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• Summer Club
  ...de, with the expectation of carrying away some of the honors for decorated wheels. Others are entered in the races and seem confident of winning laurels. The
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• G. E. Watchers
  ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties. ..., W. H. Chard, C. C. Frye and B. G. Frye will leave Sunday for Los Angeles on their bicycles. They will be gone four weeks.
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• WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1890
  ...the ring, but badly scarred. His header resulted in several very bad cuts on his face and head. ...irer, who used to be with ex-Chief Consul [[Edwin Mohrig|Mohrig]], was out on the San Leandro road Sunday, as smiling as ever.
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• THE WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 03 Oct 1888
  ...after an absence from the roads of some weeks, again made their appearance on safeties last Sunday. They took a trip to San Leandro and thence to Lake Ch ...abate. Riders can be seen on the streets in large numbers every Sunday and on moonlight evenings.
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• Edward N. Radke
  [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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• FIRST BIKE ON THE COAST. - The San Francisco Examiner, 04 Aug 1895
  == THE FIRST BIKE ON THE COAST. == ===== First Wheelmen on the Coast - Military Resections on the Government Reservation - Meets, Runs and Feeds. =====
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• ON TWO WHEELS. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890
  === ON TWO WHEELS. === [[Category:On Two Wheels]]
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890
  ...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 break All along the route the people were on the lookout for the riders, and they were given a big reception at each tow
  5 KB (863 words) - 01:21, 27 December 2022
• CYCLES AND CYCLERS. - A Sport Which is Fast Becoming Popular on This Coast. - The San Francisco Examiner, 03 Aug 1890
  ==== A Sport Which is Fast Becoming Popular on This Coast. ==== ...bicycles, an [[San Francisco Examiner|EXAMINER]] reporter recently called on several firms which make a specialty of this line and learned many things w
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• John S. Egan
  ...https://goo.gl/maps/cYs8TYGbxrEJ2Df56 Sierra Point], carrying their wheels on their shoulders. ...ary. Beyond to [[Uncle Tom's Cabin]] the road was passable, but from there on to San Mateo much walking was necessary. Then the road was fine to Redwood
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• A Few Hints - San Jose weekly Mercury, Volume XVI, Number 46, 8 April 1869
  ...xt summer, when so many excursions and trips into the country will be made on these machines. ...so fastened. The crank should never be keyed on to the shaft but fastened on to a square head.
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• Diamond Cycling Club
  ...ion to the [https://downtownalameda.com/about/history/ Tucker block facing on Santa Clara avenue], and occupy three rooms - club room, parlor and kitchen ...a person can make a mile in much faster time on a home trainer than he can on terra firma. The machine for the Diamonds is being constructed by Messrs. C
  5 KB (826 words) - 23:52, 11 July 2023
• San Mateo Wheelmen
  The members of the San Francisco Bicycle Club on Sunday started for a club picnic at Crystal Springs. The start was made fro ...k precisely the bicyclists to the number of 150 formed in line and started on their trip in the following order, riding two and two: Chief Consul R. M. W
  3 KB (473 words) - 14:50, 9 October 2021
• Columbia square
  ...the crowds. Those who were present at the Venetian celebration were there on pleaseure bent, but the mass of men and women who blocked Folsom street, fr ...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.
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• Olympic Wheelmen Name Officers. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Jul 1897
  ...annual one for men in the trade, that for next year being already planned on a larger scale. The party included [[J. S. Conwell]], [[Edwin Mohrig]], [[R ...clubs to Lake Chabot, near San Leandro, next Sunday. Dinner will be served on a barge anchored out in the lake.
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• Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club
  ...Bicycle and Athletic Club|the home club]] were nile green and pink and the wheels were covered with them, while some carried flowers as well. [[WHIRLING WHEELS! - The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus - May 31, 1892]]
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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 25 Apr 1887
  ...d riders did not start. This is the first successful century run ever held on this coast. The riders wish to thank the San Jose club, [[Bailey]], [[Cole] ...on-prince John S. Prince] has traveled 767 9-10 miles in forty-eight hours on an indoor track, riding an "[https://copakeauction.hibid.com/lot/23646963/c
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• Clement Joseph Belloli
  ...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. C. L
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• Thomas R. Knox
  Recently the club has gained many new members, and seems to have entered on a new era of prosperity. Its officers are as follows: Thomas R. Knox, presi [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.]]
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• J. W. Mullen
  ...days Mullen and Montealegre had to pay a man $8 50 to carry them and their wheels to the nearest railway station, while Dr. Morris started back awheel. He ha ...tion of holding a race meet was discussed. The association will meet again on August 9, at the Young Men's Christian Association.
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