Scorcher
In either case this article may furnish you a few suggestions, provided you are not a "scorcher" or ambitious to become one. The "scorcher" does not ride for pleasure — he chases records. His chief aim in life is to cover a certain number of miles in a little less than a given number of minutes. Like a will o' the wisp the record flits before him, and to grasp it, even though he holds it but for a brief space, is to become the lion of an hour in the cycling world. He passes the country, to be sure, but he doesn't see it. What if the sky be blue, the wayside gorgeous with springtime flowers, the overhanging branches tenanted by sweetest songsters? The "scorcher" has no time to note these things. But withal he's a good fellow, and this is not meant to disparage his importance. Without him there would be no racing, and without contests of speed to stimulate the ambition of wheelmen even those who ride simply for enjoyment would take less interest in the sport.
Unfrequented Bicycle Roads in the Vicinity of San Francisco - The San Francisco Call, 18 Apr 1897
Pages which link here:
- THE WHEELMEN - The Camera Club Cyclists Will Tour Through Lake County - The San Francisco Call, 29 Jun 1895 (← links)
- Category:30 Jun - 10 Jul 1895 Camera Club Cyclists tour in Lake county (← links)
- Schorching (redirect page) (← links)
- Scorching (redirect page) (← links)
- Scorch (redirect page) (← links)
- The Wheelmen - The San Francisco Call, 25 May 1895 (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892 (← links)
- AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Sep 1894 (← links)
- CYCLERS ARE AROUSED - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Sep 1894 (← links)
- IMPERIAL ROAD RACE. - FRANK BYRNE THE WINNER. - The San Francisco Call, 04 Feb 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. - HE IS AN ENTHUSIAST. - Henry Martin Now Rides a Bike for Pleasure. - San Francisco Call, 3 August 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - J. E. Edwards Wants the World's Five-Mile Road Record. - The San Francisco Call, 18 May 1895 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - 10 August 1895 (← links)
- W. N. Brunt (← links)
- Unfrequented Bicycle Roads in the Vicinity of San Francisco - The San Francisco Call, 18 Apr 1897 (← links)
- Scorchers (redirect page) (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Aug 1892 (← links)
- Not a run, but rather a "climb and coast" - Mon, Nov 16, 1891, Page 3, San Francisco Chronicle (← links)
- KNAVE - Recalls Cycling Days - A Typical Trip - Oakland Tribune, 12 May 1946 (← links)
- WELLS WON FOR THE BAY CITYS. - For the Second Time This Club Gets the Relay Cup. 100-mile relay race - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1896 (← links)
- WHEELMEN'S RUN IS ONE ROUND OF FUN - San Jose Mercury-news, 7 October 1907 (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call - Jul 18, 1892 (← links)
- Olympic Club Bicycle Annex (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - San Francisco Call - May 9, 1892 (← links)
- Scorched (redirect page) (← links)
- Brake (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call - August 29, 1896 (← links)