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- Everybody is asking how a bicycle can be ridden a mile on an ordinary road in close to a minute and half or 1:34 1-5. It is indeed st ...vis|CLARENCE L. DAVIS]] OF THE [[Garden City Cyclers|GARDEN CITY CYCLERS]] ON THE QUADRUPLET AS THEY APPEARED WHILE PACING [[Wilbur J. Edwards|W. J. EDWA12 KB (2,095 words) - 05:25, 28 July 2023
- [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...ined the twenty-two minutes lost at the start so that Millbrae was reached on schedule time. The hotel man was quite unprepared for such a crowd at break3 KB (431 words) - 16:02, 14 December 2021
- ...to give up the cup without a hearing, the [[Garden City Cyclers]] claim it on a disqualification, and there the matter stands. No one seems to know what ...[[Will J. Allen]] of [[Los Angeles]], well known to nearly every wheelman on the coast, died in that city the other day of consumption. He was a promine3 KB (488 words) - 18:33, 6 August 2023
- ...rd heat Blakely and Byrne, who had entered, failed to put in an appearance on time and their names were consequently scratched from the list. [[Fred L. D [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION2 KB (315 words) - 14:35, 6 July 2023
- * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Fran ...treet crossing or intersection, or when approaching pedestrians who may be on or passing over the roadway of any street.4 KB (701 words) - 15:45, 6 July 2023
- ...the Olympic Club Wheelmen. Behind them came others, old but on more modern wheels. Judge Frank H. Kerrigan, James W. Mullen, Wilbur Knapp, Tony Delmas, Walte2 KB (417 words) - 01:29, 4 October 2021
- ...fresh milk near the roadside whenever the club has a run beyond San Mateo. On a warm day it is easy to understand how acceptable their habit is and the s [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]12 KB (1,933 words) - 14:46, 6 July 2023
- The riders entered for the road race to take place on the 25th instant are taking advantage of the moonlight nights for training .... W.]] members. Only men over eighteen years of age who own and ride their wheels are wanted.3 KB (555 words) - 01:30, 27 December 2022
- ...ovice had three starters. [[Frank W. Fuller|Fuller]] cut out the pace, bụt on the seventh lap he was passed by Metcalf, who looked over his shoulder to s [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION6 KB (897 words) - 13:54, 6 July 2023
- ...ple! The idea was no sooner formed than it was carried into execution, and on November 2d the [[Ladies' Cycling Club]] of San Jose was duly organized wit ...e are out for a [[run]] to have to wait for those who cannot stay on their wheels for more than a block. In short, in order to be eligible an applicant for m4 KB (640 words) - 15:46, 6 July 2023
- ...d the wheel glides smoothly and easily over the obstruction. Besides these wheels we have a fine line of [[ordinary]] bicycles and a bicycle for boys or girl ...d easier than they formerly did. Los Angeles letter-carriers do their work on bicycles. They are cheaper, safer, more comfortable and more healthy than h4 KB (662 words) - 22:45, 30 July 2023
- ...tement and both are annoyed by the many notices which have lately appeared on the subject and which have had their origin in the fertile imagination of t ...are too many rocks. After exchanging experiences the two parties continued on their respective journeys. The first named wheeled to Pinole, through Pache7 KB (1,163 words) - 17:26, 8 April 2023
- ...nd one-half hours, of which two and three-fourths hours were spent off the wheels in rests, making the actual time thirteen and one-half hours. For forty mil ...n Central Park to the wheelmen with no other restrictions than are imposed on horses and carriages.4 KB (577 words) - 19:21, 8 July 2023
- [[TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. - Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. - San Francisco2 KB (346 words) - 17:14, 1 July 2023
- ...eeting of the board of governors of the associated clubs held in this city on the 7th inst. Martin Espinosa, Edward Stack, J. A. R. Johnson, J. H. Ballin ...p the interest during the months that the members are unable to ride their wheels. Acceptances should be addressed to George H. Stratton, care of the Olympic2 KB (355 words) - 18:02, 1 January 2023
