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• A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894
  ...ern California at the [[Midwinter Fair races]] and is probably the fastest track rider in the south. He rode a wheel for the first time March 1, 1892. It wa ...2-5 for quarter-mile track; aiso 32 1-5 standing quarter on one-fifth mile track; unpaced flying half (official), 1:04 4-5; standing, 1:07 1-5.
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• Casey Castleman
  ...y for records on the [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|San Jose track]]. Burke is after short distance records, while Castleman will go for the A ...ces. The latter two intended to ride at Los Angeles on May 30, but say the track is dangerous, so they are coming here.
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• Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club
  ''see also'' [[Alameda Cycle Park track]] ...The grounds were in excellent condition, and an almost perfect view of the track can be had from any portion of the park.
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• THAT TWENTY FOUR HOUR RECORD - Bearings, The Cycling Authority of America, June 24, 1892
  ...s, 1.590 yards in twenty-four hours, on [[Alameda Cycle Park track|the new track]] of the [[Alameda Bicycle Club]], at Alameda, thus breaking [https://www.n ...ge goggles were obtained and attendants engaged to constantly sprinkle the track, thus obviating further trouble from this source.
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• WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895
  ...e]] on [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|their now world-famous track]]. At this meet all [[league]] members will be admitted free upon showing t Now that all the local clubs are holding matinee track races open only to club members, it would seem that a good lot of fast ride
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• CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE - The San Francisco Examiner. October 07, 1894
  ...ed, as the [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|proposed three-lap track for San Jose]] will not be built by that time. On October 21st the San Jose ...e home-stretch. He lost control of his [[wheel]], however, and ran off the track, neither McAleer nor the pacemakers interfering in the least with him.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Jun 1895
  [[California Cycling Club]] - Mile club race at [[Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park|Central Park]], 9:30 A. M.; run to San Mateo afterward.<br/ ...track|the track at San Jose]], except that the surface is loam instead of cement, and is thirty feet wide at the tape and twenty on the backstretch. The gro
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 09 Nov 1895
  ...down yesterday morning, and from the number of San Francisco riders at the track there one would think that they - particularly the [[Bay City's]] - had not ...eeds. Cyclists who repair their tires with this kind of plugs and use good cement wisely need not fear unsatisfactory results. The single-tube tire is simpli
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• Oak Leaf Wheelmen
  ...re. The road from Lodi (fourteen miles distant) also promises to be a fast track, Charles C. Moore and John E. Hickinbotham once made the distance in one ho ...one thousand men working on it. Over 200,000 barrels of the best Portland cement were used in it, and it is to cost about $4,000,000.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 27 Apr 1895
  ...expected of it. The races were the best ever witnessed in California; the track was exceptionally fast, in that two world's records were considerably lower ...ave gone East, and [[Wilbur J. Edwards|Edwards]], who has retired from the track, all the cracks who rode at San Jose last week will compete. Those who coul
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. B. Carey Rides the First Century. - The Question of Race Meet Dates. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan 1895
  ...joined the [[California Cycling Club]] and will represent this club in the track and road races. ...to put in repair and keep in continuons running order the five-lap cement track, situated at the corner of Eighth and Market streets.]]
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• Frank J. Waller
  ...een generally recognized as unexcelled. The [[Alameda Cycle Park track|new track of the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club]], on which he accomplished his gr When the Alameda track becomes a little more firmly set it will probably be the fastest on earth.
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• ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Allen and Sachtleben on the Homestretch. - The San Francisco Call, 16 Jan 1893
  ...dsome stature, weighing about 150 pounds. In 1890 he first appeared on the track in San Jose, and again in 1892, on September 5, at Alameda. September 9 at The only cement track in America is in Savannah, Ga. It is a quarter lap, thirty feet wide.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jun 1895
  ...uch of his prestige among Californians. When he appeared upon the cyclers' track in the races on April 19 and 20, he was hissed as never was a racing man be ...d on [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|the new three-lap cement track]], which has already proven such a record-breaker for speed. The entry blan
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• ONE RECORD BROKEN. - Byrne Went a Half Mile at San Jose in 1:01. - The San Francisco Call - September 10, 1895
  ...ted a crowd of fully 6000 people to [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|the grounds of the club]] this afternoon. The stands, were packed with peop
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• THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 15, 15 June 1895
  ...e done everything in their power to make their initial meet a success. The track is in good condition, the prizes liberal, and as all the fast men will comp ...on [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|their celebrated three-lap track]], and the meeting will be on a par with that of last April.
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - Track to Be Used in the Tournament. - A Matter of Interest to Racers. - San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan 1895
  ==== Track to Be Used in the Tournament. ==== ...s are now under way by which the [[Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park|track at Central Park]] will be put in first-class shape and the talent allowed t
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• THE WHEELMEN. - J. E. Edwards Wants the World's Five-Mile Road Record. - The San Francisco Call, 18 May 1895
  ...ack is of cement, three laps to the mile, and very similar to the San Jose track, except that the accommodations at Louisville for the riders, officials and ...e [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] will hold two club races at the [[Central Park track]] at 10:30 A. M.; a one-mile [[handicap]] and a half-mile handicap. There a
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• THE WHEELMEN - The San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1895
  ...ng Club]] - Race at [[Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park|Central Park track]].<br/> ...] on the celebrated [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|three-lap track of the Garden City Cyclers]]. There are fifty-five riders entered altogethe
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• The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895
  ...n's Christian Association Cycling Club]] will be run at the [[Central Park track]]. The entries and handicaps were published exclusively in yesterday's [[:C ...imes in the past two years, and is ranked very high as a rider both on the track and road.
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