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• BIKES, TRIKES, AND SAFETIES. - Oakland Tribune, 17 Oct 1888
  ...red by the [[California Road Racing Association]]. The last two races were twenty-five miles, and were both won by the [[Bay City Wheelmen|Bay City]] team. A team
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• Bicycle Notes. - The San Francisco Call - Jun 1, 1901
  The [[annual 25-mile road race of the California Associated Cyclists]], which was postponed last
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• CYCLE RACING MEN ON OREGON PATHS. - Otto Ziegler and Other Flyers to Be Seen in Competition in the Northwest. - The San Francisco Examiner, 12 Aug 1897
  Washington has already contributed twenty-five members to the association, and many more are looked for as a result of the Captain [[Robert Black]], [[Golden Gate Cycling Club]], is arranging a five-mile road race, to be held over the [[San Leandro-Haywards course]] early in Sep
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• THE WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 08 Nov 1886
  Arrangements are about completed for the twenty-five mile road race. There will be entries from San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento an
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• Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track
  [[CYCLING - The Twenty-five Mile Road Race Will Be Run Next Sunday. - Elwell track Mechanics' Pavilion tourn
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• Edward Carl Bald
  ...ce in the arsenal there. A little later he took part in and won the twenty-mile road race of the Roamers, a bicycle club that was composed of him and a sco ...y except [[Zimmerman]], who did not compete. Bald also secured the quarter mile and half from the field.
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• Garden City Wheelmen
  On Thanksgiving Day a twenty-five-mile road race will be held under the auspices of the Oakland Ramblers, on the t ...Wheelmen]], successors of the [[Garden City Cyclers]], held the first five-mile handicap road race today over the East San José course. Howard Buffington,
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• W. A. Shockley
  One-mile novice - Henry Smith, G. C. W..; Joseph Desimone, G. C. W.; Paul Stockton, Two-mile Safety handicap - Paul Stockton, San Jose, 125 yards; L. R. Cole, San Jose,
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle - July 13, 1886
  A [[twenty-five-mile road race is talked of to be held on the San Leandro road]]. The committee
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• E. Ulbricht
  ...os Angeles wheel man, lowered the worlds in-door, paced bicycle record for twenty-five miles in San Francisco last night. He rode the distance in 1:05:17 2-5. ...terests are, but will be back here in April and will ride in the great 100-mile relay as a member of the Bay City Wheelmen's team. It is likely that F. G.
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• Henry C. Smith
  ...he weighs 150. His work in the first relay of [[:Category:1894 annual 100-mile relay race|the great race on the 8th]] shows what he can do, and he will be [[NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895]]
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• OUR CYCLE CHAMPIONS. - The Fastest Riders in the State. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1893
  ...teen seconds slow in a mile in comparison with the specially prepared half-mile tracks of the East. There are many fast riders in California, and some embr ...could ride on the Eastern tracks is a matter of conjecture, but 2:12 for a mile should not stop him.
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• A Long Bicycle Trip. - Santa Cruz Surf, 27 May 1890
  The bicyclists San Francisco will take a 100-mile ride from San Francisco to [[Hollister]] next Sunday. [[E. N. Radke|Ed. N.
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• Oscar Osen
  ...to reel off many a mile this day. Weather fine, cool, calm. I paced him a mile or so and put him onto a wrinkle in the road to Santa Maria." When it is taken into consideration that the three days, twenty-two hours and twenty-five minutes includes three good nights' sleep and nearly fifteen stops for meal
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• L. W. Fox
  ...nfortunate and won nothing, not even getting credit for breaking the three-mile record, which I lowered 37-1/2 seconds, for the judges lost count of the la ...f by defeating the Coast champion, [[Walter Foster]], and lowering the two mile record. At this meet Mr. [[Otto Ziegler, Jr.|Zeigler]] treated me to the pr
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• Grant Bell
  The twenty-five-mile road race of the Acme Club of Oakland was run yesterday over the San Leandr ...ear, when it was lowered by Walter Foster. Bell has a record of 2:42 for a mile, 8:01 for three miles, which was made at Quincy, Il., on a solid tire Star
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• CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE. - California Champions Who Start To-Day for Denver. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Jul 1894
  ...onicle, 31 May 1891|won first place and time prize in this the twenty-five mile road race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs on the San Leandro tri ...]], when Foster bested him. Ziegler has repeatedly broken the five and ten mile-road record in road races, and at Stockton when he was sent for records he
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• THE CYCLING WORLD - OLD TIME RACING MEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, Sat, Jul 8, 1893
  ...he competed. At one time [[he held the world's record for one-quarter of a mile of 37 3-5 seconds, made on a horse track at San Jose]], and [[held the twen ...ce for nine miles at a terrific gait, and was only passed during the ninth mile by [[Charles E. Adcock]]. Since that time Mr. Finkler has not raced much, b
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• CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE - Grant Bell Wins the Road Race of the Acme Club. - Preparations for the Thanksgiving Day - Events at San Jose - Close of the League Campaign. - The San Francisco Call, 14 Nov 1892
  The twenty-five-mile road race of the [[Acme Wheelmen|Acme Club of Oakland]] was run yesterday o ...h, open; two mile safety handicap; one hundred yard salety slow race; five-mile safety scratch.
