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• George F. Day
  ...thers belong the honor of being the first to make the [[Yosemite]] trip on bicycles.
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• Emily (Stuart) Mohrig
  ...an Francisco]] arrived in [[Stockton]] Saturday, having ridden up on their bicycles. They left this forenoon for [[Sacramento]], and will return to San Francis
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• C. A. Howard
  ...amp Taylor yesterday. They report the roads very fair. There were eighteen bicycles on the boat.
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• Percy Edward Haslett
  ...brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles.
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• Our Sett
  ...s here last winter. Of the other three members [[Wilbur Knapp]] is selling bicycles, [[J. Fagothey]] has opened a cyclery near the park, and now Thomas is tryi
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• City's Businessmen as Wheelmen - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 73, 13 March 1908
  ...was made, and successfully. The programs and the badges were packed on the bicycles. A couple of extra tires and a few newspapers were included in the loads, a ...frightening them, so they alighted and were walking quietly, rolling their bicycles by their sides, when they were suddenly confronted by a man with a shotgun
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• DIAMOND'S QUARTERS - Alameda Daily Argus, 09 Jan 1896
  ...ments, and a hometrainer. It will also be used as a storeroom for members' bicycles.
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• Garden City Bicycle Club
  ...em. According to the records of the Wheelmen, the only seven men who owned bicycles in San Jose in 1884 - namely, R. G. Bailey, H. D. Boschken, J. E. Gibson, A
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• Colonel Ralph de Clairmont
  ...ngham]], a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre ...he oldest bicycle rider on the coast, and imported one of the first French bicycles made in the present form.
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• Edward Carl Bald
  ...seconds and 12 thirds. His prizes included 18 diamonds, 8 gold watches, 8 bicycles, silverware, furniture and a lot of other things.
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov 1889
  ...ophia Gardens' track to reduce the standing quarter-mile record for safety bicycles, and exceeded in lowering it by 2 2-5s. Mr. Gee fired the pistol, and the t
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• CYCLING NEWS TO DATE. - Club Runs and Private Excursions to Different Points Outside the City. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jul 1895
  [[Grant Bell]], who has ridden bicycles these many years, did a [[century]] last Sunday without any apparent effort
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• George Andrews
  ...irginia City, Nev., last Wednesday from this city, having made the trip on bicycles in seven days. The party found a depth of 10 feet of snow on the summit of
  3 KB (550 words) - 15:41, 29 July 2023
• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1887
  ...nd now only awaits the Governor's signature to become a law. It recognizes bicycles and similar machines as vehicles, and declares them entitled to the same pr
  4 KB (577 words) - 19:21, 8 July 2023
• MANY EVENTS FOR WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle - July 31, 1904
  ...ers will ride their small cushion-tired wheels, and in fact, there will be bicycles of every description when the riders line up for the start.
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• G. A. Nissen
  ...istance from [[Redwood Canyon]] to the Acme Club, a distance of two miles. Bicycles were for sale everywhere then. [[George A. Faulkner]], whose shop was at 12 .../clip/19124089/the-days-of-95knaveacmebicycles/ The Days of '95 Knave Acme Bicycles 24 Dec 1939, Sun Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspapers.com]
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• R. W. Turner
  ...brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles. [[ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886]]
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• L. S. Upson
  ...d last night from Monterey. They intended to make the return trip on their bicycles but only rode as far as San Francisco, a distance of 150 miles, as their ti
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• BICYCLE-RIDING. Meet on the Point Lobos Road, and Formation of a Club - Fri, Nov 29, 1878 - Page 3 - San Francisco Chronicle
  ...ngham]], a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre
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• San Francisco Bicycle Club
  ...ningham, a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre ...y fatigue, and others of the company, when on a down grade, allowing their bicycles to run with gravity as the propelling power, or with the hands removed from
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• WHEELMEN'S INTERESTS - The San Francisco Call, 19 Jun 1895
  Mr. [[S. W. E. Hawkins]], advertising manager of the [[Stearns]] bicycles, says in the Newspaper [Maker] that next year, after the present contracts
  4 KB (690 words) - 18:05, 31 December 2022
• "THE CALL" BICYCLE CLUB - It Was Organized With a Large Membership at the Park Cyclery. - The San Francisco Call, 26 Aug 1895
  ...ones in the City and who is completing arrangements to build San Francisco bicycles.
  4 KB (699 words) - 01:53, 29 December 2021
• A. J. Storey
  ...amp Taylor yesterday. They report the roads very fair. There were eighteen bicycles on the boat.
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• Frank Henry Kerrigan
  OH. SHOCKING! THOSE RIDERS OF BICYCLES! ...neties, brazenly risked life and limb and defied the conventions by riding bicycles.
