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=== Ingleside Races. === ...Ingleside]] races today and will enter in the two mile [[handicap]]. Among the other [[G. C. W.]] boys who are going are: [[P. Sontheimer]], [[M. Maggini]

* 1895/10/30 [[EASTERN CRACKS COMING. - San Francisco Chronicle - October 30, 1895]] ...cle/the-san-francisco-call-bald-sets-a-mark/116669291/ BALD SETS A MARK. - San Francisco Call - Nov 9, 1895]

...is himself a very fast rider. Much is expected of these men in the coming races. ...ABOUT THE CYCLE. - Organization and Growth of the Bay City Wheelmen. - The San Francisco Call, 02 May 1892]]

...aking a [[relay]] from the previous rider of their team and handing off to the next. It was club against club but also man against man. ...San Bruno road]], as opposed to the [[San Jose road]], for the exit from [[San Francisco]].]]

RACES AT GILROY. Opening Meeting at the Track of the Tribune Cyclers.

...as present, and the [[California Cycling Club|California Bicycle Club]] of San Francisco was well represented. There were also a number of other visiting ...en third, 14m. 45 2-5s., and Sullivan fourth, 15m. 11s. All of these broke the coast record of 15m. 48 1-5s., made by J. C. Smith of this city, who was in

https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search?q=Cyclists+of+San+Jose [[San Jose]], CA

==== Result of the Trials of Speed at San Jose Yesterday. ==== ...n of San Francisco; Timers, Lloyd Moultrie, George Reed and A. Lobe of San Jose.

== CYCLISTS FILL THE STREETS == === GATHERING FOR THE BIG MEET AT SAN JOSE. ===

* [[San Jose Road Club]] ...2. The cup becomes the personal property of the winner of three successive races.

==== An Exciting Contest Over the San Leandro Triangle. ==== ==== The Bay City Wheelmen the Winners — Two Headers and Consequent Sprains. ====

''This took some figuring, but I believe this is the [[East San Jose course]]:'' ...r|700px|Based on the [https://www.loc.gov/item/2012592102/ Official map of the County of Santa Clara, California, 1889], georeferenced in QGIS]]

=== With the Wheelmen. === ...ce and keep in training for the three meets. The clubs that intend to hold races should have a meeting and decide on dates at once, so that racing men may k

=== WHEELMEN AT SAN JOSE. === ==== Opening of the New Track of the Garden City Cyclers. ====

==== A BICYCLE CONTEST AT SAN JOSE. ==== ===== A Fully Attended Meeting of Wheelmen and Interesting Races. =====

[[San Jose]], CA ...t track]]. It was smaller, made of gravel, and they had disagreements with the land-owner, so they decided to build a new, cement, larger track.

...rade of wheelmen. [[Amanda Burroughs|Mrs. Fagothey]] is an ardent lover of the sport and claims that in more ways than one has her riding experience prove ...LMEN. - Reliance Races Coming This Afternoon. - LIBERTY'S LADIES' ANNEX. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 07, 1895]]

...ime the California division of the League will hold its annual meeting and races]]. ...andro road race]], at which time Waller broke the Pacific coast record for the distance, is sufficient to attract a good representation of [[Oakland]] [[w

...J. Irelan]] will have charge of the members on a [[century run]] to [[San Jose]] and return to-morrow. ...san-francisco-examiner-cycling-news/127826494/ The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California • Sat, May 4, 1895, Page 10]

[[San Jose Road Club]] ...://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/8890580147189713796/7127533197634129939# The Bearings, by Cycling Authority of America, v. 12 Aug. 1895-Jan. 1896]]]

=== San Jose Riders Are a Surprise to the Other Cycling Clubs — Big Race Meet at Stockton Next Sunday. === ...ally. The team as it is now is the best that ever rode under the colors of the club.

...rade of wheelmen. [[Amanda Burroughs|Mrs. Fagothey]] is an ardent lover of the sport and claims that in more ways than one has her riding experience prove ...LMEN. - Reliance Races Coming This Afternoon. - LIBERTY'S LADIES' ANNEX. - San Francisco Chronicle, September 07, 1895]]

=== The Wheelmen. === ...t week has afforded ample opportunity for wheelmen to get in condition for the [[century run, which has been postponed til June 1st]]. Many have taken adv

...o grief in trying to make the pace, but will be with his companions at the races. [[CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The San Francisco Call, May 30, 1892]]

=== WHEN SAN JOSE'S BUSINESSMEN WERE CYCLISTS === ...At this time cycling was considered a man's pastime, and Joe was probably the most diminutive wheelman in this city.

==== The New Track Nearing Completion. The Coming Tournament ==== ...ack]], just south of the junction of First and Second streets and opposite the Pratt Home, pushed as rapidly as possible.

