William M. Meeker
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Bay City Wheelmen, Captain
W. M. Meeker, the Captain of the club, is considered the best road rider in California to-day. Riding a wheel well within his size with a long crank, he can climb almost all the hills known to the local riders. One of his recent feats was the riding down the two hills on Golden Gate avenue without using his hands on the handle bar. He did this to prove to a timid rider that the latter should not be afraid to ride down the hill with hands on handles and brake also. In the early part of the year he visited Mt. Hamilton in company with several riders on "safeties." Coming down the hill the safety riders tried to leave him, but could not do so, as he would ride on his tall wheel as fast as they dare go on the smaller ones. His best performance was the arranging and carrying out of the 100-mile run of the club in 1887. He made a number of trips to San Jose, the result of which was a schedule that made it possible for any rider of ordinary ability to make the round trip. This was a most successful run, as seventeen of the nineteen starters finished, while the only two that did not broke their wheels before they had gone twenty miles. The members of the club presented him with an elegant badge to commemorate the affair. He raced a little in 1885, his best performance being in a five-mile race at Benicia, when he beat W. G. Davis from scratch, allowing the latter seventy-five yards, and winning one of the finest medals ever offered here.
A very enjoyable trip for wheelmen to take is the one made by S. H. Knapp Jr. and W. M. Meeker on Sunday week. Leaving San Mateo they took the Spanishtown road as far as Wylie's on the summit, from where they rode along the ridge of the mountains to Pelarcitos and returned by Lake San Andreas. The same day C. A. Howard and R. M. Thompson rode to Spanishtown and back.
The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 1889
Chief Consul Thompson, with W. D. Sheldon, W. M. Meeker and S. H. Knapp Jr., left Saturday night on the theater train for Menlo Park, from which they wheeled to Saratoga by moonlight, riding to Santa Cruz yesterday via Bowlder Creek and Felton.
W. D. Sheldon 11 Nov 1889, Mon San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
Several parties are being formed to wheel to the Yosemite this year, one consisting of W. M. Meeker, Walter D. Sheldon, S. H. Knapp Jr. and R. M. Thompson, who expect to go in May. Ed Landis, C. N. Langton and H. A. Spalding will go the latter part of June. F. W. Ray, J. G. Cox, E. W. Adams and others will go to Lake Tahoe. Sanford Plummer, George P. Wetmore, Thomas H. Doane and C. W. Hammer will probably do the Yosemite some time during the season.
31 Mar 1890, Mon San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com
William M. Meeker of the Bay City Wheelmen, who has been in the East attending college since June, 1893, will re- turn to his home here shortly.
THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - October 26, 1895
Pages which link here:
- Bay City Wheelmen (← links)
- Thomas H. Doane (← links)
- Ralph M. Thompson (← links)
- Sanford Plummer (← links)
- Stephen Horton Knapp, Jr. (← links)
- File:The San Francisco Examiner Sun Oct 14 1888 me.jpg (← links)
- Joseph G. Cox (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov 1889 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar 1890 (← links)
- STEVENS IN THE SADDLE. - San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 17, 1887 (← links)
- The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 25 Apr 1887 (← links)
- BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888 (← links)
- W. M. Meeker (redirect page) (← links)
- Bay City Wheelmen (← links)
- BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888 (← links)
- ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885 (← links)
- The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jul 1888 (← links)
- Wheeling. - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Apr 1889 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 1890 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1890 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Nov 1891 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890 (← links)
- THE WHEEL. - San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1890 (← links)
- The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 May 1887 (← links)
- The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Mar 1887 (← links)
- The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887 (← links)
- KNAVE - Recalls Cycling Days - A Typical Trip - Oakland Tribune, 12 May 1946 (← links)
- Second Tournament of the Bay City Wheelmen - The San Francisco Examiner, 26 Jul 1885 (← links)
- CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Organization and Growth of the Bay City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 02 May 1892 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1891 (← links)
- The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 1889 (← links)
- To the Summit of Mount Diablo by Wheel. - Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Apr 1889 (← links)
- CLUB SOCIALS. - San Francisco Examiner - September 26, 1887 (← links)
- W. M. Meeker Jr. (redirect page) (← links)
- The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887 (← links)
- William Meeker (redirect page) (← links)
- ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886 (← links)
- The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar 1887 (← links)
- Thomas Stevens (← links)
- THE WHEEL. - Picnic Run of the Bay Citys - Oakland's Lady Riders - Oakland's Lady Riders - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1890 (← links)
- THE CYCLING WORLD. - San Francisco Bicycle Club annexed by Olympic Cycling Annex - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jul 1893 (← links)
- W. Meeker (redirect page) (← links)
- A QUIET WEEK IN CYCLING - The San Francisco Call - November 13, 1897 (← links)
- CLUB SOCIALS. - San Francisco Examiner - September 26, 1887 (← links)
- THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - October 26, 1895 (← links)