- The terms of all local consuls having expired on the 1st of March, the Chief Consul has made the following appointments for ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.10 KB (1,606 words) - 18:12, 3 July 2023
- ...[[Highland Park Wheelmen|Highland Park Club]], which had made the run down on the other side of the bay. The night was passed at San Jose. ...n]], met at [https://goo.gl/maps/Lo8jfvWzMNcMuzHE8 108 Golden Gate avenue] on Thursday evening, 18th instant, for the purpose of forming the [[California3 KB (543 words) - 01:16, 27 December 2022
- When [[Foster]], the Olympic, started on the tenth and last relay he had a lead of 1 min. 8 sec. over [[H. W. Squire ...d he could never leave such riders as they behind; he would have to depend on beating them out in a [[spurt]] at the finish.8 KB (1,338 words) - 15:32, 1 January 2022
- ...were made in representation of the end of a railway car. Opening the door on the platform, the program of dances was discovered. When the time came for ...answer by telegraph, and the printer conferred with [[Victor A. Hancock]] on what was the best that he could do. Victor Hancock rode a bicycle, and his8 KB (1,321 words) - 15:45, 21 December 2021
- ==== Prizes for the Clubs That Parade - Good Sport on the Track Expected. ==== ...making the award, the uniform and position of the men and condition of the wheels will be considered.2 KB (363 words) - 20:56, 27 December 2022
- ...wheelmen. Instead of following [[the course]] he cut off about three miles on McLaughlin avenue in East San Jose. ...erable time. He gave [[W. Waibel|Waibel]] a good lead and the clever rider on the final relay sprinted down the course at a 26:18 clip, which is the reco7 KB (1,100 words) - 19:28, 18 January 2023
- === MANY MILES ON WHEEL. === ...a prominent member of the [[Acme Club]], has just made a run to San Diego on his [[wheel]]. He has sent The [[:Category:Oakland Tribune|Tribune]] an acc7 KB (1,134 words) - 03:23, 22 December 2021
- ...e [[ACME WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Jul 1891|Bicycle Annex was formed on July 20, 1891]], and has a membership of 40. The officers are: [[George F. ...pokes. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 13, 1892|start for the 24-hour record on June 10]]. He is also entered in the [https://www.newspapers.com/article/th10 KB (1,668 words) - 00:40, 12 July 2023
- [[FAST TIME ON WHEELS - Ulbricht Wins the Road Race. - The Suspension of Osen Not Popular. - San ...They have purchased a building for a clubhouse and will give a grand ball on the 17th inst. A winged arrow has been adopted as their emblem, and orange3 KB (456 words) - 18:49, 4 December 2021
- ...ity Wheelmen]] and an army of unattached riders. There were all sorts of [[wheels]] and tandems, and a large number of charming [[bloomer]] girls, who seemed ...ast 2 o'clock when [[J. F. McGlynn]], than whom there is no better starter on the coast, sent the [[limit-men]] off in the Olympic race, and the others f7 KB (1,086 words) - 22:09, 1 July 2023
- ...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 unf4 KB (726 words) - 20:37, 8 January 2022
- ...mic]. Some of the same agitations between classes and castes, between four wheels and two are evident in these two 1894 articles as are evident now, in 2021. === RIGHTS OF THE HORSE AND THE BICYCLE ON PARK ROADS. ===17 KB (3,052 words) - 17:30, 20 January 2023
- MANY MILES ON WHEEL ...ain, a prominent member of the Acme Club, has just made a run to San Diego on his wheel. He has sent The Tribune an account of his trip, as follows:5 KB (868 words) - 16:08, 13 December 2021
- ...hose not desiring to visit other parts of the Fair Grounds may store their wheels and are charged a small fee for the accommodation. Those desiring to use the Bicycle Track can ride their wheels from Bicycle Hall along the road specially constructed for their use. Bicyc9 KB (1,503 words) - 15:46, 6 July 2023
- ...in San Francisco, met yesterday afternoon in [[Trueworthy's Park Cyclery]] on Fulton street, opposite [[Golden Gate Park]], for the purpose of organizing ...say that in a short time there will be between fifty and sixty [[wheels]] on the road when the captain calls for a run to the [[Cliff]], to [[Ingleside]4 KB (699 words) - 01:53, 29 December 2021
