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  • Home trainer
    ...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 TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY. - San Francisco Chronicle - October 01, 1904
    ..., 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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  • Frank Howlett
    ...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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  • Frederick Gilmore Blinn
    ...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. - Daily Alta California, Volume 40, Number 13412, 17 May 1886
    === 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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  • Smoker
    ...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. - The San Francisco Call, 03 Jul 1895
    === LONG RIDE ON BIKES. === ==== Women and Children Who Rode All the Way on Their Wheels to Santa Barbara. ====
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  • Santa Cruz Wheelmen
    ...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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  • Doings of the Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 22 Jul 1899
    ...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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  • Pneumatic
    ...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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  • Charles W. Hammer
    ...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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  • Peter Metcalf
    ...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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  • E. D. Woodman
    ...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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  • Lewis Sears
    ...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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  • The Velocipede. - The San Francisco Examiner, 24 Nov 1868
    ...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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  • Haight-street Baseball Grounds
    [[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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  • Oswald Granicher
    ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.
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  • MANY EVENTS FOR WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle - July 31, 1904
    ...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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  • THE BICYCLE RUN. - Oakland Tribune, 30 Apr 1883
    ...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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  • WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Feb 1896
    * 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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  • D. W. Donnelly
    ...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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  • Louis A. Lamory
    ...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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  • WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune - August 13, 1890
    ...[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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  • Albert A. Bouton
    ...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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  • Samuel F. Booth, Jr.
    [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • A GREAT RIDE. - Oakland Tribune, 27 Jan 1892
    ...dition, with the exception of the first ten miles, which were rather muddy on account of the fog.
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  • Everett S. Dowdle
    ...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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  • WITH BICYCLE AND CAMERA. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep 1895
    ==== 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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  • THE BICYCLE IN 1993. - Akron Daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio 26 May 1893
    ...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. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886
    === 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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  • DIAMOND'S QUARTERS - Alameda Daily Argus, 09 Jan 1896
    ...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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  • Thomas L. Hill
    [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • William M. Meeker
    ...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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  • L. S. Upson
    ...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. - The St. Helena Star, 05 Jul 1895
    === 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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  • William Henry Toepke
    ...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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  • Frederick W. Gibson
    ...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. - The San Francisco Examiner - Sunday, May 05, 1895
    == 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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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1891
    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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  • Alexander S. Ireland
    ...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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  • Bert C. Menne
    ...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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  • O. L. Pickard
    ...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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  • DENVER CYCLERS AT A SMOKER. - The San Francisco Call - June 03, 1898
    "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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  • George H. Strong
    ...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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  • THE CYCLERS. - San Jose Mercury-news, 19 June 1892
    ...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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  • E. S. Battles
    [[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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  • BIKES, TRIKES, AND SAFETIES. - Oakland Tribune, 17 Oct 1888
    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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  • George J. Hobe
    ...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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  • Alameda Cyclers
    ...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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  • Calvin N. Langton
    [[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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  • Thomas S. Hall
    ...ight, and followed it up by winning the half-mile handicap the next night. On Labor day at Alameda, in the Olympic Club Wheelmen's meet, he won the half- ...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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  • A. J. Menne
    ...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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  • G. C. Turner
    ...rom which the descent to Highland Springs was gradual. A few miles further on to Kelseyville completed the second-days' trip. ...ings and Blue lakes. After an hour's boating the start was made for Ukiah. On the road to Ukiah the dust averaged six inches in depth.
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  • BICYCLING. - The San Francisco Call, 24 Jun 1890
    The following extracts are taken from the article on "Racing," written by [[Robert Assheton Smyth|R. A. Smythe]] for the “Divi ...t, straight handles - far removed from the light, graceful, easy-running [[wheels]] of to-day. It was not considered necessary to have elaborate racing-rigs,
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  • Alex J. Rosborough
    ...cks over a railroad trestle. One cycler tried to ford the stream and stood on his head in the middle, much to the hilarity of the rest. The start was mad Big Wheels
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  • FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889
    === FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. === ...icyclists made a great feature of the grand [[parade]] this morning, their wheels being gayly decorated.
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  • Herman C. Eggers
    ...e was for one mile, and was won by E. D. Woodman in 4 minutes, 53 seconds. On the same day the five-mile championship was won by Fitzgerald. In November ...ort, straight handles, — far removed from the light, graceful easy-running wheels of today. There is a story told that, during this meet, Edwin Mohrig, who w
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  • The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Jun 1887
    ...is a fine sandy bottom. [[George Butler]], the club photographer, will be on hand to place upon paper the well muscled forms of the Herculeses and Adoni The [[B. C. W.]] wishes to acknowledge the receipt of a clipping on "training" from some unknown friend. If he can send the name of the book fr
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 11 Oct 1886
    ...h black. The medals, which are said to be very handsome, will be presented on this occasion. It is understood that all league members will be invited. ...elch]] has assigned the election of a representative to the league members on this side of the bay. There is but one candidate so far, [[W. W. Haralson]]
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  • Emil Languetin
    ...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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  • Summer Club
    ...de, with the expectation of carrying away some of the honors for decorated wheels. Others are entered in the races and seem confident of winning laurels. The
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  • G. E. Watchers
    ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties. ..., W. H. Chard, 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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  • WHEEL WHIRLS. - Oakland Tribune, 24 Sep 1890
    ...the ring, but badly scarred. His header resulted in several very bad cuts on his face and head. ...irer, who used to be with ex-Chief Consul [[Edwin Mohrig|Mohrig]], was out on the San Leandro road Sunday, as smiling as ever.
