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• OUR CYCLE CHAMPIONS. - The Fastest Riders in the State. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1893
  ==== The Fastest Riders in the State. ==== ...eelman has yet achieved world-wide celebrity. The main reason is that this state cannot boast of a
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• FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889
  ...ay a large number of wheelmen from San Francisco and other sections of the State. The next race was a two-mile, L. A. W. State championship contest. The Coast record was six minutes. The starters were [[F. E. Southw
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• Oakland Ramblers
  ...n bicycling contests. It is their ambition to become the crack club of the State, and it will be the first recognized League club in California. The club ha ...one mile tricycle, five-mile L. A. W. [[:Category:state championship|State championship]], three-mile handicap, one-mile [[star]] wheelers, two-mile handicap, one-
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• R. W. Turner
  ...rd. F. D. Elwell carried off the honors in the one mile race for the State championship in 3:16 25, with S. F. Booth, Jr., second. Five mile L. A. W. State championship - C. A. Biederman, W. W. Haralson, P. E. Haslett, B. C. W.; L. R. Larzelere
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar 1887
  ...each year, but they may be removed for cause by the Chief Consul of their state, whose lieutenants they shall be considered. The [[Oakland Ramblers]] having failed to use the five-mile State championship and returned it to the Racing Board, it is now open for assignment to any o
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• Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park
  ...y assure the club that they will make it the fastest four-lap track in the State. Work will commence on it May 1. ...it when compared with other racing tracks. All those who have ridden on it state that the Bay Citys have struck the nail on the head, and that at the July m
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - San Francisco Call - May 9, 1892
  One of the most prosperous organizations of the kind in the State is the [[Acme Athletic Club|Acme Athletic]] and [[Acme Wheelmen|Wheeling Cl ...rticle/the-san-francisco-call-bicycle-records-b/127968470/ five-mile State championship race], and the club expects great things of him during the coming season.
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887
  ...ican Wheelmen|the Santa Cruz races]]. He says he will race until he wins a championship. ...Cruz is reported to be in fine condition and the best ever raced on in the State. Look out for time, as it will have to go that day.
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• Capital City Wheelmen
  ...ve always held their own. On September 15, 1886, at the races given by the State Agricultural Society, H. G. Toll and John Breuner came out with flying colo ...r, Rivett won a road race on the Riverside road in Sacramento for the club championship, covering the distance, three and three-eighth miles, in 10:56.
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• THE CYCLER'S DAY - Entries for the Great Race Meeting. - RIDERS FROM INLAND TOWNS - San Francisco Call, May 21, 1893
  ...f [[wheelmen]] who have entered, the pastime is spreading rapidly over the State. ...ameda and [[San Francisco]] clubs will be some of the best wheelmen of the State.
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• San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 70, 10 March 1908
  ...considerable speed and ability as a bicycle rider, and later won the State championship. ...the assistance of Wilbur Edwards]], at present an official in the Security State Bank, and of whom we will have much to say later. This was [[Wilbur J. Edwa
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar 1890
  ...eague hotels, which are being appointed by the chief consul throughout the State, wheelmen will be required to present their tickets of membership in the le
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• John Wing
  ...lap board track. The events will include a one-mile novice, the mile State championship, one-half mile handicap, and a five-mile paced match between [[John Wing|J.
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892
  ...or the Alameda races, and, although he is entered for the one mile [[State championship]] and the two-mile handicap, it is doubtful whether he will appear on the t ...a wonder if all coast records are not broken. Nearly every section of the State is represented in the long list of entries and it will be no easy task to p
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug 1886
  ...amento], on September 15th, beginning at 10 A. M., for medals given by the State Agricultural Society. The programme will be: [[Parade]]: one mile novice ra ...[[Pacific Coast Amateur Athletic Association]] on which to hold its yearly championship meeting, the Executive Committee of the Association, at a recent meeting, d
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• Palo Alto Wheelmen
  ...or less. Nevertheless, Walter Foster is happy, for he still holds the time championship for the Pacific Coast. ...Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State]]
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• Wilbur J. Edwards
  ...n 1891 he won the race again. In 1892 Edwards got second in the mile State championship, riding against such mon ag Foster, Bell, Waller and Needham, who were crac ...- November 28th - he won the five-mile scratch and also got the half-mile championship.
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• George H. Osen
  ...Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State|George H. Osen, G. C. C.]]]] The two-mile safety race for the Pacific Coast championship, held by [[George H. Osen|G. H. Osen]], of the Garden City Cyclers, was won
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• PICNIC RUNS ARE NOW THE CYCLERS' PASTIME - The San Francisco Call, 11 Jun 1898
  ...the bay last Wednesday. Boyden was one of the best handicap riders in the State, and had a large circle of friends, both in and outside of the sport. His m ...p board track]]. The events will include a one-mile novice, the mile State championship, one-half mile handicap, and a five-mile paced match between [[J. E. Wing]]
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• Jack Kitchen, Jr.
  ...OF CYCLISTS. - THE TOURNAMENT. - Clubs and Counties Will Divide Time - The Championship. - The San Francisco Examiner, 17 Feb 1895]] Flocking from all parts of the state between 80 and 100 athletes of former times will gather to talk over the da
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