...second. The time made is the coast competition tandem record. These tandem races are interesting and meet-promoters would do well to introduce them more fre ...k M. Byrne]] of the [[Imperial Club]] won the race, and his time was 1:01. The best previous performance was that of [[C. C. Collins]] at Denver, August 2

=== THE CYCLERS. === ===== Prospect for the San Jose Track — A Lantern Parade to Take Place Wednesday Night. =====

...circuit of races, Mr. Varney is always doing something like that to assist the sport, and deserves great credit for his willingness to always foster anyth ...fete races last Saturday]], and are in about the best condition of any of the coast class B men at present.

=== THE WHEELMEN. === The official organ of [[California Division, L. A. W.]], has this to say concer

...Ingleside]] races today and will enter in the two mile [[handicap]]. Among the other [[G. C. W.]] boys who are going are: [[P. Sontheimer]], [[M. Maggini] ...190-en--20-SJMN-1--txt-txIN-%22m.+maggini%22------- Ingleside Races. - San Jose Mercury-news, 22 August 1904]

...hy|a handsome cup]] for a [[one hundred mile motor paced relay race around the bay]]. Each team will be composed of twenty men, each man riding five miles ...ast clip, many of them the equals of the members of the team which rode in the big race on Sunday.

...ll Sat Aug 31 1895 .jpeg|thumb|center|[[H. Sternberg]], the Crack Rider of the [[Royal Cycling Club]].<br/>[From a photograph.] ]] ...enant. He is always on [[scratch]] in all their races, and on the road has the reputation of being a very speedy rider.

* [[San Jose Road Club]] |[[San Jose Road Club|San Jose]]

A ten-mile race for the member [[:Category:clubs|clubs]] of the [[California Associated Cycling Clubs]] ...Club Wheelmen]] will be represented in the first [[annual ten-mile road of the Associated Clubs]] by Messrs. [[W. J. Christ|Christ]], [[Gunn]], [[Ramsay]]

=== The Bicycle. === ...will be the best and most exciting ever held on the Coast. [[Woodworth]], the Los Angeles champion, has been in training for a month past, and a lookout

...e also</i> [[Garden City Bicycle Club]], [[Garden City Cyclers]] and [[San Jose Cyclers]]. [[San Jose]], CA

...p 1 1894 .jpeg|thumb|center|400px|[[R. L. Long|ROBERT L. LONG]], HOLDER OF THE COAST RECORD FOR ONE-THIRD AND TWO-THIRDS OF A MILE.]] ...'s record, presented him with a handsome diamond fob, bearing the time and the club's emblem.

...ted to attend and join the club. The organizers have every reason to think the club will be a great success. ...ll speed propelled by the club's enterprising president. The membership of the club is steadily increasing.

==== The Californias Will Have a Century Run Around the Bay To-Day. ==== ...ir|Fair track]], and [[Peter McIntyre]], an old athlete, who has charge of the track, looks after them.

==== All of the Clubs Have Races and Runs Scheduled for To-Day and the Near Future. ==== ...100-mile relay race from San Francisco to Oakland|the 100-mile race around the bay]] five consecutive times. With records such as these there will be some

==== The Big Wheelmen's Meet To-Day. ==== ===== Over a Hundred Riders in the Lists. =====

=== BENSON WINS THE SILVER CUP. === ==== Result of the Five-Mile Handicap Road Race at San Jose. ====

San Francisco, CA The [[Lowell High School Wheelmen]] will hold a series of short races this afternoon at [[Central Park track]] at 2 o'clock.

...s at the Napa Fair Prove Interesting Events, but the Attendance Is Light - The 2:27 Trot Postponed. ...apa Agricultural Association at this city this afternoon was light, though the meeting proved interesting.

=== CYCLERS WILL RACE AT THE GARDEN CITY === ...mber of local wheelmen are going down to-day by train and wheel to see the races.

=== Gives Chase to Handicapped Riders and They Beat the Scratch Men Out. === ...y by the [[Garden City Wheelmen]] over the [[East San Jose course|East San Jose 5-mile course]].

=== Contest for Eldridge Trophy Will Be an Exciting Event With Six Teams in the Race. Local Wheelmen Have Strong Riders. === ...[California Cycling Club|California Cyclers]], the [[Pacific Cyclers]] and the [[Vallejo Wheelmen]].

...time in 1 min. 17 4-5 sec. Al Alcayaga of Oriental Cycling Club also beat the record, coming in third. ...all, Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State]]

== CYCLING CLUBS AT SAN JOSE == === Six Hundred Wheelmen in the Parade ===

...ay .jpeg|thumb|center|[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72253109/chat-about-the-cyclethe-acme-athletic/ Captain Neece]]] ...c 18 1921 2.jpeg|thumb|center|700px|The undefeated bicycle team of 1893 of the Acme Athletic Club. Upper row (left to right), [[H. A. Maxwell|HARRY MAXWEL

...the races in which he rode and covered his novice mile in 2:29, which was the world's record at that time for a novice. ...the same age as Coulter, but two years older than the Little Demon of San Jose.