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 03 Oct 1888
    ...after an absence from the roads of some weeks, again made their appearance on safeties last Sunday. They took a trip to San Leandro and thence to Lake Ch ...abate. Riders can be seen on the streets in large numbers every Sunday and on moonlight evenings.
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  • Edward N. Radke
    [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • FIRST BIKE ON THE COAST. - The San Francisco Examiner, 04 Aug 1895
    == THE FIRST BIKE ON THE COAST. == ===== First Wheelmen on the Coast - Military Resections on the Government Reservation - Meets, Runs and Feeds. =====
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  • ON TWO WHEELS. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1890
    === ON TWO WHEELS. === [[Category:On Two Wheels]]
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890
    ...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 All along the route the people were on the lookout for the riders, and they were given a big reception at each tow
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  • CYCLES AND CYCLERS. - A Sport Which is Fast Becoming Popular on This Coast. - The San Francisco Examiner, 03 Aug 1890
    ==== A Sport Which is Fast Becoming Popular on This Coast. ==== ...bicycles, an [[San Francisco Examiner|EXAMINER]] reporter recently called on several firms which make a specialty of this line and learned many things w
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  • John S. Egan
    ...https://goo.gl/maps/cYs8TYGbxrEJ2Df56 Sierra Point], carrying their wheels on their shoulders. ...ary. Beyond to [[Uncle Tom's Cabin]] the road was passable, but from there on to San Mateo much walking was necessary. Then the road was fine to Redwood
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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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  • P. Maggini
    ...wheelmen. Instead of following [[the course]] he cut off about three miles on McLaughlin avenue in East San Jose. ...erable time. He gave [[W. Waibel|Waibel]] a good 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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  • MANY MILES ON WHEEL. - An Acme Man Makes a Trip to San Diego. - Oakland Tribune, 02 May 1894
    === MANY MILES ON WHEEL. === ...a prominent member of the [[Acme Club]], has just made a run to San Diego on his [[wheel]]. He has sent The [[:Category:Oakland Tribune|Tribune]] an acc
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - San Francisco Call - May 9, 1892
    ...e [[ACME WHEELMEN. - Oakland Tribune, 22 Jul 1891|Bicycle Annex was formed on July 20, 1891]], and has a membership of 40. The officers are: [[George F. ...pokes. - The San Francisco Call, Jun 13, 1892|start for the 24-hour record on June 10]]. He is also entered in the [https://www.newspapers.com/article/th
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  • Mountain View Cyclers
    [[FAST TIME ON WHEELS - Ulbricht Wins the Road Race. - The Suspension of Osen Not Popular. - San ...They have purchased a building for a clubhouse and will give a grand ball on the 17th inst. A winged arrow has been adopted as their emblem, and orange
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  • WHEELMEN'S ROAD RACES - San Francisco Call - August 19, 1895
    ...ity Wheelmen]] and an army of unattached riders. There were all sorts of [[wheels]] and tandems, and a large number of charming [[bloomer]] girls, who seemed ...ast 2 o'clock when [[J. F. McGlynn]], than whom there is no better starter on the coast, sent the [[limit-men]] off in the Olympic race, and the others f
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  • L. W. Fox
    ...d cushioned machine, but was quite a feather weight beside the majority of wheels at that time, so that when the Y. M. C. A. of Riverside gave a race meet he ...en the same as the average, winning probably a few more races than I lost. On May 30th of last year," he adds, "I was in very good condition, but was unf
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  • RIGHTS OF THE HORSE AND THE BICYCLE ON PARK ROADS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 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, in 2021. === RIGHTS OF THE HORSE AND THE BICYCLE ON PARK ROADS. ===
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  • Alfred Plaisted Swain
    MANY MILES ON WHEEL ...ain, a prominent member of the Acme Club, has just made a run to San Diego on his wheel. He has sent The Tribune an account of his trip, as follows:
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  • Three-lap track at the Midwinter Fair
    ...hose not desiring to visit other parts of the Fair Grounds may store their wheels and are charged a small fee for the accommodation. Those desiring to use the Bicycle Track can ride their wheels from Bicycle Hall along the road specially constructed for their use. Bicyc
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  • "THE CALL" BICYCLE CLUB - It Was Organized With a Large Membership at the Park Cyclery. - The San Francisco Call, 26 Aug 1895
    ...in San Francisco, met yesterday afternoon in [[Trueworthy's Park Cyclery]] on Fulton street, opposite [[Golden Gate Park]], for the purpose of organizing ...say that in a short time there will be between fifty and sixty [[wheels]] on the road when the captain calls for a run to the [[Cliff]], to [[Ingleside]
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  • Robert Assheton Smyth
    [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...h|R. A. Smyth]]. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.
