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  • ...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
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  • ..., but so many of the older clubmen have signified their intention of being on hand that this would not be possible. ...row there will be "open house" at the [[Bay City Wheelmen]]'s headquarters on Golden Gate avenue.
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  • ...ve from the start. [[ON TWO WHEELS. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890|On July 4, 1890, Jesse Ives won the one-mile safety championship of the Pacifi [[WHIRLING WHEELS! - The Greatest Racing Meet Ever Held on the Coast. - Alameda Daily Argus - May 31, 1892]]
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  • ...then, started for the same place on the 6th, and will give the club points on his return. [[On Wheels. - Daily Alta California, Volume 40, Number 13412, 17 May 1886]]
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  • === On Wheels. === ...booming their part of the field day events that are to come off at Oakland on the 31st, and by dint of much exertion have made [[Frank D. Elwell|Elwell]]
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  • ...ables for the occasion, while the members see that sufficient eatables are on hand. ...H. Brophy, a well-known local actor, is a great favorite with the members on these occasions, and his contributions are always well received. Dr. Hill's
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  • === LONG RIDE ON BIKES. === ==== Women and Children Who Rode All the Way on Their Wheels to Santa Barbara. ====
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  • ...ival, consisting of dark green pants, white sweaters, and an emblem of two wheels enclosing the letters S. and W., connected by the letter C., to be set off The Santa Cruz Wheelmen took a run about tho city on Sunday, taking in tho Cliff Road and a spin around the race track. From pre
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  • ...l relay race between the wheelmen of Carson and Reno, Nev.]], will be held on August 13. Each team has won a race and each is making special efforts to c ...dorf]], a well-known dealer of Los Angeles, has been in the city this week on a business trip.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • [[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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  • ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.
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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • * 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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  • ...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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  • ...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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  • ...[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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  • ...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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  • [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • ...dition, with the exception of the first ten miles, which were rather muddy on account of the fog.
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  • ...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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  • ==== 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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  • ...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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  • === ON WHEELS. === ...smooth to allow the men to mount. After the mount was made the line moved on out the avenue to Pacific street, with a counter run to the starting point.
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  • ...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
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  • [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • ...he nineteen starters finished, while the only two that did not broke their wheels before they had gone twenty miles. The members of the club presented him wi [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • ...nce of 150 miles, as their time was limited. They came the rest of the way on the cars. ...Upson has competed in many races and is the pride of the Sacramento club. On July 4, 1890, he I beat [[Alfred Angel Alcayaga|Alcayaga]] in a three-mile
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  • === On and off the Wheel. === [[Philo Grant]] went over to Winters and i Madison on his wheel Sunday, returning home Tuesday.
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  • ...his face and hands. He was up in a jiffy, however, and throwing his wheel on his shoulders, walked to his dressing-room as if nothing had happened. Zeig [[San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 35, 5 July 1893 - THE RACE ON WHEELS - California Division L. A. W. Championships]]
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  • ...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 [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]
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  • == Little Tin Gods on Wheels. == ...it does it thoroughly, whether it be for [[wheel]] or whoa. Just now it is wheels, and the
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  • On Sunday morning many riders go down to the [[San Leandro triangle|triangle]] ...bout the grounds the run will continue along the base of the hills, and so on through East Oakland to the station.
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  • ...to wash the blood out of his eyes, and then, though out of the race, came on to join at the fine banquet. When the jolly fine banquet was finished, Chur [[Big Wheels - Fifty-Mile Bicycle Race - The Knave - Sun, Nov 18, 1951 - Page 73 - Oakla
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  • ...tarters, beating such good riders as [[Cushing]] and [[Sampson]], who were on the same [[scratch|mark]]. Next year will see him in all class A track even ...w, taking the 9:30 a.m. boat and train to Golden Gate, Berkeley, where the wheels will be resumed. William Beatty has been elected to membership in this club
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  • ...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 ...a great interest in wheeling. Wednesday morning Pickard left San Francisco on a nineteen-pound wheel and made the trip around the bay. He tied the Americ
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  • "Wheels, wheels, X Y Z! ...wd that gathered in the vicinity of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]]'s Club rooms on Golden Gate avenue last evening.
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  • ...e Wheel. [[George H. Strong]], of this city, rode from Oakland to San José on a bicycle, passing through Brooklyn, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Alvarado, Wa ...is a crowd). The Central Pacific Railroad was also prevailed upon to allow wheels to be carried free if the owner purchased a ticket and accompanied his whee
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  • ...most of the racers of the [[Garden City Cyclers]] will race at [[Alameda]] on July 4th, while at [[Stockton]] it is very doubtful if they will have a sin ...e will be a large crowd here on September 9th. Take for instance the races on May 30th, at Alameda. There were about seventy-five persons from San Jose a
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  • [[San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 35, 5 July 1893 - THE RACE ON WHEELS - California Division L. A. W. Championships]] ...y well for his club and succeeded in beating the time of all his opponents on this relay. From the two-minute mark in the Associated Cycling Club's ten-m
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  • Ed Weidler and Charlie Heseman are too busy working to ride on week days, and on Sundays they are too tired. ...e would not have dared to go on a horse. It is impossible to take a header on a Safety, and for night and rough riding it is far superior to the [[ordina
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  • ...de the one hundred-mile trip with sprained wrists and a piece of wood tied on for a handle. The worst accident that has happened to any member, fell to t [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]
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  • ...meda Cyclers]] being also a member of the [[Reliance Club]], fills a place on that club's relay team, but will ride under the Alameda colors, black and o F. S. White, the cycle agent, is about to call a meeting of all the owners of wheels who might have a desire to join such a club.
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  • [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] [[Calvin N. Langton|C. N. Langton]] and companion started for Mount Tamalpais on Sunday, but owing to the muddy conditions of the roads had to abandon the t
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