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- === ON TWO WHEELS. === The two-mile Safety handicap entries were: [[Sam Small]] of Oakland, 150 yards; [[R4 KB (601 words) - 03:33, 22 December 2021
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- ==== Two Oakland Young Men Take a Trip Around the Bay. ==== ...dition, with the exception of the first ten miles, which were rather muddy on account of the fog.974 bytes (145 words) - 01:03, 27 December 2022
- ...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 pre1 KB (194 words) - 00:15, 27 December 2022
- ...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]]1 KB (210 words) - 16:27, 16 July 2023
- ...ity the two wheels have been pretty nearly equal, with a diameter of about two feet and four inches. ...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 into4 KB (649 words) - 04:05, 22 December 2021
- === LONG RIDE ON BIKES. === ==== Women and Children Who Rode All the Way on Their Wheels to Santa Barbara. ====2 KB (420 words) - 18:28, 3 July 2023
- ...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 Redwood3 KB (449 words) - 17:20, 4 October 2021
- ...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 The two [[Bruguire]] boys rode to [[San Jose]] and back Sunday. Although comparativ3 KB (448 words) - 01:21, 27 December 2022
- ...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]]2 KB (366 words) - 15:18, 17 July 2023
- ...expected. The Sacramento club has defeated the [[crack]] [[Reno team]] on two different occasions and has the remarkable record of having won fourteen ou ...urn race to be ridden over the [[Haywards triangle]] on August 14th. These two clubs finished close together in the three-cornered race last week, and the4 KB (704 words) - 18:43, 6 August 2023
- ...he club to give another of its pleasant [[smoker|smokers]] within the next two weeks, to which the local riders will be invited. ...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]3 KB (549 words) - 01:26, 27 December 2022
- ...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]]2 KB (288 words) - 04:47, 21 January 2022
- ...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.5 KB (850 words) - 13:13, 2 November 2021
- ...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]]3 KB (610 words) - 16:03, 14 December 2021
- ...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 taugh4 KB (686 words) - 17:27, 25 February 2024
- ...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:''3 KB (404 words) - 03:55, 22 December 2021
- The members of the San Francisco Bicycle Club on Sunday started for a club picnic at Crystal Springs. The start was made fro ...d in line and started on their trip in the following order, riding two and two: Chief Consul R. M. Welch and Thomas Stevens; Representatives of Divisions3 KB (473 words) - 14:50, 9 October 2021
- ...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]]4 KB (663 words) - 15:31, 4 July 2023
- ...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 Alameda has Two Excellent Tracks, but no Cycle Club - The Absence of Such a Club is the Won5 KB (797 words) - 22:09, 31 December 2022
- ==== 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 Switzerland2 KB (276 words) - 05:11, 22 December 2021
- ...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 unf4 KB (726 words) - 20:37, 8 January 2022
- ...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. ...hree dollars and six-bits trying for a gold watch, and when he left he had two pairs of tin bracelets, one ten-cent bottle of perfumery, a cigar, a lead p3 KB (486 words) - 16:37, 5 January 2023
- === ON TWO WHEELS. === The two-mile Safety handicap entries were: [[Sam Small]] of Oakland, 150 yards; [[R4 KB (601 words) - 03:33, 22 December 2021
- === 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.5 KB (865 words) - 23:39, 11 July 2023
- ...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 wer3 KB (564 words) - 01:27, 27 December 2022
- ...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 ...California Division, and was also a member of the racing board for one or two years.7 KB (1,153 words) - 15:31, 8 January 2023
- ...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 a6 KB (988 words) - 04:28, 20 August 2023
- ...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 club2 KB (352 words) - 15:33, 27 October 2021
- ...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.5 KB (801 words) - 04:56, 22 December 2021
- ...a full complement of chairs and other furnishings. In this room there are two bay windows, which give a fine view of the street. The walls have been repa ...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. C3 KB (578 words) - 02:56, 22 December 2021
- ...eduled. Nile green and pink have been adopted as club colors. The club has two fast tandem teams, the Marriott brothers and the Middlemass brothers. ...den Gate Cycling Club will have a run to Haywards to-morrow to witness the two road races. The joint run with the [[Diamond Cyclers]] of Alameda last Sund5 KB (826 words) - 23:52, 11 July 2023
- ...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]]3 KB (494 words) - 15:35, 19 November 2021
- [[San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 35, 5 July 1893 - THE RACE ON WHEELS - California Division L. A. W. Championships]] ...succeeded in beating the time of all his opponents on this relay. From the two-minute mark in the Associated Cycling Club's ten-mile road race he won eigh2 KB (348 words) - 01:29, 27 June 2023
- ...n assigned to the Pennsylvania division. California applied for either the two or five-mile championship in February last and received the reply that the ...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 mil4 KB (577 words) - 19:21, 8 July 2023