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  • Joseph Antoine Delmas
    ...903/1:1:V487-SQ4 Joseph Antoine Delmas married H Aimee Henrietta Fenillard on 07 Nov 1909] ...and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were safeties.
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  • Charles C. Moore
    ...as an officer of the club. In a debate he has few equals, and to have him on a side means a sure victory. He has not many opportunities for riding, as h [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • With the Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan 1891
    ...Club]] and [[Bay City Wheelmen]] have signified their intention to appear on the track. Among the racers will be [[F. D. Elwell|Elwell]], [[F. R. Cook|C The semi-monthly-road race of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] will be run on February 8th. This will be a ten-mile time handicap, starting from [[Fruitv
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  • LOCAL WHEELMEN ARE CHAMPIONS - San Jose Mercury-news, 9 May 1904
    ...say that it is the fastest one hundred-mile relay bicycle race ever ridden on any track. It lowers the former record of 4 hours, 42 minutes and 30 second ...wheelmen. Instead of following [[the course]] he cut off about three miles on McLaughlin avenue in East San Jose.
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  • BICYCLE EXCURSION. - Sonoma Democrat, 14 July 1894
    In reply to our request for some notes on their trip south we received the following from one of the three [[Santa Ro ...roads be when they are properly taken care of. We found very few orchards on our road to San Jose.
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  • OUT AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - Reliance Races Coming This Afternoon. - LIBERTY'S LADIES' ANNEX. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 07, 1895
    ...ide two miles, is a decided novelty and should prove the best drawing card on the programme. It will be found when the races are called to-day, that the ...[[1895/09/09 Admission Day race meet of the Garden City Cyclers|the races on Monday to be given by the Garden City Cyclers at San Jose]], it would repay
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN. - Entries and Handicaps for the Races at Pleasanton Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 02 Jul 1896
    There is to be a small race meeting at Pleasanton on Saturday, and the events, which are for amateurs only, have been entered mo ...died the defect. Bicycle racks have been placed inside the grounds and 500 wheels can be taken care of without injury. Allan Jones and J. E. Edwards will go
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  • Oak Leaf Wheelmen
    === GLITTERING WHEELS. === The club meetings are held on the first Friday in each month. There are now twenty members, the following
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  • Victor A. Hancock
    ...tators, mostly wheelmen from this city, Oakland and Alameda. The start was on the lower road at 11 o'clock, with the following entries: E. S. Battles, 1 ...mpanied by his brother, [[J. F. Hancock|Frank]], and both will ride single wheels weighing twenty-three and one-half pounds. These boys will be remembered as
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  • Frank Willis Sharpe
    ...-days-of-the-acm/ Willis Sharpe on the old days of the Acme Athletic Club, on prosperity 23 Aug 1899, Wed Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspaper ...bail for many but that afternoon four officers were busy serving warrants on those with the 'pull.' The names of [[Tim Scanlon]], [[Harvey Sloper]], [[T
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  • W. A. Shockley
    ...on road, and Messrs. Skelton, McClure and [[W. A. Shockley|Shockley]] went on to San Jose. [[FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889]]
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Nov 1891
    ...tors provided for their accommodation. Only the highest grade cushion-tire wheels are used in this riding academy, which, it is worth while to note, is the l ...ay City Wheelmen]] had their run to [[Haywards]] yesterday. They went over on the 9:15-o'clock creek route boat and from the foot of Broadway, Oakland, t
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  • J. R. Sampson
    ...winning number, easily disposed of bis opponent and came home with a smile on his handsome face that would reach from Oakland to San Jose. ...n of the first lap Reynolds fell. When the gong sounded the fourth lap the wheels were sent flying over the track at an astonishing pace.
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  • WHAT THE BICYCLISTS WOULD LIKE TO DO IN THE PARK. - The San Francisco Examiner, 11 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, in 2021. ...ehind a three-minute animal, but who on this occasion was enjoying himself on a bicycle.
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  • H. C. Owens
    ...s. Never before has such a party visited this garden spot of California on wheels, and it is beyond question that they will bring back with them some splendi ...camera, fortunately, was saved.. Its members will be at Anderson's Springs on July 1st, and will remain until July 4th to assist in the celebration of In
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  • Robert R. Russ
    ...that the sponge was thrown up, and they returned to San Francisco by train on the following day. ...stination, arriving there short of 11 o'clock, with a mishap to one of the wheels, which unfortunately made the wrecked wheelman take the train.