...9, 1875 • San Jose, Santa Clara, California, USA - DEATH 24 OCT 1930 • San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA] ...72404762/the-wheelmentony-delmas-illustrational/ TONY DELMAS, THE PRIDE OF THE GARDEN CITY CYCLERS.]<br/>

The Palo Alto wheelmen are resting their hopes on J. E. Alexander, who recently [[Bicycling in California in 1892 - The Overland Monthly, June 1892]]

...nd Messrs. Skelton, McClure and [[W. A. Shockley|Shockley]] went on to San Jose. [[To the Summit of Mount Diablo by Wheel. - Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Apr 1889]]

=== THE CYCLER'S DAY === ==== Entries for the Great Race Meeting. ====

===== WHAT THE CLUBS ARE DOING. ===== ...n Francisco Clubs Well Represented at the Electric Light Tournament at San Jose - Lots of Wheelmen Off on Tours. ======

=== The Wheel. === Thirty-six members attended the last meeting of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]].

=== Every Year San Jose Sends Its Quota of Riders to Fastest Tracks in the World, Where Victories of Note Are Won - Observation Race Along Route of In ...captain), [[M. Maggini]] (manager), [[M. Grey]], [[R. Dieffenbacker]], and the [[Morrill Cup]] won in [[hundred mile relay]]]]

==== Club Runs and Private Excursions to Different Points Outside the City. ==== ...[[Liberty Cycling Club Ladies' Annex|Ladies' Annex]] through the [[Park]]. The club is steadily gaining in numbers and gives promise of becoming a power i

...[[pneumatic]] "racer" and entered his first race, a [[handicap]], getting the limit, and winning easily. ...he laps and we were obliged to ride a lap more than the distance. This was the only record that I really cared about.

==== What Is Being Done by the Bicycle Riders. ==== ...st was served, the chief attraction of which was fine, rich milk, which is the favorite beverage of wheelmen.

==== The Wheelmen. ==== ...s all members are interested in the coming [[league meet and tournament]], the time and place for holding which will be decided there.

...spot.com/2019/03/oaklands-famous-old-time-boulevard.html the Estudillo] in San Leandro. ...d of the crowd. They spent the night in san Francisco, upon the arrival of the special at 2 o'clock.

Columbia Square, San Francisco, CA ...[[Columbia Square Wheelmen|Columbia-square Wheelmen]] have organized with the following officers: President, E. C. Richter; Vice-President, William B. We

== EVENTS AMONG THE LOCAL WHEELMEN. == ==== CLUBS HOLDING ROAD RACES TO- MORROW. ====

[[File:Fox Smith The San Francisco Examiner Sat Apr 28 1894 .jpeg|thumb|center|400px|[[L. W. Fox|LOU ...rst relay of [[:Category:1894 annual 100-mile relay race|the great race on the 8th]] shows what he can do, and he will be a top-notcher.

|[[San Francisco Road Club|San Fran]] |[[San Jose Road Club|San Jose]]

...y elected captain is one of the old-time members, and is very popular with the boys. He will no doubt prove a very efficient officer, and is ably seconded [[CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. - The Steady Growth of the New California Club. - The San Francisco Call, 01 Aug 1892]]

...un of the Bay City Wheelmen and Other Speedy Clubs. - 22 Feb 1886, Mon The San Francisco Examiner]] ==== The Bay City Club and the Highland Park Club Compete. ====

==== The Wheelmen. ==== ...resentatives [[Bay City Wheelmen]] – [[J. J. Bliss]] and Charles C. Moore, San Francisco. [[J. W. A. Off]], Los Angeles representative [[Los Angeles Wheel

=== THE WHEEL. === ==== The Capital City Race Meeting - A Club Reunion. ====

==== The Fastest Riders in the State. ==== No California wheelman has yet achieved world-wide celebrity. The main reason is that this state cannot boast of a

=== Byrne Went a Half Mile at San Jose in 1:01. === ==== Interesting Races Races of State Wheelmen at the Big Meeting. ====

...also</i> [[Garden City Bicycle Club]], [[Garden City Wheelmen]] and [[San Jose Cyclers]]. [[San Jose]], CA

===== ALEXANDER WON THE HALF. ===== ...iculties - Kitchen Easily took the Mile Maiden Race - The Musicians Got in the Way. ======

...time of any individual rider, covering the third relay in 24:39, which is the fastest time ever made in a relay race. ...the course, no accidents happened to any of the men, and a fine road made the riding perfect.

=== With the Wheelmen. === ...100-mile, twenty-five-mile, ten-mile, five-mile and three-mile [[safety]] races.

=== READY FOR THE RELAY RACE. === ==== Over Two Hundred Wheelmen to Take Part in the Big Affair. ====

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE === ==== Grant Bell Wins the Road Race of the Acme Club. ====

...an Francisco entirely by bicycle. In Nebraska Coulter took part in several races and showed considerable speed. ...trying for records, His partner, Reynolds, returned to Toledo at once when the trip was abandoned.

...ake Pilarcitos on May 28th. A meeting of the Annex will be held tonight at the Olympic Club. ...NG CYCLERS. - The Olympic Club Wheeling Annex in Tamalpais Redwoods. - The San Francisco Examiner - 15 May 1893, Mon - Page 9]]

=== THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT RACES === ==== Widespread Interest Manifested in the Contests on the Garden City Track ====

* [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] THE OLYMPIC SPORTS.

