New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-03
CYCLING.
BICYCLE CURES SCIATICA--UN-
CLEAN STREETS AND PUNcTUREs-
\ DEALERS OVERRUN WITH ORDERS.

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rerarkable tales have been told of the
80 accomplished by the bicycle. Sufferers
-. some particular forms of disease have been
,eated by riding bicycle. as the medical pro-
s,on admits The writer met a veteran yester-
- who vouches for the appended facts. His
o ,s omitted at his request. but the name and
ssrass will be furnished # desired. j have had
aa,,,liar experience during the winter" said the
- - IN question who is a man probably forty
e. years of age and one who senerally enjoys
.iiant health Il have been so busy during the
fset wear that I have not been able 10 use my
Hf fresh air that began to feel all out Of sorts
About three months age mao trouble w raSt re
s sei1y SO troublesome that l consulted ply
stefan. ~ he n 5e' much good About week ago
sss,snrnoined 10 take my wheel clean ii up and
axe eax last ] determined 70 try it again left
nv house in Ninth-st and wheeled up and through
Cen eaTed / have not been troubled since: Now
9p app 70 get out on my wheel for a spin Of a mile
T. 80 every clear day, and ! am convinced that SO
IL long as keep Il up need not have any fear Of
scigtca and kindred troubles
rAa fine weather of the last few days has been
,,rsclated by the wneelmen and roadhouse keep
a and bicycle police say that the turnout Of
beelrnen on Sunday was one OF the largest seen
-, this district in the last year. The dealers
- e,n,nly overrun with orders, especially in the
.,- line There were punctures by the thou
ssns on Sunday. and a visit to some of the promi-
ert dealers yesterday showed each place full of
wheels with tires fat and 1abby. According to
Ne dealers most of the riders said that they had
~ ~ The punctures the asphalted streets. and
60. On on the various cycle paths and macadainzed
Eot s OK This led one OF the Oldest dealers in the
civ 10 explain the case: 4 have noticed the same
hing ~ IS due due entirely to the Street Cleaning De-
partment; Many people have nabit OF throwing o.
vinier especially when there IS snow on the
sn1srently cleaned of It is. in the cutters but
tbe tacks and pieces OF broken glass and rusty
sui is thousands Of ,punctu1es and much profanss
ty among the wheelmen- All Of the asphalted
Clean at this time Of the year. not alone for the
benefit Of Wheelmen and the owners OF obi
A H Angel the veteran ex-president of the
cood Roads Association OF Brooklyn, has his own
IDEAS about a wheelway over the Brooklyn Bridge
Mr. Angel yesterday practically Endorsed the opin-
ion advanced in these columns that the only
chance that wheelrnen have to secure any conces.
for ~he esSig the lewis bin TO repeal the OBJ
1oTaHs Horton law which legalized pTizehghting In
rs worst term. Mr.. Angel is of the opinion that
NJ Martin The engineer Of the neal bT hogg mas toward
: cycle path the structure MI Angel believes
le the wReemea getting any concessions is that
he fears the added WEIGHT VIII enaah I tn aS
he ADDED weight Mr. Martin has always denied
that the weight problem had anything TO DO with
his objections
The Madison Wheelmen's initial run of the sea-
son will take place next Sunday. 1t VIII start
from the clubhouse. No 1.666 Madison-ave, at
D. m and follow the Metropolitan course around
New-York The clubs membership has materially
increased since the close Of the .ast season, and
II is Anticipated that the long line Will include
more than two hundred riders in uniform
" s Bull the secretary-treasurer OF the New
York Division Of the League of American Wheel
men Is IN receipt OF many such letters the fol-
lowing: With this l hand you 81 in currency to
renew my membership in the League OF American
KTEeelD1en for another year. ] renew as a matter
~ course for The good the League has done. let
alone what It may be able 20 DO in the future. l
recret TO see its menbership falling of Had 1t
l57 been for the League il is quite possible we
should to-day be without the Bicycle Baggage act.
rot alone should induce every Wheelman to con-
finue in the organization for life"