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• Liberty Cycling Club
  ...be to Ocean View and the beach. The Libertys have their first annual ball on March 12th. ...w, taking the 9:30 a.m. boat and train to Golden Gate, Berkeley, where the wheels will be resumed. William Beatty has been elected to membership in this club
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• Wilbur J. Edwards
  ...er, Bell, Waller and Needham, who were crackerjacks at that time. This was on the old Alameda track, and Grant Bell finished in first position. ...n and won first place twice in the five-mile open, it having been run over on account of the time limit. At another meet at San Jose that year - November
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• Walter F. Foster
  ...r a long stretch of back country. A desperate finish ensued. W. F. Foster, on a [[Victor]] [[cushion tire]] [[safety]], winning by five yards in 1h. 25m. ...he place about thirty feet in front of Stoddard. Waller got the time prize on a cushion-tire safety in 1h., 24m, and 57s., the best previous one being 1h
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• B. Murphy
  ...he clever Garden City rider was soon out of sight. He gained just a minute on his opponents and during the remainder of the race the Garden City Wheelmen ...de being monotonous, and the merry hum of a hundred tires and the whirr of wheels were inspiring to the true devotee of the [[wheel]].
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• BICYCLISTS HAVE RIGHTS. - What Is More, They Are Getting Ready to Maintain Them. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Sep 1894
  ====== Horace w. Philbrook Was Not a Bit Daunted When Arrested for Riding on Forbidden Ground - He Reviews the Precedents - A Wheelman From the East Tal ...r courts. The Legislature, in creating the commission, expressly conferred on the Board of Park Commissioners the authority to make all needful regulatio
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892
  ...inconvenient, it is proposed to lease or build a cottage near the park, or on one of the ...ieutenant, [[M. Griffith]]. The uniform is black, with a star and crescent on the cap, and the club colors are red, white and orange.
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• John W. Leavitt
  ...ory:Bicycle shops|bicycle shop]] that grew into a chain of shops, and went on to become a major automobile business. His business sponsored the [[Leavitt ...t he may be transferred to another relay. The other clubs have not decided on this first relay yet.
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• E. W. Adams
  ...of fancy riding by [[E. W. Adams]] and J. E. Hickinbotham, a game of polo on Stars, and a demon drill by the Oak Leaf Drill Corps, to be followed by dan [[FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889]]
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• THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - September 05, 1896
  ...ht some unjust rule or legislation, like the recent proposed charge upon [[wheels]] as baggage. ...-francisco-call-childrens-day-at/127490651/ race meet to be held at Eureka on September 23 under the auspices of the Eureka Agricultural and Mechanical F
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• THE BICYCLISTS ALL ACQUITTED. - Were Arrested by Patrolmen Who Misunderstood the Law. - EINTRACHT ELECTION. - The San Francisco Call, 07 Feb 1896
  * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Fran ...ving some of the policemen arrested for arbitrary and uncalled-for attacks on law-abiding citizens, and it is probable that the trouble will not be ended
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• The Bicycle Races at Stockton. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1889
  ...The bicyclists made a great feature of the [[parade]] this morning, their wheels being gayly decorated. The races were called at 2 o'clock this afternoon at ...the Bay City. Turner led off, closely followed by Davis, who saved himself on the first mile, which was made in 3:28. Turner was allowed to lead until cr
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• CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 01 Jun 1895
  ...e, which always arouses enthusiasm on the part of the spectators. The wind on the backstretch was so severe as to nearly stop some of the weaker riders, ...nd as some of the members are strong riders they will be found far a-field on occasions.
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• Unfrequented Bicycle Roads in the Vicinity of San Francisco - The San Francisco Call, 18 Apr 1897
  ...ng a place in the procession now rapidly nearing the end of the century on wheels. ...readjust your bearings as to the lay of the land hereabouts. Come with me on a few excursions, none of which will take you far from home. Perhaps when y
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• Joseph John Bliss
  ...n adventurous riding group named for him, [[Bliss Tourists]], which he led on some big rides. * [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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• The Wheelmen - The San Francisco Call, 25 May 1895
  ...n this instance, they turn out en masse, and the effect of several hundred wheels in line is very pleasing. There was some comment because the [[Bay City Whe ...ain [[Johnson]] has called a run for tomorrow to [[Niles Canyon]], leaving on the 9 A. M. broad-gauge boat. A special meeting of the members will be held
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• BYRNE MAKES A NEW RECORD. - San Francisco Examiner. September 10, 1895
  ...[[wheelmen]], was held here to-day and proved to be a greater success than on any previous occasion. Wheelmen began to arrive on Saturday and there has been a continual stream flowing into the city ever s
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• W. W. Haralson
  ...g is a record made by R. H. Magill, Jr., and [[W. W. Haralson]] yesterday, on a trip over mountain roads. "D" signifies departure and "ar" arrival: [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]
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• A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894
  ...d cushioned machine, but was quite a feather weight beside the majority of wheels at that time, so that when the Y. M. C. A. of Riverside gave a race meet he ...en the same as the average, winning probably a few more races than I lost. On May 30th of last year," he adds, "I was in very good condition, but was unf
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• J. E. Edwards
  ...nished in the following order, the time given being that actually consumed on the road: John Gardiner, 59:02; D. E. Whitman, 1:02:03; Will Rodriguez, 1:1 [[THE WHEELMEN. - All Ready for the Great San Jose Meet on Friday and Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1895]]
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• BY POPULAR ACCLAIM - San Francisco Examiner - May 23, 1895
  Probably 2,000 men and women rode decorated wheels through the Mission streets, marching and counter-marching by the light of ...lers filled the streets so closely that there was no passage anywhere. The wheels were gay with lights, flowers and ribbons, and as the cyclers worked their
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