...most comfortably made by stopping overnight at Saratoga Springs, and so on the next day to Santa Cruz. ...Wetmore|Wetmore]] of the Bay Citys were the first to my knowledge to make the trip in one day, they going down one day last June. However I wouldn't advi

...JHLWAL6 Third and Market Streets San Francisco], and the route lay via San Jose to [https://goo.gl/maps/L9Hmsn9sHRrS97Wq6 Twelfth and Broadway, Oakland]. ...M. A. SQUIRES]], and [[J. A. Howard|JACK HOWARD]]. The recumbent figure in the foreground is [[P. M. Lefevre|PETE LA FEVRE]]. This is one of a series of p

=== The American Competition Mark for the Half-Mile Is Placed at 1:01. === === SAN JOSE WHEEL MEET A SUCCESS. ===

=== AMONG THE WHEELMEN === ==== San Jose to Be Captured by Them. ====

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== The Oriental Club and Its Members Who Are Speedy. ====

The [[Alameda Scorchers]] are wearing a new uniform, consisting of white knit s ...ressed the party on the subject of the Alameda contingent, better known as the [[Alameda Scorchers]], and created considerable merriment.

=== THE CYCLING WORLD. === ====== California Wheelmen in the East - The Coming Race Meetings. ======

=== THE WHEEL. === ==== A New Club-House for the San Franciscos. ====

=== The Wheelmen. === ...ntatives [[Bay City Wheelmen]] - [[J. J. Bliss]] and [[Charles C. Moore]], San Francisco. [[J. W. A. Off]], Los Angeles representative [[Los Angeles Wheel

THE BIG ONE ON THE END. ...us racing men, when he was nineteen years of age. He is the largest man on the [[quadruplet]] team, weighing 174 pounds and standing 5 feet and 10 1/4 inc

...final his wheel was almost on a line with Decker when the latter shot past the line a winner in 2:40. ...ds he said he felt all right, and walked to his dressing-room. Decker took the lead, and won easily, with Day second and G. Fuller finishing third. Time,

==== A Run of Three Cyclers Through the Midland Counties. ==== ...t for some notes on their trip south we received the following from one of the three [[Santa Rosa wheelmen]] who spent a week traveling around in spite of

...facts Ancestry.com: Theodore Albert Schlueter 1873 – ? BIRTH 29 SEP 1873 • San Francisco, California DEATH Unknown] Two Oakland Young Men Take a Trip Around the Bay.

=== THE SPEEDY CYCLERS. === ===== Eastern Cracks Now on the Road. =====

==== Return of the Champion, Zeigler. ==== ====== Election of Bay Citys - The S. J. R. C. Corner-Stone to Be Laid - Gossip. ======

=== The Wheelmen. === ...bably consist of three medals for the time prizes and cycling sundries for the place prizes.

==== Charles S. Wells' Fast Ride Over the San Mateo Course ==== ==== California and Imperial Cycling Clubs' Races at Central Park. ====

=== THE WHEEL. === ...esterday at Recreation Park]] proved beyond any doubt that wheeling is now the great outdoor sport.

[[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] ...bers for some time with amusing anecdotes, and justified his reputation as the most humorous raconteur among city wheelmen.

=== The Wheelmen. === [Official Organ of the [[L. A. W.]]]

=== Entries and Handicaps for the Races of the Bay City Wheelmen on Decoration Day === === The Racing Board's Bulletin - Camera Club Cyclists' Run - Byrne to Race in Port

==== A Poor Referee the Weak Point in Monday's Races. ==== ...No one was pleased by this move, and it cost the audience a long wait and the [[Olympic Club Wheelmen]] an extra set of prizes.

...tle Games, Shell Mound Park, July 4th, 1891, L. A. Lamory, 2nd place - The San Francisco Examiner - 05 Jul 1891, Sun - Page 10] ...lubrooms last night and formed the Acme Bicycle Club. The following signed the roll: Charles Bowman, E. S. Dowdle, S. S. Fogarty, J. J. Hanifin, [[Louis A

...all, Volume 72, Number 35, 5 July 1892 - Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State|George H. Osen, G. C. C.]]]] ...ne-mile ordinary handicap in 2:51 3-5, the second man being H. C. Smith of the Garden Citys.

...eld To-Day - High Jinks in the Redwoods. - Mon, Jul 4, 1892 - Page 8 · The San Francisco Call]] ...ay City Wheelmen won the race in 2 minutes 44 4-5 seconds, W. H. Toepke of the same club being second.

==== The Wheel. ==== ...]], First and Second Lieutenants of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]], rode to San Jose and return in thirteen and a half hours, their cyclometers showed a record

...ycling Club, the club had it remeasured yesterday and has placed a sign at the beginning and ending, and a sign after each mile, so that no future mistake [[WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895]]

==== Auspicious Opening of the Meeting. ==== ===== Exciting Races on the New Track. =====

...ome with a smile on his handsome face that would reach from Oakland to San Jose. This race was won easily by Terrill, who rode leisurely to the finish.