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• CYCLING UP TO DATE. - Farewell Banquet Tendered Wilbur J. Edwards at San Jose. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jun 1894
  [[G. A. Nissen]] of the [[B. C. W.]] rode a mile yesterday in 2:23 on the [[Reliance track at Alameda]]. He was paced by [[C .... The Riverside man got the half mile and mile open, Class B, and the five mile handicap.
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• Clarence Leslie Davis
  ...Jose, he broke the coast record for the half mile in his heat of the half-mile handicap, but had the bad luck to fall in the final. ...on Day races of the Garden City Cyclers, the same year, Davis won the five-mile championship of San Jose and the mlle handicap.
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• W. W. Haralson
  ...hird quarter while on the lead, but his injuries were slight. In the three mile national championship there were four entries, S. F. Booth Jr. and F. D. El Arrangements are about completed for the twenty-five mile road race. There will be entries from San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento an
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Jun 1891
  At the twenty-five mile road race of the [[Alameda Bicycle Club]], held on the [[San Leandro triang [[W. W. Needham|Needham]], who won the last twenty-five-mile race of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]], did not enter, though he was there as an
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• TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. - Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. - San Francisco Chronicle, 14 May 1898
  ...[[George Thorn|Thorn]], the Garden City man on [[:Category:1898 annual 100-mile relay race|the third relay]], who made the charge, depended upon [[Squires] ...ngthy [[crackajack]] from Southern California, [[:Category:1898 annual 100-mile relay race|who rode the last relay for the Bay City Wheelmen]], is getting
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• Capital City Wheelmen
  ...an Jose, Al Rivett won the one-mile novice and came in second in the three-mile handicap. On Thanksgiving day, the same year, Rivett won a road race on the ...in which the record was lowered from 1:18 2-5 to 1:15 1-5, and won the one-mile ordinary, lowering the record from 1:22 1/2 to 1:18 1-5, for which he recei
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• RECORDS IN DANGER. - The Big Wheelmen's Meet To-Day. - San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Apr 1894
  ...de, would result in marring the event. It is predicted by experts that the mile-handicap race, which is on to-day's card, will be one of the most exciting ...able shape, it will be a matter of wonderment if the quarter, mile and two-mile records are not reduced, and reduced very materially at that. The racers ar
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• Henry Martin
  ...ds compliment him. Every Sunday Mr. Martin goes to Oakland and takes a ten-mile spin. As soon as Deputy Collector Jerome has recovered from the effects of [[THE WHEELMEN. - San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. - HE IS AN ENTHUSIAST. - Henry Martin Now Rides a Bike
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• Oakland Ramblers
  Arrangements are about completed for the twenty-five mile road race. There will be entries from San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento an [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67866173/a-bicycle-road-race-will-be-held-under/ A bicycle road race will be held under the auspices of
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• EVENTS AMONG THE LOCAL WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 14, 1895
  ...G. HURLEY]] OF THE [[Alameda Cyclers|ALAMEDA CYCLERS]], HOLDER OF THE FIVE-MILE COAST ROAD RECORD - TIME, 11:35.<BR><nowiki>[Photo by Bushnell]</nowiki></d ...prolific of much comment, owing to the decision of the referee in the one-mile scratch class B race, and the end is not yet. [[W. F. Foster|Foster]], who
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• CYCLING NEWS UP TO DATE - The San Francisco Examiner. October 07, 1894
  ===== Another Castleman-McAleer Twenty-Five Mile Race - South California Gossip - Tomorrow's Events - Wheelmen In Politics - ...of September 26th, at which there were 6,000 spectators. Taxis made a half mile in 1:05 3-5, and some others made fast time, too, though most of the riders
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1891
  ...s to be twenty-five miles, will be over the same course as the twenty-five-mile race of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] - that is, the [[San Leandro triangle]].
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• San Leandro triangle
  ...nd [[J. Blinn]], of the Highland Club, were in this section making a fifty-mile road [[run]]. The course is from [[San Leandro]], up the [[Hayward road]], ...CISCO, Feb. 24, 1893. — The first great race of the year — the twenty-five mile road race of the [[California Associated Cycling Clubs]] — was [[San Fran
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• Otto Ziegler, Jr.
  ...umb|center|[[The Wheel in California|OTTO ZIEGLER, DIVISION CHAMPION. Half Mile, 1:08 1-5.]]]] ...ar the extra weight will wear the gold medal given to him as winner of the mile novice race, Otto is young yet, but evidently he is a coming man.
