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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
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• 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
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• 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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• Santa Rosa Wheelmen
  The [[Santa Rosa wheelmen]] met on Tuesday night and organized a bicycle club. Fifteen or twenty persons were ...heelmen, Organized April 27, 1882, Santa Rosa, Cal.” There is also printed on the badge a picture of a bicycle running at full speed propelled by the clu
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• THE WHEEL. - A New Club-House for the San Franciscos. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 8, 1890
  ...the showing they made against same of the older racers in the [[brushes]] on the way to Hollister, are going to see what they can do at [[San Jose]], an ...rs.com/clip/71333039/the-san-francisco-bicycle-clubinformal/ its new house on O'Farrell street], between Scott and Steiner. The new home is a two-story f
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• Ralph M. Thompson
  ...wiki/Half_Moon_Bay,_California#History Spanishtown] road as far as Wylie's on the summit, from where they rode along the ridge of the mountains to [https ...p-jr-trip/ W. M. Meeker & S. H. Knapp Jr. trip Spanishtown road to Wylie's on the summit 27 May 1889, Mon San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, Califor
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• THE WHEEL. - Bay City Wheelmen's picnic run to Lake Honda - The San Francisco Call, Apr 20, 1890
  ...5 o'clock. After passing Belmont Lee was compelled to return. Schuler kept on, however, with Vidy, who joined at Belmont, and reached the starting point ...lub|San Francisco club]], will be sorry for the affliction that befell him on Friday in the loss of his father, who was killed at his home in Sonoma Coun
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• George Fuller
  [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION .... San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 15, 15 June 1895|FULLER AND LEMMON ON A TANDEM.]]]]
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• Highland Park Wheelmen
  ...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 ...[[Highland Park Wheelmen|Highland Park Club]], which had made the run down on the other side of the bay. The night was passed at San Jose.
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• San Jose Merchants as Cyclists - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 70, 10 March 1908
  ...[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edenvale,_San_Jose Edenvale] youth mounted on a machine similar to no other ever seen in [[San Jose]] before that time ro ...e. Yes, it is called a safety. Yes, I can go just as fast with it as I can on the [[high bicycle]]," etc.
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• R. W. Turner
  ...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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• VOTARIES OF THE SILENT STEED. - Twelve San Francisco Lady Bikers Organize a Bloomer Club. - San Francisco Chronicle, 03 Aug 1895
  ...he 8 A. M. boat to [[Sausalito]], taking train to San Anselmo and resuming wheels to destination. ...will hold a [[race::five-mile handicap road race over the San Mateo course on Sunday, August 25th]].
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• George Loring Cunningham
  ...gentleman named [[G. L. Cunningham]], rode from this city to [[San Jose]] on an English bicycle. The time made was twelve hours and forty-five minutes. ...San Francisco]], left that place Saturday morning at 6:30 o'clock, mounted on an English bicycle, and arrived at the [https://pcad.lib.washington.edu/bui
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• C. A. Howard
  [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...y week. Leaving San Mateo they took the Spanishtown road as far as Wylie's on the summit, from where they rode along the ridge of the mountains to Pelarc
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• Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park
  ...y will make it the fastest four-lap track in the State. Work will commence on it May 1. ...those who have ridden on it state that the Bay Citys have struck the nail on the head, and that at the July meeting coast records are bound to go under.
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• Robert Diefenbacher
  ...cher|Dieffenbacher]] on the ninth relay. In crossing the bridges which lay on his course he punctured his tires in ten places with the slivers. He had to ...st considerable time. He gave [[Waibel]] a goood lead and the clever rider on the final relay sprinted down the course at a 26:18 clip, which is the reco
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• THE PLEA OF THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Examiner, 12 Sep 1894
  ...mic]. Some of the same agitations between classes and castes, between four wheels and two are evident in these two 1894 articles as are evident now.'' ...eelmen Will Consider What Steps Should Be Taken to Remove the Restrictions on Bicycles - Result of The Agitation in New York - A Wheelman's suggestions.
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• George F. Day
  ...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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• THE WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 08 Nov 1886
  ...A. W. members. Only men over eighteen years of age who own and ride their wheels are wanted. Yesterday being an unusually pleasant day, the number of wheelmen out on the road was very large. Among the number were a host of new riders who wer
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• THE WHEEL. - San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1890
  ...o the Board of Supervisors complaining of the action of wheelmen in riding on the sidewalks instead of in the streets. ...ot be induced to abandon it, and the actions of these few bring opprobrium on wheelmen as a class.
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• Antonio J. Delmas
  ...k:/61903/1:1:H981-XKW2 Toney Jule Delmas married Harriet Lindabell Boucher on 30 Oct 1904] ...the Olympic Club Wheelmen. Behind them came others, old but on more modern wheels. Judge Frank H. Kerrigan, James W. Mullen, Wilbur Knapp, [[Antonio J. Delma
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• Harry A. Greene
  .../# Charles Crocker], who capitulated to this bold proceeding and signed it on the spot. During the first four years of the San Francisco Club's existence ...-put-today-s-bike-hipsters-to-shame-36864ee5e02 San Francisco Bicycle Club on San Leandro Road between San Leandro and Milpitas; H.A. Greene, Captain. Un
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• Stanley G. Scovern
  ...umb left, and he was confined to a milk diet. Some good scorching was done on the return trip. Scovern and Twitchell made the best time. These boys promi [[San Francisco Call, Volume 73, Number 85, 23 February 1893 - RACING ON WHEELS - A Pacific Coast Record Broken.]]