...hot one from start to finish, and possibly the record from Oakland to San Jose of 2 hours and 13 minutes, made by O. L. Pickard, June 10, 1894, will be lo [[THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 31 Aug 1895]]

==== Something About the Four Men Who Rode the Quadruplet Bicycle and Edwards' Own Story. ==== ===== BRIEF HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPLET. =====

=== AMONG THE WHEELMEN === ==== California's Club Races To-Morrow. ====

==== Matinee at the San Jose Course. ==== ==== A Large Crowd Witnesses the Performance of Allan Jones. ====

==== Bicycle Races in Various Parts of the State. ==== ==== Foster Again Lowers the Coast Record — A Great Day for San Jose — Waller's Latest Victory. ====

[[CYCLISTS WILL GATHER AT HAYWARDS FOR BIG RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 26 April 1903]] ...nd Oakland Wheelmen were fourth. The California Cyclers were 11 minutes in the rear.

...ve ridden a mile in 1:34 1.5, though he divides the glory with the rest of the "quad" team. ...t from a photograph by [[Bushnell]].]<br/>[[NEARING A MILE A MINUTE. - The San Francisco Examiner - February 11, 1895]]]]

"The club emblem will be a shield with the letters A. C. across its face." ...1895/09/09 Admission Day race meet of the Garden City Cyclers|the San Jose races]].

== OUT AMONG THE WHEELMEN. == === Reliance Races Coming This Afternoon. ===

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Terrill, the Racer, Will Go East To-Night - Fastest Run on Record. - Latest Items. ====

[[File:Sport The San Francisco Call Sat Apr 27 1895 .jpeg|thumb|center]] === THE WHEELMEN. ===

...Calif. Taught in Kern County, then in Alameda County. Is now principal of the Benicia High school. Took his A.B. degree from U.C. and has about completed ...sjus_390.htm THE STORY OF AN INSPIRING PAST - Historical Sketch of the San Jose State Teachers College From 1862 to 1928]

==== The Wheel. ==== [[File:California Division L. A. W. San Francisco Chronicle Mon May 30 1887 .jpeg|thumb|left|100px]]

...D7DA52-C2DB-4381-999A-240518345805 Coach with Cycling Team - History San Jose Photographic Collection ] [[CYCLISTS WILL GATHER AT HAYWARDS FOR BIG RACE - San Jose Mercury-news, 26 April 1903]]

=== FROM FRISCO TO SAN DIEGO === ==== Oscar Osen of San Jose Does It Inside of Four Days. ====

...se alive can hear the 'heluva protest' that went up. But it was a wheel to the judges and that was that. ...s://www.newspapers.com/clip/13420013/1946_acme_club_reunion_great_history/ The Knave - June 16, 1946 - Oakland Tribune]

=== THE LEAGUE'S ELECTION. === ==== Wheelmen Casting About for the Coming Year's Officials. ====

=== The Wheelmen === ...orchers]] went on via [[Corte Madera]] to Sausalito, while the others took the train at Ross Station.

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== All Ready for the Great San Jose Meet on Friday and Saturday. ====

==== Cracks Who Won Their Spurs Before the Safety Bicycle Appeared. ==== ...ages of history and to note the men who in the past have been prominent on the racing path.

==== The Wheel. ==== [[File:California Division L. A. W. San Francisco Chronicle Mon May 30 1887 .jpeg|thumb|left|100px]]

...T. Stevenson, H. F. Wynne, L. S. Stewart, F. A. McGrew and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were saf [[The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890]]

=== THE WHEELMEN. === === Race Meetings at Oakland To-Day and San Jose Monday. ===

[[File:Captain Ravlin The San Francisco Call Mon Jun 13 1892 (1).jpeg|thumb|center|200px|[[Clarence N. Ra ...een adopted by the club as its distinctive emblem. The present officers of the club are as follows: [[J. B. Lamkin]], president; [[J. A. Desimone]], vice-

San Francisco, CA "The uniform is black, with a star and crescent on the cap, and the club colors are red, white and orange."

==== Fox Will Represent Southern California at the Fair Races. ==== ==== SMITH OF THE GARDEN CITYS. ====

...f the others were given ten minutes' limit he easily won both the race and the time prize. Bell's friends will be glad to know that he is again in good fo ...hanksgiving Day - Events at San Jose - Close of the League Campaign. - The San Francisco Call, 14 Nov 1892]]

==== The Annual Meet of the Capital City Wheelmen. ==== ===== SAN JOSE BOYS IN CLOVER. =====

=== WITH THE WHEELMEN. === ==== First Road Race of the Year Scheduled. ====

=== The Entries and Handicaps for the Races of the San Jose Road Club === === LADIES CLUB FOR THE MISSION. ===

=== WHEELMEN'S ROAD RACES === ==== Olympic and Imperial Clubs' Five-Mile Events at San Mateo. ====

San Francisco, CA The latest wheel club is the Liberty Cycling Club, whose emblem is a torch and a crescent.