- [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...h|R. A. Smyth]]. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.8 KB (1,406 words) - 16:04, 14 December 2021
- ...903/1:1:V487-SQ4 Joseph Antoine Delmas married H Aimee Henrietta Fenillard on 07 Nov 1909] ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.7 KB (1,128 words) - 16:21, 21 February 2022
- ...as an officer of the club. In a debate he has few equals, and to have him on a side means a sure victory. He has not many opportunities for riding, as h [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]4 KB (691 words) - 18:06, 30 December 2021
- ...Club]] and [[Bay City Wheelmen]] have signified their intention to appear on the track. Among the racers will be [[F. D. Elwell|Elwell]], [[F. R. Cook|C The semi-monthly-road race of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] will be run on February 8th. This will be a ten-mile time handicap, starting from [[Fruitv5 KB (779 words) - 02:33, 30 December 2021
- ...say that it is the fastest one hundred-mile relay bicycle race ever ridden on any track. It lowers the former record of 4 hours, 42 minutes and 30 second ...wheelmen. Instead of following [[the course]] he cut off about three miles on McLaughlin avenue in East San Jose.9 KB (1,488 words) - 18:39, 6 August 2023
- In reply to our request for some notes on their trip south we received the following from one of the three [[Santa Ro ...roads be when they are properly taken care of. We found very few orchards on our road to San Jose.5 KB (982 words) - 06:43, 15 January 2023
- ...ide two miles, is a decided novelty and should prove the best drawing card on the programme. It will be found when the races are called to-day, that the ...[[1895/09/09 Admission Day race meet of the Garden City Cyclers|the races on Monday to be given by the Garden City Cyclers at San Jose]], it would repay15 KB (2,607 words) - 05:59, 15 January 2023
- There is to be a small race meeting at Pleasanton on Saturday, and the events, which are for amateurs only, have been entered mo ...died the defect. Bicycle racks have been placed inside the grounds and 500 wheels can be taken care of without injury. Allan Jones and J. E. Edwards will go3 KB (556 words) - 17:36, 25 December 2022
- === GLITTERING WHEELS. === The club meetings are held on the first Friday in each month. There are now twenty members, the following12 KB (2,066 words) - 23:55, 11 July 2023
- ...tators, mostly wheelmen from this city, Oakland and Alameda. The start was on the lower road at 11 o'clock, with the following entries: E. S. Battles, 1 ...mpanied by his brother, [[J. F. Hancock|Frank]], and both will ride single wheels weighing twenty-three and one-half pounds. These boys will be remembered as15 KB (2,615 words) - 22:43, 22 December 2022
- ...-days-of-the-acm/ Willis Sharpe on the old days of the Acme Athletic Club, on prosperity 23 Aug 1899, Wed Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspaper ...bail for many but that afternoon four officers were busy serving warrants on those with the 'pull.' The names of [[Tim Scanlon]], [[Harvey Sloper]], [[T5 KB (761 words) - 03:44, 11 July 2023
- ...on road, and Messrs. Skelton, McClure and [[W. A. Shockley|Shockley]] went on to San Jose. [[FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889]]5 KB (781 words) - 04:46, 21 January 2022
- ...tors provided for their accommodation. Only the highest grade cushion-tire wheels are used in this riding academy, which, it is worth while to note, is the l ...ay City Wheelmen]] had their run to [[Haywards]] yesterday. They went over on the 9:15-o'clock creek route boat and from the foot of Broadway, Oakland, t6 KB (921 words) - 23:54, 11 July 2023
- ...winning number, easily disposed of bis opponent and came home with a smile on his handsome face that would reach from Oakland to San Jose. ...n of the first lap Reynolds fell. When the gong sounded the fourth lap the wheels were sent flying over the track at an astonishing pace.7 KB (1,057 words) - 06:08, 3 January 2022
- ...mic]. Some of the same agitations between classes and castes, between four wheels and two are evident in these two 1894 articles as are evident now, in 2021. ...ehind a three-minute animal, but who on this occasion was enjoying himself on a bicycle.21 KB (3,823 words) - 17:29, 20 January 2023