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• NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895
  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 st ...vis|CLARENCE L. DAVIS]] OF THE [[Garden City Cyclers|GARDEN CITY CYCLERS]] ON THE QUADRUPLET AS THEY APPEARED WHILE PACING [[Wilbur J. Edwards|W. J. EDWA
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• George R. Butler
  [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...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
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• THE RELAY RACE CUP. - The San Francisco Call - April 17, 1896
  ...to give up the cup without a hearing, the [[Garden City Cyclers]] claim it on a disqualification, and there the matter stands. No one seems to know what ...[[Will J. Allen]] of [[Los Angeles]], well known to nearly every wheelman on the coast, died in that city the other day of consumption. He was a promine
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• Fred L. Day
  ...rd heat Blakely and Byrne, who had entered, failed to put in an appearance on time and their names were consequently scratched from the list. [[Fred L. D [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION
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• THE BICYCLE ORDINANCE - The San Francisco Call, 05 Feb 1896
  * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Fran ...treet crossing or intersection, or when approaching pedestrians who may be on or passing over the roadway of any street.
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• Walter B. Fawcett
  ...the Olympic Club Wheelmen. Behind them came others, old but on more modern wheels. Judge Frank H. Kerrigan, James W. Mullen, Wilbur Knapp, Tony Delmas, Walte
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• Stephen Horton Knapp, Jr.
  ...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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• The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 08 Nov 1886
  The riders entered for the road race to take place on the 25th instant are taking advantage of the moonlight nights for training .... W.]] members. Only men over eighteen years of age who own and ride their wheels are wanted.
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• Frank W. Fuller
  ...ovice had three starters. [[Frank W. Fuller|Fuller]] cut out the pace, bụt on the seventh lap he was passed by Metcalf, who looked over his shoulder to s [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION
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• A LADIES' BICYCLE CLUB. - The San Francisco Examiner, 01 Sep 1894
  ...ple! The idea was no sooner formed than it was carried into execution, and on November 2d the [[Ladies' Cycling Club]] of San Jose was duly organized wit ...e are out for a [[run]] to have to wait for those who cannot stay on their wheels for more than a block. In short, in order to be eligible an applicant for m
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• Thomas H. B. Varney
  ...d the wheel glides smoothly and easily over the obstruction. Besides these wheels we have a fine line of [[ordinary]] bicycles and a bicycle for boys or girl ...d easier than they formerly did. Los Angeles letter-carriers do their work on bicycles. They are cheaper, safer, more comfortable and more healthy than h
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• Sanford Plummer
  ...tement and both are annoyed by the many notices which have lately appeared on the subject and which have had their origin in the fertile imagination of t ...are too many rocks. After exchanging experiences the two parties continued on their respective journeys. The first named wheeled to Pinole, through Pache
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• The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1887
  ...nd one-half hours, of which two and three-fourths hours were spent off the wheels in rests, making the actual time thirteen and one-half hours. For forty mil ...n Central Park to the wheelmen with no other restrictions than are imposed on horses and carriages.
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• Lowell High School
  [[TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. - Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. - San Francisco
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• George H. Stratton
  ...eeting of the board of governors of the associated clubs held in this city on the 7th inst. Martin Espinosa, Edward Stack, J. A. R. Johnson, J. H. Ballin ...p the interest during the months that the members are unable to ride their wheels. Acceptances should be addressed to George H. Stratton, care of the Olympic
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• George Albert Morrill
  The terms of all local consuls having expired on the 1st of March, the Chief Consul has made the following appointments for ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.
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• BICYCLING. - Run of the Bay City Wheelmen and Other Speedy Clubs. - 22 Feb 1886, Mon The San Francisco Examiner
  ...[[Highland Park Wheelmen|Highland Park Club]], which had made the run down on the other side of the bay. The night was passed at San Jose. ...n]], met at [https://goo.gl/maps/Lo8jfvWzMNcMuzHE8 108 Golden Gate avenue] on Thursday evening, 18th instant, for the purpose of forming the [[California
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• H. W. Squires
  When [[Foster]], the Olympic, started on the tenth and last relay he had a lead of 1 min. 8 sec. over [[H. W. Squire ...d he could never leave such riders as they behind; he would have to depend on beating them out in a [[spurt]] at the finish.
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• City's Businessmen as Wheelmen - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 73, 13 March 1908
  ...were made in representation of the end of a railway car. Opening the door on the platform, the program of dances was discovered. When the time came for ...answer by telegraph, and the printer conferred with [[Victor A. Hancock]] on what was the best that he could do. Victor Hancock rode a bicycle, and his
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• CYCLISTS FILL THE STREETS - GATHERING FOR THE BIG MEET AT SAN JOSE - San Francisco Chronicle - September 09, 1895
  ==== Prizes for the Clubs That Parade - Good Sport on the Track Expected. ==== ...making the award, the uniform and position of the men and condition of the wheels will be considered.
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