...de from San Francisco to Oakland in 5 hours 48 minutes and 51 1/2 seconds. The ten men were J. A. Sampson, H. A. Maxwell, [[Manuel F. Rose|M. F. Rose]], G ...n a barn and matured in a Chinese wash-house, the Acme Athletic Club - The San Francisco Examiner, 02 Dec 1893]]

=== COMING EVENTS OF THE LOCAL WHEELMEN === ...portant amendments to the by-laws will be considered and plans matured for the association's big annual road events next month and in October.

==== Annual Feast and Games of the O. C. Cyclers at Escalles. ==== ===== The Academic League's Annual Relay Race - An Outing for the Old Boys. =====

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Wells, Terrill, McCrea and Lacy to Go on the National Circuit. ====

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ...he California Associated Cycling Clubs to Niles Canyon|Annual joint run of the California Associated Cycling Clubs to Niles Canyon]] --<br/>

...nnouncement of Races by the Alameda Club. - A Run to Mill Valley - The San Jose Track. ==== [[File:B. D. Bent The San Francisco Call Mon Aug 8 1892 .jpeg|thumb|left|150px|[[B. D. Bent]].]]

...xt-align: center;'>[[W. A. Burke|W. BURKE]] - [[George H. Osen|OSEN OF SAN JOSE]] - [[Casey Castleman|CASEY CASTLEMAN]]</div>]] ...eet of the California Division, League of American Wheelmen|league meet on the Fourth of July]].

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Edwards willing to Try for the World's Record To-Morrow.====

== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. == === The San Jose Road Club and Its Members. ===

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== C. S. Wells to Try for the World's Five-Mile Road Record. ====

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Byrne May Be Forced into Class B, Will He Join the Olympics? ====

...Inside of Four Days - The San Francisco Examiner, 26 May 1894|OSCAR OSEN, THE RECORD BREAKER]]]] FROM FRISCO TO SAN DIEGO

...px|from [https://archive.org/details/bearings111895cycl/page/n127/mode/2up The Bearings, Vol XI, No. 3, February 15, 1895]]] ...Bell, Waller and Needham, who were crackerjacks at that time. This was on the old Alameda track, and Grant Bell finished in first position.

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== A Brief Sketch of the Garden City Cyclers. ====

=== J. E Edwards Rides From San Mateo to San Carlos in Fast Time After a Slow Start. === === THE RECORD MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED. ===

[[File:Screen Shot 2017-08-16 at 2.48.47 PM.png|thumb|center|[[The Wheel in California|WALTER FOSTER. One Mile, 2:26 4-5.]]]] ...www.newspapers.com/clip/13477737/walter_f_fosterthomas_h_b_varney/ part of the local cycling scene]. They [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13477768/w_f_fo

...ve merits of most all of the riders on the Coast, close contests should be the rule. ...uer]], [[L. C. Hall]], [[S. H. Knapp Jr.]] and [[W. M. Meeker]]; clerks of the course, [[F. W. Pierson]] and [[W. E. Thompson]]; scorers, [[C. S. Angell]]

...C. Black, unattached, seventy-five yards. Al Col won in 1:20 2-5, breaking the coast record, Hammer second, Durant third. [[The Bicycle Races at Stockton. - San Francisco Chronicle, 05 Jul 1889]]

...T. Stevenson, H. F. Wynne, L. S. Stewart, F. A. McGrew and R. A. Smyth. Of the wheels ridden forty three were "ordinary," or tall wheels, and ten were saf [[The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Jun 1890]]

== THE WHEELMEN. == === J. E. Edwards Wants the World's Five-Mile Road Record. ===

=== J. B. Carey Rides the First Century. === ==== The Question of Race Meet Dates. ====

...eda 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]]

=== The Wheelmen. === ...got the time prize on a [[cushion-tire]] [[safety]] in 1h., 24m, and 57s., the best previous one being 1h. 26m. and a fraction.

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== R. L. Long, the Crack Class B Man, Joins the Bay City Wheelmen. ====

San Francisco, CA [[File:Imperial Cycling Club San Francisco Chronicle Sat Jun 29 1895 .jpeg|150px]]

The [[Oakland Ramblers]] is an offshoot from the Wheelmen, started this last Summer, and is chiefly composed of younger memb [[ON THE WHEEL. - Daily Alta California, 29 November 1885]]

== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. == === Growth of the Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club. ===

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== Organization and Growth of the Bay City Wheelmen. ====

* [[San Francisco Young Men's Christian Association]] ...hed 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, 1:10:11

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Races at Santa Cruz To-Day - Associated Clubs' Joint Run. ====

<i>(There was also a [https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-wheelmen.html Crescent Athletic Club in Berkeley and a Crescent Wheelmen], San Francisco

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Social Entertainments Are Taking the Place of Club Runs. ====

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== The Records of Spooner and Waller Compared. ====