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• Wheeling. - The San Francisco Examiner, 29 Apr 1889
  ...l]] has entered the one mile handicap, and apparently intends to place the mile record where it will be difficult for the Los Angeles riders to reach on Ma One-mile novice - [[Henry C. Smith|Henry Smith]], [[G. C. W.]].; [[Joseph Anthony De
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• A CYCLING RECORD BROKEN. - The San Francisco Examiner - 03 Jun 1895
  After the first mile the pacing was more even, and in the last half of the distance the record-b ...of track records where there are some twenty-five distinct records for one mile, and about the same number for every distance from fifty yards upward.
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• Casey Castleman
  ...]], [[Frank J. Waller|Waller]] and [[Walter F. Foster|Foster]]. In a three mile race at Riverside, Castleman gave Burke a hot argument, and beat Waller out .... The Riverside man got the half mile and mile open, Class B, and the five mile handicap.
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• AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. E. Edwards - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1895
  ...w [[Eddie Bald]] lower the world's record for two miles on one day and the mile record the next. ...g|thumb|center|500px|[[J. E. Edwards|J. E. EDWARDS]], WHO LOWERED THE FIVE-MILE COAST RECORD - TIME 13:10]]
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• Walter F. Foster
  ...t 2.48.47 PM.png|thumb|center|[[The Wheel in California|WALTER FOSTER. One Mile, 2:26 4-5.]]]] ...ifornia Associated Cycling Clubs' annual twenty-five-mile race|twenty-five-mile road race over the San Leandro triangle]] yesterday morning. There were nin
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890
  The much talked-of [[1890 annual century run of the L. A. W.|100-mile ride of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen]], took place This 100-mile run is the most successful ever promoted in America, the nearest approach t
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• THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 14 August 1897
  ==== Kraft Will Try for the Twenty-Mile Record To-morrow — Acme Road Pace. ==== The twenty-mile coast record that Kraft is particularly after is now held by [[E. A. Bozio]
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• Charles W. Hammer
  ...k of Tamalpais, an achievement they may well be proud of, as the last half mile (where the others left their wheels) is covered with brush and loose rocks. ...25 Aug 1890, Mon, Page 7 - WHEELMEN’S WHIRLS - Entries for the Twenty-five-mile Race. Trip to Tamalpais.]]
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• George A. Faulkner
  ...elmen, George A. Faulkner holds the Pacific Coast record for a twenty-five-mile road race.
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• Highland Park Wheelmen
  ...nd [[J. Blinn]], of the Highland Club, were in this section making a fifty-mile road [[run]]. The course is from [[San Leandro]], up the [[Hayward road]], ...sting bicycle race occurred on Washington's Birthday, the event being a 50-mile road race from Gilroy to Menlo Park. Teams from the Bay City Club, of San F
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• Edward Chapman
  A Napa Wheelman Goes a Half Mile. ...e in the Admission Day race at San Jose, made a try against Ziegler's half-mile record. He pedaled behind a sulky for a wind brake and made the half in one
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• Santa Rosa Wheelmen
  ...ent in Sonoma County, with two exceptions - a one-mile handicap and a half-mile handicap, class A, to be participated in only by members of the Bay City, R One mile, first prize, suit of clothes; second, silver wine goblet; third, gold slee
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• ECHOES OF THE RELAY RACE. - The Victorious Garden Citys and Their Speedy Men. - MIDWINTER FAIR TRACK. - San Francisco Examiner, 14 Apr 1894
  ...e the champions of the Coast at all distances. [[:Category:1894 annual 100-mile relay race|The winning team]] was made up of men who proved to be equally a The quarter-mile track on the grounds of the late [[Alameda Athletic and Bicycle Club]] has
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• WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle - 05 Jan 1895, Sat - Page 12
  Next month [[the annual twenty-five mile road race of the California Associated Cycling Clubs]] is to be held, and a ...ident that his club will make a good showing in the coming [[:Category:100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland|relay]] race.
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• NEW BICYCLE RECORD. - San Francisco Chronicle, 06 Aug 1894
  ====== Incidents of the Exciting Ten-Mile Race From Alameda to Haywards. ====== The [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]]'s [[race::ten-mile handicap road race]] took place yesterday morning over the straightaway cou
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• NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895
  === NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. === Everybody is asking how a bicycle can be ridden a mile on an ordinary road in close to a minute and half or 1:34 1-5. It is indeed
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• WHEELMEN'S ROAD RACES - San Francisco Call - August 19, 1895
  ==== Olympic and Imperial Clubs' Five-Mile Events at San Mateo. ==== ...past three months, but none have proved such drawing cards as the two five-mile events run off yesterday after-noon by the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] and th
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