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  • CYCLING UP TO DATE. - Farewell Banquet Tendered Wilbur J. Edwards at San Jose. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jun 1894
    Most of the [[Bay City Wheelmen|Bay City]] flyers are training on the [[Bay City Wheelmen track at Central Park|track at Central Park]]. [[Th [[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 [[Charles S. Wells|Wells
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  • CYCLERS ARE AROUSED - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Sep 1894
    The [[San Jose Road Club]] will hold its next five-mile race on Sunday, September 5th, being the second race of the series. [[Walter Hawkes ...g in one at some future date. They both ride twenty-pound wheels and carry on the handlebar the usual necessities for stopping over night. Mr. Elliott is
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  • BICYCLISTS IN BAD LUCK. - Dirnberger Was Thrown and Bliss Pocketed in Their First Race. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 May 1894
    ====== A Tournament on Wheels at the Midwinter Fair Grounds Which Was Conducted Under many difficulties - ...the men on [[wheels]]. Finally after the Mexican Band had decided to camp on the bicycle track the officials gave up in disgust and let the races run th
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Organization and Growth of the Bay City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 02 May 1892
    ...e big front door, the latchstring of which is always out, there is a plate on which he who runs may read, “The [[Bay City Wheelmen]]." Take your wheel ...[[C. W. Hammer]] and [[C. C. Moore]]. At a meeting of the new association on September 27, 1890, all the accounts of the old club were turned over to th
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  • J. D. Arkison
    ...Consul Welch; "The San Francisco Bicycle Club, the Parent of Club Cycling on the Pacific Coast," was responded to by Mr. J. W. Gibson; "The Highland Par [[On Wheels. - Daily Alta California, Volume 40, Number 13412, 17 May 1886]]
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  • Ladies' Cycling Club
    ...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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  • Frank M. Byrne
    ...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. Day ...between those men. Byrne was determined to keep the lead, and as Rose put on a killing pace, the head man had to keep his nether limbs working to keep R
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  • Byron D. Bent
    ...ing beaten the time of the stage from Calistoga. After a short rest I went on to Harbin Springs, where I retired and slept as only a worn-out wheelman ca ...t over an hour participating in the joy of the people so plainly exhibited on the arrival of the stages bringing visitors from the outside world. The nex
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  • Edwin Mohrig
    ...us points of interest in the city of long-legged riders and were to return on Tuesday, but the rain interfered and they did not go. [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • To the Summit of Mount Diablo by Wheel. - Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Apr 1889
    ...lready hard at work and promise a day's sport excelling anything ever held on the coast. ...embrace this opportunity. Valuable prizes, similar to those contested for on New Year's Day last, will be given.
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  • Harrison Houseworth
    ...out brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles.<br /> [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]
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  • Pilot Wheelmen
    ...ith that name than a pilot wheel with the letter P in the center? Pat this on a man's sweater and it requires no imagination whatever to decide that fami ...rk blue pante, coat and cap to match, with a white sweater with the emblem on it of a Pilot wheel, encircling a bicycle wheel with the letter P in the ce
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 1891
    ...e mile road race of the Alameda Bicycle Club, to take place at San Leandro on Saturday, May 30th]], are almost completed. As the medals and other prizes are already on hand, the race will be run rain or shine. The road is made of such material
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  • Fred Russ Cook
    ...ok]], a new man to the public, lowered the half-mile record for this state on the flying wheel, and the performances by the sprinters were considerably a ...spapers.com/clip/13345938/whirling-wheelsfred-russ-cookspringfie/ Whirling Wheels Fred Russ Cook Springfield 04 Sep 1885, Fri Democrat and Chronicle (Rochest
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  • Garden City Wheelmen World Famous. - San Jose Mercury-news, 6 September 1906
    ...is city of an eight-lap bicycle track. This plan is the result of a desire on the part of the club members to promote bicycle racing, but a few progressi ...iders who are performing at Salt Lake City are anxious to do winter riding on this coast, and almost without exception they would come here to take part
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 07 Sep 1895
    ...e Fourth of July and Admission day witness the greatest events or the year on the track, and Monday will be no exception to the rule, as the entry list f ...of wheelmen from everywhere within a radius of fifty miles of that point. On Monday morning the [[Parade of the C. A. C. C.|California Associated Cyclin
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  • THE WHEEL. - Enthusiasts Who Are Keeping in Trim for Near Future Events. - The San Francisco Call, 06 May 1894
    ...o the city again from all parts of the State. They are coming to do battle on Saturday, May 5, the Olympic Club's day at the [[Midwinter Fair]], for the ...which was 2:30 4-5, and at the end of the racing season that record rested on the shoulders of the popular San Jose flyer, [[Wilbur J. Edwards]], and is
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  • W. H. Stinson
    ...on]] and [[James Coffroth]] of the Olympic Club Wheelmen will start to-day on a tour to Los Angeles via the coast. They will each carry about thirty poun [[W. H. Stinson]] and [[James Coffroth]] started on a wheeling trip to Los Angeles Saturday. They rode to Gilroy that day, and
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  • J. F. Hancock
    ...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.
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call - August 29, 1896
    ...which will be issued about September 15. The Tahoe trip has never appeared on the road maps of former editions, and Mr. Hancock makes the trip for that p ...ty]]'s has returned from [[Stockton]], where he has been for the past week on a business and pleasure trip.
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  • Theodore A. Schlueter
    ...dition, with the exception of the first ten miles, which were rather muddy on account of the fog. [[BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 31
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  • CYCLING CLUBS TO PLAY BALL - San Francisco Call - October 30, 1897
    ====== A Straightaway Mile in 1:19-Gears of Next Year's Wheels-Club Events to Come. ====== ...ad been had to insure a pretty stiff game, so that when they come together on the diamond to-morrow something is bound to happen.