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• J. Berryessa
  ...fastest time in [[the ten-mile handicap at Haywards April 17th]]<br/>SNELL BICYCLES FROM $30 TO $60<br/>[[LEAVITT & BILL]], [https://goo.gl/maps/znDcZTyPJRJrEu
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• WHAT THE BICYCLISTS WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE PARK. - The San Francisco Examiner, 11 Sep 1894
  ...did opportunity for the study of the merits of the controversy between the bicycles and horsemen who use the roads of [[Golden Gate Park]]. It was a holiday an ...oad for the bicyclists. At present it is utterly impossible to permit both bicycles and carriages to use the road around the lake, and preference is given to c
  21 KB (3,823 words) - 17:29, 20 January 2023
• Diamond Cycling Club
  ...ments, and a hometrainer. It will also be used as a storeroom for members' bicycles.
  5 KB (826 words) - 23:52, 11 July 2023
• San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 68, 8 March 1908
  According to the records of the Wheelmen, the only seven men who owned bicycles in San Jose in 1884 - namely, [[R. G. Bailey]], [[H. D. Boschken]], [[J. E.
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• George Albert Morrill
  The Phenix and Sterling bicycles are exhibited by Mohrig & [[George Albert Morrill|Morrill]] opposite the Re MOHRIG & [[George Albert Morrill|MORRILL]], 1520 Market. Phoenix and Crawford Bicycles. Large riding school.
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• Frank Willis Sharpe
  ...ed the high wheels and these were followed by cushioned-tired, spring fork bicycles and then came the 'pneumatic tired' racing machine - a Phoenix, 36 pounds.
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• Albert A. Bouton
  ...t 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 reached San Jo
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• NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895
  ===== Reducing Weight and Friction and Raising Gear of Bicycles Make High Speed Possible - A Good Illustration. ===== ...ad. True, four of them were on one bicycle. But the explanation is simple. Bicycles have been wonderfully improved, making fast riding easier. Wheels are now m
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• ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886
  ...e and Oregon, brought up the rear, and the numerous kinds and varieties of bicycles and tricycles to be seen in this division attracted much attention.
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• BICYCLE EXCURSION. - Sonoma Democrat, 14 July 1894
  ...s]]'', delivered a distance of a hundred miles from [[San Francisco]] with bicycles, at nearly railroad time. The road from San Juan to [[Salinas]] is good, wi
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• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 May 1889
  ...State championships - the five mile and the one mile [[safety]]. As safety bicycles are barred from [[ordinary]] races by the [[League of American Wheelmen|lea
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• READY FOR THE RELAY RACE. - San Francisco Examiner - March 31, 1894
  ...message quickest. In case of war, with the way to Oakland closed by water, bicycles would be of great consequence in carrying messages inland.
  6 KB (1,069 words) - 03:01, 20 August 2023
• FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889
  ...ent, it was announced before the next race, which was one mile, [[Safety]] bicycles, L. A. W. State championship, the Coast record being three minutes ten and
  6 KB (915 words) - 23:40, 11 July 2023
• George Loring Cunningham
  ...ningham, a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre ...M. Fuller, G. L. Cunningham, Fred G. Blinn and C. L. Barnett. At that time bicycles were not allowed in [https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search/label/Golde
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• Garden City Wheelmen World Famous. - San Jose Mercury-news, 6 September 1906
  ...The social side is well represented. Many of the members do not even ride bicycles, but all take much interest in the success or failure of the riders.
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• BICYCLISTS HAVE RIGHTS. - What Is More, They Are Getting Ready to Maintain Them. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Sep 1894
  As a boy I was brought up among horses and broke many colts. When bicycles began to be used I had horses shy and, like an older person, I broke those ...ting with beautiful Belle Isle, and I have known 2,600 carriages and 3,000 bicycles to cross over that bridge in one afternoon and evening with not a single co
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• George H. Strong
  STRONG & ADAMS ([[George H. Strong]] and E. W. Adams) agents Victor bicycles and bicycle sundries, 220 Market
  7 KB (1,153 words) - 15:31, 8 January 2023
• E. W. Adams
  STRONG & ADAMS (George H. Strong and [[E. W. Adams]]) agents Victor bicycles and bicycle sundries, 220 Market
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• Harrison Houseworth
  ...brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles.<br />
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• ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885
  ...he oldest bicycle rider on the coast, and imported one of the first French bicycles made in the present form. Several years after the organization of the Club ...thers belong the honor of being the first to make the [[Yosemite]] trip on bicycles.
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• THE CALL Bicycle Club
  ...ones in the City and who is completing arrangements to build San Francisco bicycles.
  6 KB (1,003 words) - 03:30, 29 December 2021
• The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1891
  ...p Taylor]] yesterday. They report the roads very fair. There were eighteen bicycles on the boat.
  7 KB (1,188 words) - 01:19, 27 December 2022
• G. E. Watchers
  ...hard, 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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• Victor A. Hancock
  ...was made, and successfully. The programs and the badges were packed on the bicycles. A couple of extra tires and a few newspapers were included in the loads, a ...frightening them, so they alighted and were walking quietly, rolling their bicycles by their sides, when they were suddenly confronted by a man with a shotgun
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• The Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895
  === How Bicycles Will Modify Fashions. ===
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• Manuel F. Rose
  ...ed the high wheels and these were followed by cushioned-tired, spring fork bicycles and then came the 'pneumatic tired' racing machine - a Phoenix, 36 pounds.
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