- ...s. Never before has such a party visited this garden spot of California on wheels, and it is beyond question that they will bring back with them some splendi ...camera, fortunately, was saved.. Its members will be at Anderson's Springs on July 1st, and will remain until July 4th to assist in the celebration of In4 KB (774 words) - 06:03, 30 November 2021
- ...that the sponge was thrown up, and they returned to San Francisco by train on the following day. ...stination, arriving there short of 11 o'clock, with a mishap to one of the wheels, which unfortunately made the wrecked wheelman take the train.11 KB (1,846 words) - 04:09, 11 August 2023
- Most of the [[Bay City Wheelmen|Bay City]] flyers are training on the [[Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park|track at Central Park]]. [[Th [[G. A. Nissen]] of the [[B. C. W.]] rode a mile yesterday in 2:23 on the [[Reliance track at Alameda]]. He was paced by [[Charles S. Wells|Wells5 KB (922 words) - 13:58, 10 July 2023
- The [[San Jose Road Club]] will hold its next five-mile race on Sunday, September 5th, being the second race of the series. [[Walter Hawkes ...g in one at some future date. They both ride twenty-pound wheels and carry on the handlebar the usual necessities for stopping over night. Mr. Elliott is12 KB (2,144 words) - 18:30, 4 July 2023
- ====== A Tournament on Wheels at the Midwinter Fair Grounds Which Was Conducted Under many difficulties - ...the men on [[wheels]]. Finally after the Mexican Band had decided to camp on the bicycle track the officials gave up in disgust and let the races run th9 KB (1,540 words) - 21:12, 30 December 2021
- ...e big front door, the latchstring of which is always out, there is a plate on which he who runs may read, “The [[Bay City Wheelmen]]." Take your wheel ...[[C. W. Hammer]] and [[C. C. Moore]]. At a meeting of the new association on September 27, 1890, all the accounts of the old club were turned over to th12 KB (1,961 words) - 17:23, 13 August 2023
- ...Consul Welch; "The San Francisco Bicycle Club, the Parent of Club Cycling on the Pacific Coast," was responded to by Mr. J. W. Gibson; "The Highland Par [[On Wheels. - Daily Alta California, Volume 40, Number 13412, 17 May 1886]]6 KB (966 words) - 05:02, 3 January 2023
- ...ple! The idea was no sooner formed than it was carried into execution, and on November 2d the [[Ladies' Cycling Club]] of San Jose was duly organized wit ...e are out for a [[run]] to have to wait for those who cannot stay on their wheels for more than a block. In short, in order to be eligible an applicant for m5 KB (831 words) - 01:16, 27 December 2022
- ...rd heat Blakely and Byrne, who had entered, failed to put in an appearance on time and their names were consequently scratched from the list. Fred L. Day ...between those men. Byrne was determined to keep the lead, and as Rose put on a killing pace, the head man had to keep his nether limbs working to keep R3 KB (575 words) - 01:39, 22 January 2022
- ...ing beaten the time of the stage from Calistoga. After a short rest I went on to Harbin Springs, where I retired and slept as only a worn-out wheelman ca ...t over an hour participating in the joy of the people so plainly exhibited on the arrival of the stages bringing visitors from the outside world. The nex9 KB (1,620 words) - 22:15, 19 August 2023
- ...us points of interest in the city of long-legged riders and were to return on Tuesday, but the rain interfered and they did not go. [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]9 KB (1,411 words) - 19:16, 13 August 2023
- ...lready hard at work and promise a day's sport excelling anything ever held on the coast. ...embrace this opportunity. Valuable prizes, similar to those contested for on New Year's Day last, will be given.13 KB (2,118 words) - 23:57, 11 July 2023
- ...out brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles.<br /> [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]7 KB (1,029 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2021
