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• Pneumatic
  ...that in Cherryvale sports ground, South Belfast, and a patent was granted on 7 December 1888. Unknown to Dunlop another Scot, Robert William Thomson fro
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• Charles W. Hammer
  ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties. ...andis, of the Bay City Wheelmen, made a trip to the top of Mount Tamalpais on the 17th inst. The trip was pronounced the most enjoyable run of the season
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• Peter Metcalf
  ...f the mile novice had three starters. [Frank] Fuller cut out the pace, bụt on the seventh lap he was passed by [[Peter Metcalf|Metcalf]], who looked over [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION
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• E. D. Woodman
  ...he turn was too sharp and the entire field usually fell. They lost no time on the ground, however, and were all mounted and off immediately. Woodman knew [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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• Lewis Sears
  ...es are in great demand, and on Sundays they could rent three times as many wheels as they now have. ...pedia.org/wiki/New_Almaden Almaden mines] next Saturday afternoon on their wheels. They will return Sunday afternoon.
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• The Velocipede. - The San Francisco Examiner, 24 Nov 1868
  ...t or ten inches. In most of those that have been seen in this city the two wheels have been pretty nearly equal, with a diameter of about two feet and four i ...arth by inclining to one side till the foot touches. In mounting with high wheels, a skilful practitioner starts his velocipede with a push, and springs into
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• Haight-street Baseball Grounds
  [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...ded to have a good idea of the respective merits of most all of the riders on the Coast, close contests should be the rule.
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• Oswald Granicher
  ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.
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• MANY EVENTS FOR WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle - July 31, 1904
  ...is expected. The Sacramento club has defeated the [[crack]] [[Reno team]] on two different occasions and has the remarkable record of having won fourtee ...nd Wheelmen]] to a return race to be ridden over the [[Haywards triangle]] on August 14th. These two clubs finished close together in the three-cornered
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• THE BICYCLE RUN. - Oakland Tribune, 30 Apr 1883
  ...capsized both riders, but inflicted no damage. Several photographers were on hand at Adams' Point, and took some excellent views of the cavalcade. The f ...002334# Map of Oakland, Alameda and Vicinity] by M. G. King, georeferenced on a modern map:''
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• WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Feb 1896
  * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Fran === WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. ===
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• D. W. Donnelly
  ...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]]
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• Louis A. Lamory
  ...he champions of their day reveled in stories of racing on ordinaries (high wheels), 'safeties', boxing, wrestling, fencing, rowing, swimming, gym work, track
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune - August 13, 1890
  ...[the coming twenty-five mile road race that is to be run on the "Triangle" on September 8th]]. ...een daily on their wheels, and in the evening dozens of young men practice on Central avenue.
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• Albert A. Bouton
  ...d [[Albert A. Bouton|A. A. Bouton]] of Oakland took a trip to Mt. Hamilton on their bicycles a few days ago. They left Oakland Saturday at 2:15 P. M. and ...ht, and at 7:30 o'clock the next morning started for Mt. Hamilton on their wheels. A half hour's ride brought them to the junction.
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• Samuel F. Booth, Jr.
  [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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• A GREAT RIDE. - Oakland Tribune, 27 Jan 1892
  ...dition, with the exception of the first ten miles, which were rather muddy on account of the fog.
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• Everett S. Dowdle
  ...he champions of their day reveled in stories of racing on ordinaries (high wheels), 'safeties', boxing, wrestling, fencing, rowing, swimming, gym work, track
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• WITH BICYCLE AND CAMERA. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep 1895
  ==== An Illustrated Lecture on a Remarkable Summer Vacation. ==== ...our amateur photographers who were spending a two weeks' vacation on their wheels]]. The lecture was entitled "With Wheel and Camera Through the Switzerland
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• THE BICYCLE IN 1993. - Akron Daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio 26 May 1893
  ...stronger and lighter than on any other model. With the weight between two wheels there is less vibration than when it is over either one of them, as in pass ...pect an average speed of 30 miles an hour on the road and 60 miles an hour on the track. The use of the machine will be universal. Children will be taugh
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