. That monument to the energy OF
gagged attention to a more or less degree throughout
the bridge almost oompioted, but yt' the r ssrsst. fnSMee
thereto a Terita6ie morass; The associstion has NOT
the past year has witnessed renewed efforts to COM
p'lete this last connecting link to coney Island with
plsted and the remaining one on the Conoy Island
side is now being improved.
Something new In eyclometers. which 10
hailed as as a. 2 valuable aid to wheelmep; has been
upon the market this season. A rider describes de c,ffes
it q io 4 2 y !; ont
siye character has been designed which not
only records the distance travelled. but the
various directions taken en- route. and the
gradients Of all ascents and descents passed on
the road. The, particulars are indicated on a
tape by arrows and lines. This in
genfous contrivance, which Is necessarily Off
delicate. complicated and expensive character.
will not, of course. appeal to the ordinary
wheelman In the same way as the mere cyclom-
eter. As a scientific instrument. however. for
1t promises to be OF considerable value to bicy-
cling. for, by its use the position and steepness