- ...ith that name than a pilot wheel with the letter P in the center? Pat this on a man's sweater and it requires no imagination whatever to decide that fami ...rk blue pante, coat and cap to match, with a white sweater with the emblem on it of a Pilot wheel, encircling a bicycle wheel with the letter P in the ce6 KB (957 words) - 15:15, 4 October 2021
- ...e mile road race of the Alameda Bicycle Club, to take place at San Leandro on Saturday, May 30th]], are almost completed. As the medals and other prizes are already on hand, the race will be run rain or shine. The road is made of such material7 KB (1,188 words) - 01:19, 27 December 2022
- ...ok]], a new man to the public, lowered the half-mile record for this state on the flying wheel, and the performances by the sprinters were considerably a ...spapers.com/clip/13345938/whirling-wheelsfred-russ-cookspringfie/ Whirling Wheels Fred Russ Cook Springfield 04 Sep 1885, Fri Democrat and Chronicle (Rochest5 KB (756 words) - 19:09, 23 April 2023
- ...is city of an eight-lap bicycle track. This plan is the result of a desire on the part of the club members to promote bicycle racing, but a few progressi ...iders who are performing at Salt Lake City are anxious to do winter riding on this coast, and almost without exception they would come here to take part6 KB (952 words) - 19:26, 18 January 2023
- ...e Fourth of July and Admission day witness the greatest events or the year on the track, and Monday will be no exception to the rule, as the entry list f ...of wheelmen from everywhere within a radius of fifty miles of that point. On Monday morning the [[Parade of the C. A. C. C.|California Associated Cyclin11 KB (1,897 words) - 00:30, 25 June 2023
- ...o the city again from all parts of the State. They are coming to do battle on Saturday, May 5, the Olympic Club's day at the [[Midwinter Fair]], for the ...which was 2:30 4-5, and at the end of the racing season that record rested on the shoulders of the popular San Jose flyer, [[Wilbur J. Edwards]], and is10 KB (1,642 words) - 13:58, 10 July 2023
- ...on]] and [[James Coffroth]] of the Olympic Club Wheelmen will start to-day on a tour to Los Angeles via the coast. They will each carry about thirty poun [[W. H. Stinson]] and [[James Coffroth]] started on a wheeling trip to Los Angeles Saturday. They rode to Gilroy that day, and7 KB (1,180 words) - 01:54, 1 January 2023
- ...in with some San Jose cyclists, and with these they visited the stone dam. On the return trip the San Jose boys went via the mountain road, ''[Calaveras? Those on the run were: President A. T. Janzen, [[J. F. Hancock]], E. S. Battles, J.18 KB (3,081 words) - 22:43, 22 December 2022
- ...which will be issued about September 15. The Tahoe trip has never appeared on the road maps of former editions, and Mr. Hancock makes the trip for that p ...ty]]'s has returned from [[Stockton]], where he has been for the past week on a business and pleasure trip.12 KB (1,921 words) - 22:18, 1 July 2023
- ...dition, with the exception of the first ten miles, which were rather muddy on account of the fog. [[BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 316 KB (880 words) - 21:02, 20 July 2023
- ====== A Straightaway Mile in 1:19-Gears of Next Year's Wheels-Club Events to Come. ====== ...ad been had to insure a pretty stiff game, so that when they come together on the diamond to-morrow something is bound to happen.9 KB (1,418 words) - 23:24, 27 June 2023
- ===== Wheels That Will Sing on the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club's Racetrack. ===== The [[Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club]] will hold its annual race-meeting on its [[Alameda Cycle Park track|grounds]] in [[Alameda]] May 30. The entries5 KB (743 words) - 19:10, 27 July 2023
- === BUZZING WHEELS. === The club has been placed on a good footing financially by the success of the meeting, and extra attract13 KB (2,292 words) - 04:55, 6 January 2022
- ...ting and became a national and international figure. His mentions are many on my blog. Rather than listing them all, I'll try to summarize, and link out .../D6A8FC88-C85A-4B09-ABC7-467227454900 Portrait of Otto Ziegler Description On back: "Otto Ziegler World's Champion - 1894"]</div>6 KB (903 words) - 16:37, 29 July 2023
