New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
IN THE CYCLING WORLD.
GOOD ROADS AND CYCLE PATH CAR
NIVAL AT ELMIRA

NECESSITY OF IMPROVED HIGHwAYs-wHEE1-
MEN OF BROOKLYN Up IN ARMS AGAINST
PARK COMMISSIONER BRowER-
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The campaign for better roads goes on steadily
and, OF old, the wheemen are the leaders in the
movement One OF the important conventions
| OF the year will be held at Elrnira n Y on Fri
day and Saturday. Wheelmen sidepath commits
sioners and engineers from all over the State will
be present Visitors also promised entertain
ment while in Elnira. 1t will be largely a League
| of American Wheelmen gathering. The leaders OF
| the movement believe that the time for educating
the public TO the necessity for improved highways
Is past and that 1t is opportune to begin the
| work of practical legislation upon an extensive
scale. They have met the argument that the i'm
! provement of roads is direct burden upon the
taxpayers, farmers particularly, by showing In sta
tisucs that instead of being onerous, good roads
| are positive economic necessity for every class
and every section. They have accentuated their
argument by tho existing plans OF highway econ
orny in the magnificent roadways of some Of the
European countries France particularly where
under national supervision the Of TRANSPORTING
the products of rural districts is about five cents
ton mile. whereas IN this country the average is
mountain States often reaches several ns 'G doiiars
The w, valve Of impEoyed highways was appreciated
the century and practical operations were under
stopped Government effort Sufficient work was
done, however, to establish a precedent for the
! present suggested appropriations by the Govern
tnent 10 return TO road oxiding One Of the strong
tons st the present time is that the farmers viii
support It.
The attention of Park Commissioner Brewer Of
Brooklyn has been called repeatedly to the con-
! dition OF the drtveways in Prospect Park Eastern
Parkway. the original Cycle Path and the rests In
! Prospect Park, and yet effort apparently has
been made TO remedy the evils. The conditions at
the end Of the Boulevard and at the Concourse
are so dangerous that cycling associations this
borough have complained at their meetings Tho
condition Of the rests in the Park much frequented
! by wheelmen is disgrace any community The
rest to the west OF the southern entrance Of the
! Park has probably about feet of the original
! twenty-five feet racks standing at present The
| the Parade Grounds. freIuented by thousands is
| in even worse condition. Where the rack is still
sandng 3 6a Is and ready to
in worse condtion than those In the ot6er re are
policeman is statione5 there to insist that wheel
9 or The 4snehes but must put hem in the wasey
! which is showed into the rack generally knocks
Gown two 9g three Others from their insecure
and somebody win probably be hurt and several
be Responsible for the damage done? Cerfa1niY mo-
wheelman would want to place his bicycle in such
cean Would compo him to 10 So Th Hs p 5S PS
B Baz made d that Fort Hsmton-aye OPPOSITE the
nothing has been done It is q quasnaire in rainy
with It's clouds OF dust.
An interesting experiment was made in London
recently % determine the worth OF the bicycle for
/ the delivery OF war dispatches The wheelmen
worked IN relays. each riding anywhere from ten
/ TO- twenty miles Tho distance covered lJo
thirty nine minutes. The trial said to be sat
P5st Ragd h every way The relays beat the days
/
Those who tho coaster brake should see to
/ Il that the clutch Is kept clean and we'll lubr!-
/ Gated said a dealer yesterday who Is recognized
/ by his fellow tradesmen Il mechanical expert.
mo coaster brake IL absolutely free and those who
use these machines should therefore their hest 70
reduce the resistance by point contact
as much possible In coasting fxed gear machine
sometimes travels faster than free wheel The
explanation Is that the point OF contact retards
pedals on the hxed gear helps tho liked gear
latter assertion on the ground that the momentum
not but the throw Of the PEDALS upward assists
IN pro1selng the machine Just as much as ,he
almost like apologizing for pointing II out were
1t that some people seem ignorant Of the ee-
mentary lawn Of oconotion. Still tho coaster
/ brake rs r remarkable help In modern cycling"
AT a recent meeting OF the Executive Committee
having charge of the National meet be held In
Milwaukee, July 10 TO To- II decided 10
NIT ali l. A. W. members free OF charge the
never before accorded wheclrner attending the Ma
tonal meets and is expected TO increase materially
AS all the semi finals OF the big Will DO run
tied racing viii be seem By league memb bqs' 9Th
out the payment OF the customary so cents for IA
seat
The club runs OF the West End WheeImen for the
month follows: To-day-To Bergen Point
by way Of the Hudson County Boulevard leaving
clubhouse. No, To West One-hundred- and thirty
second-st.. at a June ITO Cnrords. Staten
game in the srternoon between Vest Ends ana
Lobster Wheelmen. June A-To Far Rockaway
leaving clubhouse at a,
A who rides a bicycle regularly and yet
whose complexion is always clear and never sun
burned gives advice TO her sister wheel
women who may have horror OF getting tanned.
or Of having their faces burned by tho She
lightly with milk Of sulphur before going for a
ride they need have no fear OF sunbrirn
1T IL strange how wheemen have their craZes
like ordinary mortals," said veteran rider yes
terday. "A year many experts declared
were the OF revolution In the shape Of long
cranks and high gears. Those OF who declared
| It only passing subjected many
| harsh words Yet nothing Is certain
than that the days OF long cranks and high gears
| machine that sensible folk have regarded us the
! best for all around rfdins-namely, crank OF six
| and one-haf inches and gear of 20 to "a
One of the special features OF the nineteenth an
| nual meet of the Kings County Wheelmen at
Manhattan Beach June % IS a invitation inter
| club team pursuit The Greenwich, Harlem.
| New'burg and Kings County Wheemen have sig
ma teral at disposal OF each club the race
| should be interesting
Brooklyn the home OF many prominent good roads
workers is to be the OF interesting and
novel good roads demonstration. The Good Roads
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