The following is a record made by R. H. Magill, Jr., and [[W. W. Haralson]] yes ....; Mt. Eden, ar. 4:45, d. 4:45 P. M; San Lorenzo, ar. 5:15, d. 5:20 P. M.; San Leandro, ar. 5:35 P. M. Total distance covered, 43 miles; actual riding tim

=== WITH THE WHEELMEN. === ==== The Various Clubs Are Active. ====

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== Organization and Growth of the Pacific Road Club. ====

=== The Wheel. === [[File:California Division L. A. W. San Francisco Chronicle Mon May 30 1887 .jpeg|left|100px]]

[[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] ...which would average his travel at about seven and one-half miles per hour. The road, though dusty at times, he reports in fair condition. He did not show

...or some and a pleasure for a few. [[J. Coffroth]] and [[W. H. Stinson]] of the Olympic Club Wheelmen start to-day for a wheeling trip to Los Angeles. [[WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895]]

...rdship for some and a pleasure for a few. J. Coffroth and W. H. Stinson of the Olympic Club Wheelmen start to-day for a wheeling trip to Los Angeles. [[WITH THE WHEELMEN. - San Francisco Chronicle, 08 Jun 1895]]

=== THE WHEEL. === ==== Sidewalk Riding - The Century Run To Day. ====

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== The Acme Athletic and Wheeling Club of Oakland. ====

=== CHAT ABOUT THE CYCLE. === ==== A Brief Sketch of the Capital City Wheelmen. ====

== THE WHEELMEN. == === Race Meet of the San Jose Road Club To-Day. ===

San Francisco, CA Masters of the road and path.

==== The Bay City Wheelmen Races. ==== ==== Bicyclists Who Will Ride Awheel to the Yosemite - Club Runs. ====

...ll continue along the base of the hills, and so on through East Oakland to the station. [[The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Apr 1891]]

..., at the time, the coast record. Alexander hails from San Jose and attends the Stanford University. [[OUR CYCLE CHAMPIONS. - The Fastest Riders in the State. - San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Apr 1893]]

* [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] ...the weather was too intense for any great speed, but the rider arrived at San José a little after 2 o'clock, making a distance of a little less than fif

[[File:Pacific Bicycling Club San Francisco Chronicle Sat Jun 29 1895 .jpeg|150px]] a shooting star and tail somewhat on the style of a comet

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Entries and Handicaps for the Acme Wheelmen's Road Race. ====

=== AMONG THE WHEELMEN === ==== Track to Be Used in the Tournament. ====

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Two Road Races From San Leandro to Haywards To-Morrow. ====

=== AMONG THE WHEELMEN === ==== The Golden Gate's Road Race To-Morrow. ====

San Francisco, CA === "THE CALL" BICYCLE CLUB ===

...on's name was Harry Austin Goddard, and that there was no H. H. Goddard on the Bay City Wheelmen.</i> ...hurt him. Egenberg was arrested on Saturday last and will be prosecuted by the [[League of American Wheelmen]], Mr. Goddard being a member of this powerfu

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Entries and Handicaps of the Liberty Cycling Club's Road Race. ====

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== San Jose Road Club's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. ====

...been liberally distributed among the club members, until now the walls of the clubrooms are literally lined with life-size photographs of champions, who ...n a barn and matured in a Chinese wash-house, the Acme Athletic Club - The San Francisco Examiner, 02 Dec 1893]]

...rey]], George L. Hall, W. L. Thompson, Joseph G. Cox and D. O'Callaghan of the club and Charles Pennell, T. Durant and A. Cavanagh, unattached. [[The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep 1891]]

==== An Acme Man Makes a Trip to San Diego. ==== ...cme Club]], has just made a run to San Diego on his [[wheel]]. He has sent The [[:Category:Oakland Tribune|Tribune]] an account of his trip, as follows:

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== Many Runs and Road Races Scheduled for To-Morrow. ====

==== The Wheel. ==== [[File:California Division L. A. W. San Francisco Chronicle Mon May 30 1887 .jpeg|100px|left]]

...bicycle record for twenty-five miles in San Francisco last night. He rode the distance in 1:05:17 2-5. ...newspapers.com/clip/78279024/emil-ulbrecht/ Emil Ulbrecht 23 Feb 1895, Sat The Evening Mail (Stockton, California) Newspapers.com]

...<br/>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13304311/acme-wheelmena-p-swain/ The San Francisco Call 05 Dec 1896, Sat] ]] An Acme Man Makes a Trip to San Diego.

.../hoodline.com/2015/05/robert-r-russ-1022-stanyan-street-s-first-owner Meet The Russ Family, 1022 Stanyan Street's First Owners] ...t the sponge was thrown up, and they returned to San Francisco by train on the following day.

=== AMONG THE WHEELMEN === ...ather felt the need of rest after the recent jollities at [[the Santa Cruz races]].

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== The Bay City Wheelmen's Five-Mile Road Race To-Morrow. ====

=== The Wheelmen. === ...t the Capitol consists of fifty steps with a total drop of forty feet, and the feat was considered unparalleled.