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  • THE CYCLER'S DAY - Entries for the Great Race Meeting. - RIDERS FROM INLAND TOWNS - San Francisco Call, May 21, 1893
    ===== Wheels That Will Sing on the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club's Racetrack. ===== The [[Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club]] will hold its annual race-meeting on its [[Alameda Cycle Park track|grounds]] in [[Alameda]] May 30. The entries
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  • BUZZING WHEELS. - The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. - The San Francisco Call, 31 May 1893
    === BUZZING WHEELS. === The club has been placed on a good footing financially by the success of the meeting, and extra attract
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  • Otto Ziegler, Jr.
    ...ting and became a national and international figure. His mentions are many on my blog. Rather than listing them all, I'll try to summarize, and link out .../D6A8FC88-C85A-4B09-ABC7-467227454900 Portrait of Otto Ziegler Description On back: "Otto Ziegler World's Champion - 1894"]</div>
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Jul 1895
    ...he California Division, League of American Wheelmen|The racing at San Jose on July 4]] attracted the greatest attention the past week. [[J. E. Edwards]] ...lmen]] will hold [[a ten-mile road race over the Fruitvale-Haywards course on July 28]]. This will be a big event, as the Acmes are noted road riders, an
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  • WHEELMEN'S RUN IS ONE ROUND OF FUN - San Jose Mercury-news, 7 October 1907
    <div style='text-align: center;'>Fun on the Road.</div> ...de being monotonous, and the merry hum of a hundred tires and the whirr of wheels were inspiring to the true devotee of the [[wheel]].
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  • BYRNE BADLY BRUISED - An Accident During the Acme Road Race. - The San Francisco Call, 11 Feb 1895
    ...with [[Jack Sampson]], running close to the curbstone, with his antagonist on the outside, and [[M. F. Rose]], his most dangerous rival, just in the rear ...y unfair means, it is known that there was a large amount of money wagered on the outcome between [[M. F. Rose|Rose]] and Byrne and both the former and S
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - J. E. Edwards - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1895
    ...se last week and saw [[Eddie Bald]] lower the world's record for two miles on one day and the mile record the next. ...be proud of [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|a track]] which, on the first occasion of its use, was largely instrumental in lowering two rec
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  • THE CALL Bicycle Club
    ...in San Francisco, met yesterday afternoon in [[Trueworthy's Park Cyclery]] on Fulton street, opposite [[Golden Gate Park]], for the purpose of organizing ...say that in a short time there will be between fifty and sixty [[wheels]] on the road when the captain calls for a run to the [[Cliff]], to [[Ingleside]
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  • CYCLERS' NEW TRACK. - Matinee at the San Jose Course. - San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Mar 1895
    ...ack clear. There were at least 5000 people present. About 1500 wheels were on the grounds. ...is world's straightaway mile record at Livermore]]. [[As the race was held on Sunday and there was no sanction]], the record will not stand.
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - October 26, 1895
    ...it meet at San Jose, November 8 and 9, 1895|two big meets to be held there on November 8 and 9]]. A party of prominent local wheelmen is being made up to ...Griffiths|Griffiths]], [[Thomas S. Hall|Hall]] and [[A. J. Menne|Menne]], on tandems, and feels confident that he can ride the distance in about eleven
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Growth of the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club. - Century Run of the Orientals - A New Club. - End of the Thousand-Mile Relay Race. - The San Francisco Call, May 23, 1892
    ...do to water? This is the cyclist's paradise, where children ride to school on [[safeties]], and letter-carriers and policemen make their rounds astride t ...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
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  • W. Waibel
    ...erable time. He gave [[W. Waibel|Waibel]] a good lead and the clever rider on the final relay sprinted down the course at a 26:18 clip, which is the reco [[OAKLANDS VS. GARDEN CITYS IN RELAY RACE ON SUNDAY - San Jose Mercury-news, 2 September 1904]]
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  • J. W. Coffroth
    ...Stinson and James Coffroth of the Olympic Club Wheelmen will start to-day on a tour to Los Angeles via the coast. They will each carry about thirty poun W. H. Stinson and James Coffroth started on a wheeling trip to Los Angeles Saturday. They rode to Gilroy that day, and
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 01 Jun 1891
    ...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 A road race was to have been run in the East on the same day, where they are using [[pneumatic tires]] and where they may p
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  • SPEEDING WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1894
    ===== Exciting Races on the New Track. ===== ...at a high speed the rider is balanced practically the same as he would be on a straight-away course, and in consequence he does not have to slow up a pa
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  • San Francisco Call, Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State
    === WHIRLING WHEELS. === Over 2000 people witnessed the races on [[Alameda Cycle Park track|the track of the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Cl
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  • THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, 14 August 1897
    ...nd the [[San Leandro triangle]]. Officials and spectators will all go over on the 8:30 a. m. boat. The course has been divided so that no tandem team wil On the second time down the [[Haywards]] road [[Bacon]] and [[Frank G. Peck|Pe
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  • THE CYCLING WORLD. - San Francisco Bicycle Club annexed by Olympic Cycling Annex - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jul 1893
    ...onicle|CHRONICLE]] will be favored with notes from some of these gentlemen on the races to be held there. ...bt take the majority of the prizes. Sanger is a most phenomenally fast man on a spurt, and if Zimmerman does not tire him out before the end of the race
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  • CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 25 May 1895
    === Entries and Handicaps for the Races of the Bay City Wheelmen on Decoration Day === ...ers will lose $3,000,000 this year, owing to the reduction in the price of wheels at the beginning of the season.
