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• Chronological index of historical cycling articles in San Francisco Bay Area Bicycle Culture, Historical
  1878/11/29 [[BICYCLE-RIDING. Meet on the Point Lobos Road, and Formation of a Club - Fri, Nov 29, 1878 - Page 3 1879/11/30 draft: WHIRLING WHEELS - Inauguration of the Bicycle Contest in the Pavilion. - first bicycle race
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• Frank Lee Hunter
  ...id his safety zigzag. The next run of the Annex will be to Lake Pilarcitos on May 28th. A meeting of the Annex will be held tonight at the Olympic Club. ...own on the steamer was uneventful, and we found ourselves in Santa Barbara on the night of July 16th. Inquiry elicited the information that [https://www.
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - A Brief Sketch of the Garden City Cyclers. - Frank Waller Makes a New World's Record. - The Coming Century Run - Straight Spokes. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 13, 1892
  ...good bicycle track, and have it in readiness for the race meet to be held on [[Admission day]]. The fleur-de-lis has been adopted by the club as its dis ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_Hill_Velodrome Hern Hill course in England], on which [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75942081/a-twenty-four-hours-cycling
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Jun 1895
  ...tape and twenty on the backstretch. The grounds are easy of access, being on the line of an electric railroad, and upon a popular drive, the Cliff road, ...umb|center|[http://www.georeferencer.com/compare#601780566539 Vue de l'Eau on the 1914 Weber's Map of Santa Cruz County, California]]]
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• BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888
  ==== Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. ==== ===== How the Sport Has Grown in Interest Since it Was First Introduced on This Coast. =====
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• CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE - The San Francisco Examiner. October 07, 1894
  ...ways, but the afternoon went off only half as well as it should have done on account of the fool-hardiness of one man, who was unfortunately chosen refe ...run to-morrow to [[San Pablo]]. The start will be from the [[Acme A. C.]] on Twelfth street, Oakland, at 9:30 A. M., and Captain [[Kitchen]] announces a
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• STRIVING FOR GOOD STREETS. - The San Francisco Examiner - 22 May 1895
  ...along the street became aware of the situation a committee of them waited on the Street Committee of the Supervisors and requested them to repave the st ...recent order of the Street Department, the latter must hereafter be placed on a bed of concrete.
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Jun 1887
  ...ade on Monday, the 4th. Altogether, it promises to be a very large time on wheels, and the unfortunate who does not go will be an object of commiseration for ...fall, they select the 9th of September - [[Admission Day]] - as it is only on a general holiday that any attendance can be relied upon from San Francisco
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• Frank D. Elwell
  * [[ON THE TRACK. - The Wheelmen's and Athletic Tournament at Alameda. - May 31, 1 * [[ON THE TRACK. - The Wheelmen's and Athletic Tournament at Alameda. - May 31, 1
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• OLYMPIC CYCLISTS. Young Men Who Will Boom Wheeling. Some Reminiscences of the Sport. - Sat, Oct 14, 1893 - Page 10 - San Francisco Chronicle
  ...cisco Bicycle Club]], organized in 1878, telling of [[BICYCLE-RIDING. Meet on the Point Lobos Road, and Formation of a Club - Fri, Nov 29, 1878 - Page 3 ...dared in those days," says this wheelman, "to have ridden or trundled our wheels through the streets. We would have attracted a mob which would have called
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• CYCLERS IN TRAINING - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1895
  ...lip/86323666/tamalpais-villa/ Tamalpais Villa]. The club will go in a body on the 9 A. M. [[Sausalito]] boat. ...picnic of the [[California Associated Cycling Clubs]] to be held at Niles on Sunday, June 9th. The committee having it in charge is arranging to feed 50
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• ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885
  === ON THE WHEEL. === ==== Adventures on the Road — Taking Headers Through the Air and Into Mud- Puddles — A Gra
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• San Leandro triangle
  ...embers of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] and five of the [[Highland Club]] boys on February 22d, the course being from Gilroy to Menlo Park. The prize is a cl ...ic Coast Record Broken.|successfully run off over the San Leandro triangle on February 22]].
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• WELLS WON FOR THE BAY CITYS. - For the Second Time This Club Gets the Relay Cup. 100-mile relay race - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1896
  ====== MANY MISHAPS ON THE WAY. ====== ...fort of the contest, was lined with people. The wheelmen fenced the avenue on either side with their machines, and thus kept the multitude in subjugation
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• Charles S. Wells
  ...nning three and being second in the other two. He captured the novice race on a horse track in 2:40, something almost unprecedented. ...s rode a mile in 2:34 1/4 and was timed the half in 1:10 3/4. At San Jose, on November 24th, Wells rode a dead heat with Alexander for second place in a
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Jun 1895
  ...is|Davis]], and these, together with the other fast men, will put the club on top in the matter of racing talent. [[Otto Ziegler Jr.]] and [[C. R. Coulte ...repetition is in order. A meeting of the Pacific Cycling Club will be held on Monday evening to elect officers.
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• Frank J. Waller
  ...he place about thirty feet in front of Stoddard. Waller got the time prize on a cushion-tire safety in 1h., 24m, and 57s., the best previous one being 1h ...//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_Hill_Velodrome Hern Hill course in England], on which [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75942081/a-twenty-four-hours-cycling
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• San Francisco Bicycle Club
  ...ng to its heavy condition no note of the time was taken. The best long run on record was made in England - 223 miles in less than twenty-four hours, allo [[BICYCLE-RIDING. Meet on the Point Lobos Road, and Formation of a Club - Fri, Nov 29, 1878 - Page 3
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• THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jun 1895
  [[Camera Club Cyclists]], run to Cape Horn, on Halfmoon Bay road.<br/> ...lers. The club encouraged him, assisted in his training, helped to get him on the [[Rambler team]], and made him what he is, and in return he calmly turn
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - A Cycling Trip to Santa Cruz - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jun 1895
  ===== Many Interesting Track Events Will Be Held on the National Holiday. ===== ...ld on the Fourth of July, as almost every town of any size has such events on its programme. The [[Petaluma Wheelmen]], [[Stockton Athletic Club]] and [[
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• Robert M. Welch
  ...out brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles. [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]
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• WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895
  ...[[league meet]] to be given by the [[Garden City Cyclers]] at [[San Jose]] on [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|their now world-famous track]] The [[California Cycling Club]] will hold a five-mile [[handicap]] road race on Sunday, June 16th, over the [[San Mateo course]], starting at 2 P. M. [[H.
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• Acme Wheelmen
  ...as held last Sunday to the Cliff House. There were 28 members in line, and on returning to Oakland they adjourned to a restaurant, where a fine dinner wa ...se. It was less than a year ago that the club moved into its own building, on Twelfth street, near Broadway, and its progress since it was first organize
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