- ...he California Division, League of American Wheelmen|The racing at San Jose on July 4]] attracted the greatest attention the past week. [[J. E. Edwards]] ...lmen]] will hold [[a ten-mile road race over the Fruitvale-Haywards course on July 28]]. This will be a big event, as the Acmes are noted road riders, an10 KB (1,776 words) - 17:50, 11 December 2022
- <div style='text-align: center;'>Fun on the Road.</div> ...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]].5 KB (880 words) - 21:05, 26 June 2023
- ...with [[Jack Sampson]], running close to the curbstone, with his antagonist on the outside, and [[M. F. Rose]], his most dangerous rival, just in the rear ...y unfair means, it is known that there was a large amount of money wagered on the outcome between [[M. F. Rose|Rose]] and Byrne and both the former and S5 KB (806 words) - 03:16, 18 February 2022
- ...se last week and saw [[Eddie Bald]] lower the world's record for two miles on one day and the mile record the next. ...be proud of [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|a track]] which, on the first occasion of its use, was largely instrumental in lowering two rec10 KB (1,614 words) - 03:41, 2 January 2023
- ...in San Francisco, met yesterday afternoon in [[Trueworthy's Park Cyclery]] on Fulton street, opposite [[Golden Gate Park]], for the purpose of organizing ...say that in a short time there will be between fifty and sixty [[wheels]] on the road when the captain calls for a run to the [[Cliff]], to [[Ingleside]6 KB (1,003 words) - 03:30, 29 December 2021
- ...ack clear. There were at least 5000 people present. About 1500 wheels were on the grounds. ...is world's straightaway mile record at Livermore]]. [[As the race was held on Sunday and there was no sanction]], the record will not stand.5 KB (849 words) - 02:30, 3 January 2023
- ...it meet at San Jose, November 8 and 9, 1895|two big meets to be held there on November 8 and 9]]. A party of prominent local wheelmen is being made up to ...Griffiths|Griffiths]], [[Thomas S. Hall|Hall]] and [[A. J. Menne|Menne]], on tandems, and feels confident that he can ride the distance in about eleven20 KB (3,310 words) - 18:41, 4 July 2023
- ...do to water? This is the cyclist's paradise, where children ride to school on [[safeties]], and letter-carriers and policemen make their rounds astride t ...ve from the start. [[ON TWO WHEELS. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890|On July 4, 1890, Jesse Ives won the one-mile safety championship of the Pacifi10 KB (1,606 words) - 05:21, 21 July 2023
- ...erable time. He gave [[W. Waibel|Waibel]] a good lead and the clever rider on the final relay sprinted down the course at a 26:18 clip, which is the reco [[OAKLANDS VS. GARDEN CITYS IN RELAY RACE ON SUNDAY - San Jose Mercury-news, 2 September 1904]]7 KB (1,123 words) - 19:27, 18 January 2023
- ...Stinson and James Coffroth of the Olympic Club Wheelmen will start to-day on a tour to Los Angeles via the coast. They will each carry about thirty poun W. H. Stinson and James Coffroth started on a wheeling trip to Los Angeles Saturday. They rode to Gilroy that day, and8 KB (1,335 words) - 18:06, 31 December 2022
- ...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 A road race was to have been run in the East on the same day, where they are using [[pneumatic tires]] and where they may p6 KB (1,025 words) - 01:36, 27 December 2022
- ===== Exciting Races on the New Track. ===== ...at a high speed the rider is balanced practically the same as he would be on a straight-away course, and in consequence he does not have to slow up a pa12 KB (2,174 words) - 17:48, 25 December 2022
- === WHIRLING WHEELS. === Over 2000 people witnessed the races on [[Alameda Cycle Park track|the track of the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Cl12 KB (2,043 words) - 22:18, 19 August 2023
- ...nd the [[San Leandro triangle]]. Officials and spectators will all go over on the 8:30 a. m. boat. The course has been divided so that no tandem team wil On the second time down the [[Haywards]] road [[Bacon]] and [[Frank G. Peck|Pe11 KB (1,935 words) - 17:57, 6 July 2023
- ...onicle|CHRONICLE]] will be favored with notes from some of these gentlemen on the races to be held there. ...bt take the majority of the prizes. Sanger is a most phenomenally fast man on a spurt, and if Zimmerman does not tire him out before the end of the race8 KB (1,335 words) - 03:18, 30 December 2021