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  • B. H. Patrick
    ...n original poem composed for the occasion. A. M. Brown addressed the party on the subject of the Alameda contingent, better known as the Alameda Scorcher ...the time of the year to ride in the country, before the warm weather comes on and the roads begin to get cut up and dusty by heavy teaming.
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  • Leavitt & Bill
    ...olution and a very American flavor of capitalism and industry, both relied on a new concept of credit and payment plans. The staff of [[Leavitt & Bill]] The two partners dissolved the original [[Leavitt & Bill]] business, going on to form [[J. W. Leavitt & Co.]] and [[John T. Bill & Co.]]. The former beca
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle 15 Jun 1895
    ...ider was furnished every ten miles and each rider had been selected solely on account of his great speed, the combined efforts of these ten men beat the ...vor to lower a record made by some fast man. Naturally the pace soon tells on him.
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  • Annual smoker of the Bay City Wheelmen
    The [[Bay City Wheelmen]] will have a euchre party at the clubrooms on Saturday evening, August 17, to be followed by a [[smoker]], for members on ...it meet at San Jose, November 8 and 9, 1895|two big meets to be held there on November 8 and 9]]. A party of prominent local wheelmen is being made up to
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Apr 1888
    ...r]] and [[H. A. Mathews]] of the [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] rode their wheels from Stockton to [[Brooklyn]] Saturday, following route three of the Califo ...will have a perfect [[track]]. It is in the form of an ellipse, banked up on all sides, and is one-quarter of a mile in distance.
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  • AN APPEAL FOR BITUMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 06 Sep 1895
    ...the crowds. Those who were present at the Venetian celebration were there on pleasure bent, but the mass of men and women who blocked Folsom street, fro ...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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  • Alameda Cycle Park track
    ...ay 30. It has four laps, thirty feet wide, with banks six feet high, built on the plan of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herne_Hill_Velodrome#History ...nts assembled to witness a fine bicycling programme. It was announced that on [[Alameda Cycle Park track|the new track]] it would be possible to break al
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  • THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT RACES. - The San Francisco Examiner, 09 Nov 1895
    ==== Widespread Interest Manifested in the Contests on the Garden City Track ==== ...ning to witness the contest for the five-mile championship, the first time on this Coast when [[class A]] and [[class B|B]] riders have competed together
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  • THE WHEELMEN. San Francisco Call, Volume 78, Number 15, 15 June 1895
    ...ith that name than a pilot wheel with the letter P in the center? Put this on a man's sweater and it requires no imagination whatever to decide that fami ...p cement track|their celebrated three-lap track]], and the meeting will be on a par with that of last April.
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Organization and Growth of the Pacific Road Club. - The San Francisco Call, 27 Jun 1892
    ...g to the front is the [[Pacific Road Club]] of this city. It was organized on November 5, 1891, with the following charter members: [[A. T. Jansen]], [[J ...g of a front view of a bicycle wheel on wings, inclosed in a golden circle on which is the club name in enamelled letters, has also been adopted.
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  • Manuel F. Rose
    ...ampson|Jack Sampson]], running close to the curbstone, with his antagonist on the outside, and [[M. F. Rose]], his most dangerous rival, just in the rear ...y unfair means, it is known that there was a large amount of money wagered on the outcome between Rose and Byrne and both the former and Sampson are know
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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
    === TO OLYMPUS ON WHEELS. === ...rge. When the protest was made [[George Thorn|Thorn]], the Garden City man on [[:Category:1898 annual 100-mile relay race|the third relay]], who made the
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  • Liberty Cycling Club
    ...be to Ocean View and the beach. The Libertys have their first annual ball on March 12th. ...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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  • Wilbur J. Edwards
    ...er, Bell, Waller and Needham, who were crackerjacks at that time. This was on the old Alameda track, and Grant Bell finished in first position. ...n and won first place twice in the five-mile open, it having been run over on account of the time limit. At another meet at San Jose that year - November
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  • Walter F. Foster
    ...r a long stretch of back country. A desperate finish ensued. W. F. Foster, on a [[Victor]] [[cushion tire]] [[safety]], winning by five yards in 1h. 25m. ...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
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  • B. Murphy
    ...he clever Garden City rider was soon out of sight. He gained just a minute on his opponents and during the remainder of the race the Garden City Wheelmen ...de being monotonous, and the merry hum of a hundred tires and the whirr of wheels were inspiring to the true devotee of the [[wheel]].