...ropriate for a club with 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 ...em on it of a Pilot wheel, encircling a bicycle wheel with the letter P in the center."

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== The Camera Club Cyclists Will Tour Through Lake County. ====

...ty Wheelmen]] created the outdoor track, and apparently a Mr. Winans built the indoor track. ...o. It's not clear that it's the same track. No period map is available for the location.

===== How the Sport Has Grown in Interest Since it Was First Introduced on This Coast. == ...spapers.com/clip/69337858/velocipedes-first-mention-in-san/ the first time San Franciscans were given an opportunity to indulge in a sport they had heard

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ...train to Alameda and getting off at Grand-street station, from which point the finish is but two blocks distant.

BIRTH 27 NOV 1866 • San Francisco ...truction engineer, "high bike" champion of California during the 1880s and the “first cyclist up Mt. [[Tamalpais]]."

=== To the Summit of Mount Diablo by Wheel. === ...ntatives [[Bay City Wheelmen]] - [[J. J. Bliss]] and [[Charles C. Moore]], San Francisco. [[J. W. A. Off]] Los Angeles representative [[Los Angeles Wheelm

1868/11/24 [[The Velocipede. - The San Francisco Examiner, 24 Nov 1868]] 1869/04/08 [[A Few Hints - San Jose weekly Mercury, Volume XVI, Number 46, 8 April 1869]]

...r broader fields. He is preparing to go to the World's Fair, and will make the trip on his bicycle. ...N]] OF THE [[Acme Wheelmen|ACME CLUB WHEELMEN]].<br/>[[THE WHEELMEN. - The San Francisco Call, 20 Jul 1895]]]]

...mpaign=bandido-webparts&utm_source=post-share-modal&utm_medium=copy-url in the 1920 census] ...s://www.newspapers.com/clip/77012537/charles-s-wells-the-california-giant/ The California Giant]"

San Francisco, CA [[File:Liberty Wheelmen San Francisco Chronicle Sat Jun 29 1895 .jpeg|150px]]

==== The Wheel. ==== [[File:California Division L. A. W. San Francisco Chronicle Mon May 30 1887 .jpeg|100px|left]]

=== AMONG THE WHEELMEN === .../wiki/Gear_inches geared to eighty], which stood the trip fully as well as the rider.

"The Club uniform is dark blue, with navy cap." A bicycle club is to be organized by the young gentlemen of this city.

=== The San Leandro Triangle === ...distance racing. Below are some original articles, maps, and a summary of the course.</i>

==== Some Reminiscences of the Sport. ==== ...of courage, both moral and physical, which was most readily obtained from the association of numbers.

...organize a bicycle annex failed twice to form a permanent organization. At the last meeting only three interested wheelmen were present. ...he-san-francisco-call-olympic-club-orga/127901489/ The San Francisco Call, San Francisco, California • Fri, Feb 5, 1892, Page 5]

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== An Election Surprise of the Bay City Wheelmen - Club Events To-Morrow. ====

...0 years as a California state court judge, and was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court from January 8, 1923, to February 11, 1924. ...t tennis. Kerrigan was a member of the Native Sons of the Golden West, and the Order of Eastern Star.

...an impromptu affair, as none of his friends knew he was going East to join the Columbia team until they saw it in Monday's EXAMINER. ...r of pleasing speeches were made and Champion Edwards was much affected by the great tribute paid him.

The [[Bay City Wheelmen]], "masters of the road and path" liked to have parties. They called them [[smokers]]. Here is ...of September, it is the intention of the club to hold a monthly [[hop]] in the clubrooms, limited to members.

=== THE WHEELMEN. === ==== The Racing Board Will Be Petitioned to Reinstate Oscar Osen. ====

[[File:Acme Club Wheelmen Oakland San Francisco Chronicle Sat Jun 29 1895 .jpeg|150px]] ....com/clip/11562149/ started having reunions in 1919], which continued into the 1950s. [https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/p/acme-athletic-club-reunions.h

* [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] ...return trip the San Jose boys went via the mountain road, ''[Calaveras?]'' the [[Pacific Road Club]] members via Haywards.

...ornamental letter "W," and for which also the wheel stands in the plan of the designer. ...nown as the [[Capital City Wheelmen]] has been effected in this city, with the following officers: H. Bennett, President; William Lampert, Captain; John B

==== The Alameda Bicycle and Athletic Club Meet. ==== [[File:C The San Francisco Call Wed May 31 1893 .jpeg|left|100px]]

https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/search?q=San+Francisco+Bicycle+Club San Francisco, CA

* [[San Francisco Bicycle Club]] ..., Oakland and Alameda. The start was on the lower road at 11 o'clock, with the following entries: E. S. Battles, 1 minute handicap; J. H. Hutaff, 1 minute

the Flying Dutchman ...Waller got the time prize on a cushion-tire safety in 1h., 24m, and 57s., the best previous one being 1h. 26m. and a fraction.