- === Entries and Handicaps for the Races of the Bay City Wheelmen on Decoration Day === ...ers will lose $3,000,000 this year, owing to the reduction in the price of wheels at the beginning of the season.11 KB (1,808 words) - 19:51, 8 July 2023
- ...n original poem composed for the occasion. A. M. Brown addressed the party on the subject of the Alameda contingent, better known as the Alameda Scorcher ...the time of the year to ride in the country, before the warm weather comes on and the roads begin to get cut up and dusty by heavy teaming.5 KB (880 words) - 21:13, 28 December 2021
- ...olution and a very American flavor of capitalism and industry, both relied on a new concept of credit and payment plans. The staff of [[Leavitt & Bill]] The two partners dissolved the original [[Leavitt & Bill]] business, going on to form [[J. W. Leavitt & Co.]] and [[John T. Bill & Co.]]. The former beca12 KB (1,633 words) - 17:45, 19 August 2023
- ...ider was furnished every ten miles and each rider had been selected solely on account of his great speed, the combined efforts of these ten men beat the ...vor to lower a record made by some fast man. Naturally the pace soon tells on him.17 KB (2,748 words) - 15:47, 6 July 2023
- The [[Bay City Wheelmen]] will have a euchre party at the clubrooms on Saturday evening, August 17, to be followed by a [[smoker]], for members on ...it meet at San Jose, November 8 and 9, 1895|two big meets to be held there on November 8 and 9]]. A party of prominent local wheelmen is being made up to21 KB (3,345 words) - 01:07, 8 July 2023
- ...r]] and [[H. A. Mathews]] of the [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] rode their wheels from Stockton to [[Brooklyn]] Saturday, following route three of the Califo ...will have a perfect [[track]]. It is in the form of an ellipse, banked up on all sides, and is one-quarter of a mile in distance.8 KB (1,420 words) - 17:20, 11 December 2022
- ...the crowds. Those who were present at the Venetian celebration were there on pleasure bent, but the mass of men and women who blocked Folsom street, fro ...e clubs, prime movers in the matter of South Side improvements, with their wheels gayly decorated, spun in and around the great crowd and won its cheers.6 KB (971 words) - 17:27, 25 December 2022
- ...ay 30. It has four laps, thirty feet wide, with banks six feet high, built on the plan of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_Hill_Velodrome#History ...nts assembled to witness a fine bicycling programme. It was announced that on [[Alameda Cycle Park track|the new track]] it would be possible to break al9 KB (1,529 words) - 16:07, 16 July 2023
- ==== Widespread Interest Manifested in the Contests on the Garden City Track ==== ...ning to witness the contest for the five-mile championship, the first time on this Coast when [[class A]] and [[class B|B]] riders have competed together8 KB (1,299 words) - 17:37, 4 July 2023
- ...ith that name than a pilot wheel with the letter P in the center? Put this on a man's sweater and it requires no imagination whatever to decide that fami ...p cement track|their celebrated three-lap track]], and the meeting will be on a par with that of last April.16 KB (2,695 words) - 18:31, 4 July 2023
- ...g to the front is the [[Pacific Road Club]] of this city. It was organized on November 5, 1891, with the following charter members: [[A. T. Jansen]], [[J ...g of a front view of a bicycle wheel on wings, inclosed in a golden circle on which is the club name in enamelled letters, has also been adopted.8 KB (1,452 words) - 00:08, 12 July 2023
- ...ampson|Jack Sampson]], running close to the curbstone, with his antagonist on the outside, and [[M. F. Rose]], his most dangerous rival, just in the rear ...y unfair means, it is known that there was a large amount of money wagered on the outcome between Rose and Byrne and both the former and Sampson are know7 KB (1,137 words) - 01:57, 4 January 2022
- === TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. === ...rge. When the protest was made [[George Thorn|Thorn]], the Garden City man on [[:Category:1898 annual 100-mile relay race|the third relay]], who made the6 KB (1,048 words) - 18:39, 6 August 2023