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  • BICYCLISTS HAVE RIGHTS. - What Is More, They Are Getting Ready to Maintain Them. - The San Francisco Examiner, 13 Sep 1894
    ====== Horace w. Philbrook Was Not a Bit Daunted When Arrested for Riding on Forbidden Ground - He Reviews the Precedents - A Wheelman From the East Tal ...r courts. The Legislature, in creating the commission, expressly conferred on the Board of Park Commissioners the authority to make all needful regulatio
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892
    ...inconvenient, it is proposed to lease or build a cottage near the park, or on one of the ...ieutenant, [[M. Griffith]]. The uniform is black, with a star and crescent on the cap, and the club colors are red, white and orange.
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  • John W. Leavitt
    ...ory:Bicycle shops|bicycle shop]] that grew into a chain of shops, and went on to become a major automobile business. His business sponsored the [[Leavitt ...t he may be transferred to another relay. The other clubs have not decided on this first relay yet.
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  • E. W. Adams
    ...of fancy riding by [[E. W. Adams]] and J. E. Hickinbotham, a game of polo on Stars, and a demon drill by the Oak Leaf Drill Corps, to be followed by dan [[FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1889]]
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  • THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Call - September 05, 1896
    ...ht some unjust rule or legislation, like the recent proposed charge upon [[wheels]] as baggage. ...-francisco-call-childrens-day-at/127490651/ race meet to be held at Eureka on September 23 under the auspices of the Eureka Agricultural and Mechanical F
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  • THE BICYCLISTS ALL ACQUITTED. - Were Arrested by Patrolmen Who Misunderstood the Law. - EINTRACHT ELECTION. - The San Francisco Call, 07 Feb 1896
    * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Fran ...ving some of the policemen arrested for arbitrary and uncalled-for attacks on law-abiding citizens, and it is probable that the trouble will not be ended
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  • The Bicycle Races at Stockton. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1889
    ...The bicyclists made a great feature of the [[parade]] this morning, their wheels being gayly decorated. The races were called at 2 o'clock this afternoon at ...the Bay City. Turner led off, closely followed by Davis, who saved himself on the first mile, which was made in 3:28. Turner was allowed to lead until cr
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  • CYCLING NEWS AND COMMENT. - The San Francisco Examiner - 01 Jun 1895
    ...e, which always arouses enthusiasm on the part of the spectators. The wind on the backstretch was so severe as to nearly stop some of the weaker riders, ...nd as some of the members are strong riders they will be found far a-field on occasions.
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  • Unfrequented Bicycle Roads in the Vicinity of San Francisco - The San Francisco Call, 18 Apr 1897
    ...ng a place in the procession now rapidly nearing the end of the century on wheels. ...readjust your bearings as to the lay of the land hereabouts. Come with me on a few excursions, none of which will take you far from home. Perhaps when y
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  • Joseph John Bliss
    ...n adventurous riding group named for him, [[Bliss Tourists]], which he led on some big rides. * [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]]
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  • The Wheelmen - The San Francisco Call, 25 May 1895
    ...n this instance, they turn out en masse, and the effect of several hundred wheels in line is very pleasing. There was some comment because the [[Bay City Whe ...ain [[Johnson]] has called a run for tomorrow to [[Niles Canyon]], leaving on the 9 A. M. broad-gauge boat. A special meeting of the members will be held
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  • BYRNE MAKES A NEW RECORD. - San Francisco Examiner. September 10, 1895
    ...[[wheelmen]], was held here to-day and proved to be a greater success than on any previous occasion. Wheelmen began to arrive on Saturday and there has been a continual stream flowing into the city ever s
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  • W. W. Haralson
    ...g is a record made by R. H. Magill, Jr., and [[W. W. Haralson]] yesterday, on a trip over mountain roads. "D" signifies departure and "ar" arrival: [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]
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  • A LOS ANGELES WHEELMAN. - Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. - The San Francisco Examiner, 28 Apr 1894
    ...d cushioned machine, but was quite a feather weight beside the majority of wheels at that time, so that when the Y. M. C. A. of Riverside gave a race meet he ...en the same as the average, winning probably a few more races than I lost. On May 30th of last year," he adds, "I was in very good condition, but was unf
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  • J. E. Edwards
    ...nished in the following order, the time given being that actually consumed on the road: John Gardiner, 59:02; D. E. Whitman, 1:02:03; Will Rodriguez, 1:1 [[THE WHEELMEN. - All Ready for the Great San Jose Meet on Friday and Saturday. - The San Francisco Call, 13 Apr 1895]]
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  • BY POPULAR ACCLAIM - San Francisco Examiner - May 23, 1895
    Probably 2,000 men and women rode decorated wheels through the Mission streets, marching and counter-marching by the light of ...lers filled the streets so closely that there was no passage anywhere. The wheels were gay with lights, flowers and ribbons, and as the cyclers worked their
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Sep 1894
    ...representative on the board of directors, was elected by a large majority on Tuesday last. His thirty-four-inch bicycle still be seen for the first time ...le scratch, both class A events, in the [[Garden City Cyclers]]' race meet on September 10th, and is expected to make a good showing in the mile race.
