The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-05
CYCLE DIVING TAKES NERVE.
Man Who Thrills Fair Crowds Tells of
His Sensations.

Man Who Thrills Fair Crowds Tells of
His Sensations.
The daring aerial bicycle rider, A.
M. Schreyer, whose performance on
the high chute has attracted so much
attention at the fair grounds, yester-
day said:
81 have ridden the chute now for
seven years. No one can imagine the
sensation produced by riding down
that chute and diving ninety-five feet
into a tank of water. I have looped
the loop but it is nothing compared
to this The wheels used in looping
the loop are especially made for the
purpose, while I use an ordinary wheel,
with chain and no foe clips.
The first thing 1 do is to examine
the tank, observe the wind and mark
the spot in which I will dive I keep
my mind intently concentrated on this
and never notice anything about me-
nor hear anything, so closely do / have
to keep my mind upon the spot, for it
is impossible to see anything when
coming down, because the wheel goes
so swiftly.
Il then climb upon the chute, look
at the spot in which I am to dive es-
innate the height to which I have to
leap in order to reach it, and fix in
my minds eye a spot in the sky at
which I have to leap to fall in the
right place. have to make these CAL
culations every time I ride, so that I
Will be sure to strike the right place.
Unconscious of Crowd.
while making these observations I
am utterly unconscious of the crowds
and everything else. I then climb to
the top of the chute, and again note the
distance and height that have to dive,
fN1af flO ker, II III
make the dive from the wheel, on ac-
count of the up curve at the end of the
chute.
Then draw in my mind line down
the entire chute from the place at
which l start to the place at which I
will jump. l must also keep this in my
mind and guide the wheel in the swift
descent along it. You can hardly i'm
agine the Importance of having the
wheel precisely in the center. If I
should happen to be two inches from
the center when I leave the chute
would land outside of the tank, for I
have to leap ninety-five feet, and in
that distance the divergence caused by
an angle of two inches from the center
would be several feet outside of the
tank.
81 then start. down the chute and
when reach a spot about fifty feet
spectators never notice this because 7
go so fast. When I reach this SPOT 7
throw my whole strength into nv
right leg against the pedal in order to
get spring, then when the left pedal
comes down I throw all my strength
onto that to straighten my body. for
if should not do this would go over
the side.
Needs Extra Momentum.
'This back pressure on the pedals Is
the hardest part of the whole thing.
This is all done quicker than YOU can
think and as l say is never noticed by
the spectators. no sooner get braced
in this manner than am at the end
of the chute, where leap into the air.
"One would think that the momen-
tum ackuired in going down the
chute would be sufficient to carry
me throug the air to the tank, a dis
tance of ninetyfive feet but 1t does
not, for have to take a spring which
do in the manner described.
Il used to ride in the evening with a
can of red fire on the back Of my wheel.
but since an accident that had not
long ago | have stopped. 1t was in
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