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• TROUBLE OVER A ROAD RACE. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1896
  ...d all due to the tandem pacemaking in the five-mile race of that club last Sunday. [[George A. Nissen|George Nissen]], the crack rider of Oakland, has resign ...m the time the latter lowered the world's five-mile record. But up to last Sunday the two had never had an opportunity of deciding who was the better man. Up
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• Fred G. Lacey
  ...76235253/for-the-cycle-tournamentthe-racing/ FOR THE CYCLE TOURNAMENT. The Racing Men Who Will Take Part in Next Week's Races. 16 Feb 1895, Sat The San Franc ...echt, who made such a good showing against Foster in the 25-mile race last Sunday, has returned to Los Angeles, where his business interests are, but will be
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• BIKES, TRIKES, AND SAFETIES. - Oakland Tribune, 17 Oct 1888
  ...|Oak Leaf Club]] of Stockton will also compete. The road was measured last Sunday, and is in fine condition. A good race is promised. Three riders took a trip to Sunol last Sunday by way of Mission pass. They report good roads except for a couple of miles
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• ANGRY COW AIDS LIVIO MAGGINI WIN BIKE RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 19 August 1907
  A COW who evidently thought [[Livio Maggini]]'s gally colored racing suit had designs on the life of her newly born calf aided him in getting ac ...zing by the roadside with a calf spied Maggini's and Bryant's pink and red racing suits. She put down her horns, stuck her tail straight up in the air and ga
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• Robert Diefenbacher
  ....jpg|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>WINNERS OF [[LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RELAY RACE]].</div> ...elmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] RELAY TEAM, WHICH WON [[100-MILE RELAY RACE]] SUNDAY.<br/> Top row, reading from left to right — [[Chaboya]], [[P. Maggini]],
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• Bearings
  ...en on the coast, and has a penchant for riding to San Jose and return on a Sunday, one hundred miles, "just for the exercise" as he expresses it. ...Van Sicklen|Van Sicklen]] and [[George K. Barrett|Barrett]], both old-time racing men, $50,000 net during the year 1895, its decline can be quickly measured.
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• A. M. Brown
  ...Haslett and O. C. Haslett, of the San Francisco Bicycle Club were in town Sunday. The members of the San Francisco Bicycle Club on Sunday started for a club picnic at Crystal Springs. The start was made from Missi
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Another Bicycle Club Has Been Organized in This City. - Oakland Tribune, June 24, 1891
  ...e run. Several Oakland men went by train to San Jose with the intention of racing him back to this city, but were unable to keep in the lead of this redoubta
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• With the Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 02 Feb 1891
  ...d to hold races should have a meeting and decide on dates at once, so that racing men may know how matters stand. ...ds in splendid condition for the [[road race of the Bay City Wheelmen next Sunday, February 8th]]. Many of the members have signified their intention of ente
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• Henry C. Smith
  ...e riding, and at seventeen he began making [[century runs]] and doing some racing. At that time he was a member of the [[Garden City Wheelmen]], which was st Henry C. Smith of San Jose has been racing longer than any of the other riders of the four-man machine. He is but twen
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• Harry Francis Terrill
  Is a brother of "Bob," and has been racing in California for several years past. When Harry first commenced riding he "We will say next Sunday the Terrills want to race in France. Where will they ride? Well, let's see.
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• Charles B. Wheaton
  The members of the San Francisco Bicycle Club on Sunday started for a club picnic at Crystal Springs. The start was made from Missi ...ry bicycle, a most creditable performance. Fonda devoted himself to safety racing and was a good man in his day. Plummer was noted principally in the road ra
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1890
  ...h ex-Chief Consul [[Edwin Mohrig|Mohrig]], was out on the San Leandro road Sunday, as smiling as ever. ...ong both wheelmen and makers in general. It is an undisputed fact that for racing purposes the pneumatic tired wheels will have to be placed in a class by th
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• Stanley G. Scovern
  ...ll made the best time. These boys promise soon to be shining lights in the racing line. ...icles of Association of the Proposed Federation - The Enterprising Acmes - Sunday Runs - The San Francisco Call, 01 Aug 1892]]
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• CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 25 May 1895
  ...Board's Bulletin - Camera Club Cyclists' Run - Byrne to Race in Portland - Racing at Santa Cruz. === ...lmen on May 30th at Central Park]] has secured a large entry, and spirited racing should result. The track has been thoroughly overhauled during the past wee
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• CYCLERS' NEW TRACK. - Matinee at the San Jose Course. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar 1895
  ...own open to the public, and all took the opportunity of inspecting the new racing grounds. The event was not sanctioned by the League of American Wheelmen racing board, and consequently the records made were not official, although a worl
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• E. Ulbricht
  ...ht]], who made such a good showing against Foster in the 25-mile race last Sunday, has returned to Los Angeles, where his business interests are, but will be ...jpg|thumb|center|500px|THE BAY CITY WHEELMEN'S RELAY TEAM, WINNERS OF LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RACE.<br/>[[T. A Griffiths]], [[C. S. Wells]], [[Archie Reid]],
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• W. Waibel
  ....jpg|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>WINNERS OF [[LAST SUNDAY'S 100-MILE RELAY RACE]].</div> ...elmen|GARDEN CITY WHEELMEN]] RELAY TEAM, WHICH WON [[100-MILE RELAY RACE]] SUNDAY.<br/> Top row, reading from left to right — [[Chaboya]], [[P. Maggini]],
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• WHEELING NOTES. - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume XLI, Number 164, 12 June 1892
  The blind run of the [[Garden City Cyclers]] last Sunday was very successful, fifteen members participating. The course led out towa On next Sunday the [[Century Run of the California Division, L. A. W.]] will come off, the
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• W. N. Brunt
  ...[[W. N. Brunt|Brunt]]'s [[scorch]] of the [[California Cycling Club]] last Sunday over the ten-mile straightaway saw eight entries, and of these three men ro [[J. E. Alexander]], at one time a member of the [[Garden City Cyclers]]' racing team, and Miss [[Wanda Miller]], will be married in San Jose on May 20. [[R
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