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  • Edward Chapman
    ...a racing man who has been riding so fast lately, was in the city this woek on his way to San Jose Road Club races, ...between those men. Byrne was determined to keep the lead, and as Rose put on a killing pace, the head man had to keep his nether limbs working to keep R
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  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 23 May 1887
    ...sfactory arrangements have been made with the railroads for transporting [[wheels]] to Santa Cruz during [[:Category:July 4th, 1887 annual meet of the Califo The sub-committee on races has recommended the following programme for [[:Category:July 4th, 188
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  • THE WHEELMEN - The San Francisco Call, 01 Jun 1895
    ...od events will be run off under the auspices of the [[San Jose Road Club]] on the celebrated [[Garden City Cyclers three-lap cement track|three-lap track ...]], with the expectation of carrying away some of the honors for decorated wheels. Others are entered in the races and seem confident of winning laurels. The
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  • E. W. Decker
    ...in the last two laps, and on the finish of the final his wheel was almost on a line with Decker when the latter shot past the line a winner in 2:40. [[FLYING WHEELS AROUND CURVES. - OPENING NIGHT OF THE TOURNAMENT AT THE MECHANICS PAVILION
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  • WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle - 05 Jan 1895, Sat - Page 12
    ...H. Knapp]], an old-time member of [[Bay City Wheelmen]], is up from Fresno on a visit and will be entertained by his clubmates. On Sunday, January 13th, the [[San Jose Road Club]] will hold a ten-mile handi
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  • CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - A Brief Sketch of the Capitol City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, Aug 22, 1892
    ...ives at the racemeets throughout the State who have always held their own. On September 15, 1886, at the races given by the State Agricultural Society, H ...-mile handicap. On Thanksgiving day, the same year, Rivett won a road race on the Riverside road in Sacramento for the club championship, covering the di
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  • California Cycling Club
    The Californias had a long discussion on club colors and adopted for racing colors orange and olive green. ...y touring, and the membership is limited to twenty. A meeting will be held on the 20th to perfect organization.
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  • TOUR ON THE WHEEL. - Pleasurable and Tiresome Experiences Wading Through Sand and Tide. - Graphic Narrative of a Cycling Trip to Southern California. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Sep 1894
    === TOUR ON THE WHEEL === ...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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  • THE WHEELMEN. - J. E. Edwards Wants the World's Five-Mile Road Record. - The San Francisco Call, 18 May 1895
    ...rn circuit as now arranged is as follows: Races were held at Santa Barbara on May 15 and at Ventura yesterday, and will be held at [[Pasadena May 20]], [ ...acific Cycling Club]] will hold a run to San Jose next Sunday, riding down on this side of the bay. The start will be at 5:30 o'clock A. M. from [https:/
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  • THE WHEELMEN - The Camera Club Cyclists Will Tour Through Lake County - The San Francisco Call, 29 Jun 1895
    ...return Friday morning. There will be two social functions for the wheelmen on the night of the Fourth — a dance at the [[San Jose Road Club]]'s hall an ...s. Never before has such a party visited this garden spot of California on wheels, and it is beyond question that they will bring back with them some splendi
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  • Bay City Wheelmen
    [[BAY CITY WHEELMEN, Well-Known Athletes Who Travel Around on Wheels. - The San Francisco Examiner, Oct 14, 1888]] ...e big front door, the latchstring of which is always out, there is a plate on which he who runs may read, “The [[Bay City Wheelmen]]." Take your wheel
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  • THE SPEEDY CYCLERS. - Coast Records Sure to Be Lowered. - Eastern Cracks Now on the Road. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr 1894
    ===== Eastern Cracks Now on the Road. ===== ...rtunate possessor of a three-lap bicycle track, scientifically constructed on the most modern ideas, is something which would appear to the old-timers as
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  • Olympic Club Wheelmen
    ...s sprocket and tire undisturbed. All the cycling publications will be kept on file here. ...bs the wheelmen participated in the annual parade of the clubs at San Jose on September 9th last, and were awarded the prize for the most attractive appe
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  • THAT TWENTY FOUR HOUR RECORD - Bearings, The Cycling Authority of America, June 24, 1892
    ...ful Ride in California - Also Broke the Three Hundred Mile Record - Dieted on Doughnuts - Was the Timing Reliable ==== ...lub]], of Oakland, Cal., rode 363 miles, 1.590 yards in twenty-four hours, on [[Alameda Cycle Park track|the new track]] of the [[Alameda Bicycle Club]],
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  • Howard Alexander
    ...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. ...cliffs came to an end, we began to think our chances excellent for camping on some ledge of rock.
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  • AMONG THE WHEELMEN - Track to Be Used in the Tournament. - A Matter of Interest to Racers. - San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Jan 1895
    ...will ride under the [[Olympic Wheelmen|Olympic's]] colors during his stay on the Coast, and may possibly ride as one of their team in the [[100-mile rel ...time made by Messrs. [[Charles E. Rose]], [[Oscar Lane]] and [[Bert Reed]] on the 2d day of January. The former record was held by [[Oscar Osen]] of the
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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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