New-York tribune., 1900-07-02
CYCLING.
SCENES on THE ROAD-PECUIIAR AC.
CIDENT on BROOKLYN BRICK HILL.

The weather yesterday was ideal for an outing
Those fond OF plenty OF fresh air could hardly and
one more enjoyable 1t was Just the sort OF day
that wheelman likes. and the roads were
thronged with riders all day and far into the
night The air was clear and crisp the roads
good and the wind strong enough to bother
anybody Thousands went over the Harlem and
enjoyed a spin the roads OF Westchester IN
Hke previous Sundays this year. the good roads %
Long Island did not prove be as attractive "a
usual More wheelmen came over to this side OF
the East River from Brooklyn than on any previous
day this summer. Thousands Of them went over
the North River on the ferries 70 get view OF the
terrible havoc done by the fire on Saturday on
some OF the ferrybOats the throng was so great
that many wheeImen were left behind "a there
was no more room on the ferryboaJs for the
bicycles.
Thousands went close as possible to the
scene OF the disaster They came from many parts
OF New-Jersey. The Hudson County Boulevard
was thronged all day with an army Of wheelmen
going in or coming from the direction Of Hoboken
AIter witnessing as much could be seen OF the
havoc done by the flames many OF the wheeImen
from this city continued down the Hudson
County Boulevard and took ride over the roads
on Staten Island. which are in excellent condition
Just now They returned to the city by way OF
the Staten Island Ferry
Over in Brooklyn there was the usual crush on
the cycle Path and out the Merrick Road
What might have been a serious accident bapDaned
on the brick hill in Brooklyn the popular route
from Bedford-ave- to the Cycle Path. A man and
woman on tandem were going down the hill AZ
considerable speed. when the machine took a sud
gen iurch Then the woman went over the 'front.'
nandIe bars and rolled over into the gutter seera
Leel away, and the man turned someTsauIts in the
OtHeI ClIeCllOn- Inc man much hurt bur
lle woman was severely bruised, cut and shaken
Up Inc cause of the accident was one likely 10
happen 10 any careless rider \ Iaunn
HtQ been fastened 10 the front fork OF ma
cnie- II worked loose and caught In the SMOKES
OF the rront wheel Every spoke was torn out and
the huD or the wheel rolled over into the gutter
near the woman Hereafter that man as well
as those who Witnessed the accident. viii fasten
thelr heavy gas lamps on the head OF the bicycle
Where the added weight properly belongs When
a HSnsutacturer turns out a bicycle the machine
IS perfectly adjusted. BY placing a heavy lamp
on one side OF the fork the mechanism is thrown
OUT OF adjustment, and the bicycle becomes dir
HcuIt 70 steer. Not hour later another wheel
was taken 70 repair shop IN the neighborh0od
Win the tront spOkes ripped IN the same
way An oil lamp had done the trick this time
Inc rest, In Prospect Park, the same dis
graceful spectacle yesterday that IL has been for
the last month. An attendant told compaInIne,
Wheelmen that Park Commissioner Brewer hs5
sent out word that repairs would be made at the
rest beginning to-day. The excuse offered for the
dsIay IN making repairs that the park force
or employees had been kept busy on the speedway
recently, as we'll as watching the polo games on
| the Parade Grounds nearby.