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...of 150 miles, as their time was limited. They came the rest of the way on the cars. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87364485/l-s-upson-and-h-g-toll-rode-from/ The Sacramento Bee, 27 Aug 1889]

[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82151008/the-bicycle/ The Bicycle. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jun 1887] ...e judges was finally announced, giving the race to Elwell. Davis is one of the very few men who has ever defeated Elwell.

...|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>THE KINDERGARTNERS OF THE [[Bay City Wheelmen|BAY CITY WHEELMEN]]</div><div style='text-align: center ...have been run off immediately. The race is to be for one or ten miles, and the trophy is to be of good value.

[https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRS8-Z43 Robert Lee Long 4 May 1873 – 21 June 1947] ...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.]]

==== 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

...liam Day, and Messrs. Knapp and Donnelly of the San Mateo County Wheelmen. The return was made at 3:45 P. M. [[The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Aug 1886]]

==== 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.

...arch.org/tree/person/sources/L71L-NJC David Lewis Burke 15 March 1864 – 27 July 1940] ...ared, and he went over the distance in the comparatively slow lime of 43 1/4 seconds.

After dinner several songs were rendered by the San Francisco Bycicle quartet, consisting of B. C. Austin Jr., Charles B. W [[THE BICYCLE CLUB DINNER. - The San Francisco Examiner, 20 Jan 1887]]

...|S. Plummer]], B. C. W., second. In the last Plummer, who had started from the scratch, took first place and won in handsome style in 8 minutes and 35 sec The next event was a half-mile handicap, and was won by S. Plummer in 1:37 2-5

...www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G9KK-83C Casey Martin Castleman 7 July 1875 – 15 June 1936] ...:Bell Foster Burke Burke Osen Castleman San Francisco Chronicle Sat Apr 29 1893 .jpeg|thumb|center|700px|<div style='text-align: center;'>[[Grant Bell|GRAN

...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]]

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

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

...M.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

...truction engineer, "high bike" champion of California during the 1880s and the “first cyclist up Mt. [[Tamalpais]]." ...of 10 medals for “high bike" racing from 1884 to 1849. The "high bike" was the old fashioned cycle with a large high front wheel and a little wheel behind

...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]"

1868/11/24 [[The Velocipede. - The San Francisco Examiner, 24 Nov 1868]] .../04/20 [[THE BICYCLE. - A Remonstrance and an Appeal for the Protection of the Velocipede - Oakland Tribune, 20 Apr 1876, Thu - Page 3]]