- ...en of Los Angeles, in 1:22 1/2; one mile, by F. D. Elwell in 2:48 1/2; the two and three miles, by A[[Alexander S. Ireland|. 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, Chur3 KB (498 words) - 04:48, 21 January 2022
- ...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 Coun3 KB (550 words) - 01:19, 27 December 2022
- ...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 Wheels8 KB (1,252 words) - 15:34, 4 June 2022
- === FAST WHIRRING WHEELS. === ...icyclists made a great feature of the grand [[parade]] this morning, their wheels being gayly decorated.6 KB (915 words) - 23:40, 11 July 2023
- 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 [[ordina3 KB (533 words) - 03:30, 11 July 2023
- ...ndred-mile, fifty-mile, twenty-five-mile, ten-mile, five-mile, three-mile, two-mile [[ordinary]], and 100-mile, twenty-five-mile, ten-mile, five-mile and ...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|C5 KB (779 words) - 02:33, 30 December 2021
- ...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 w8 KB (1,423 words) - 13:53, 19 October 2021
- ...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 tow5 KB (863 words) - 01:21, 27 December 2022
- 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.5 KB (880 words) - 19:50, 20 August 2023
- 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. EDWA12 KB (2,095 words) - 05:25, 28 July 2023
- The third event was a two-mile handicap with safety machines, for which there were nine entries, the ...the writer, who evidently is not posted either as to the intentions of the two men or as to their abilities. He says they are evenly matched, and certain7 KB (1,163 words) - 17:26, 8 April 2023
- 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.3 KB (555 words) - 01:30, 27 December 2022
- ...), Jasper O'Farrell (1847), and William M. Eddy (1849)--had projected only two additional open spaces: Union Square and Washington Square, both gifts to t ...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, fr2 KB (386 words) - 15:15, 11 November 2021
- ===== Every Two Weeks a Club Run Is Indulged In by the Members and Their Friends - The Ladi ...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 wit4 KB (640 words) - 15:46, 6 July 2023
- 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 clu5 KB (821 words) - 06:42, 15 January 2023
- ...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/bui15 KB (2,313 words) - 02:25, 12 June 2023
- 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.8 KB (1,338 words) - 15:32, 1 January 2022
- ...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 club4 KB (639 words) - 15:16, 17 July 2023
- == THE FIRST BIKE ON THE COAST. == ===== First Wheelmen on the Coast - Military Resections on the Government Reservation - Meets, Runs and Feeds. =====12 KB (2,042 words) - 21:28, 11 June 2023
- ...on road, and Messrs. Skelton, McClure and [[W. A. Shockley|Shockley]] went on to San Jose. Two-mile Safety handicap - Paul Stockton, San Jose, 125 yards; L. R. Cole, San5 KB (781 words) - 04:46, 21 January 2022
- ...ring the past three months, but none have proved such drawing cards as the two five-mile events run off yesterday after-noon by the [[Olympic Club Wheelme ...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 seemed7 KB (1,086 words) - 22:09, 1 July 2023
- ...tween 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.8 KB (1,319 words) - 15:19, 17 March 2022
- ...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, and7 KB (1,180 words) - 01:54, 1 January 2023
- ...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]]8 KB (1,343 words) - 15:59, 7 March 2022
- ...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]4 KB (699 words) - 01:53, 29 December 2021
- ...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 reco8 KB (1,192 words) - 19:22, 18 January 2023
- ...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 his8 KB (1,321 words) - 15:45, 21 December 2021
- [[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 break3 KB (431 words) - 16:02, 14 December 2021
- ...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, and8 KB (1,335 words) - 18:06, 31 December 2022
- ...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 ...w house on O'Farrell street], between Scott and Steiner. The new home is a two-story frame building, very easy of access to the [[Golden Gate Park|park]].4 KB (651 words) - 01:22, 27 December 2022
- ...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.8 KB (1,305 words) - 15:29, 8 January 2023
- ...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]]11 KB (1,787 words) - 16:15, 16 July 2023
- ...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. Bicyc9 KB (1,503 words) - 15:46, 6 July 2023
- ...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]]12 KB (1,933 words) - 14:46, 6 July 2023
- ...[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.4 KB (595 words) - 00:51, 27 December 2022
- ...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.7 KB (1,128 words) - 16:21, 21 February 2022
- ...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.6 KB (1,051 words) - 04:54, 21 December 2021
- 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.5 KB (982 words) - 06:43, 15 January 2023
- ...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 repay15 KB (2,607 words) - 05:59, 15 January 2023
- ====== 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.9 KB (1,418 words) - 23:24, 27 June 2023
- [[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 orange3 KB (456 words) - 18:49, 4 December 2021
- 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.10 KB (1,606 words) - 18:12, 3 July 2023
- ...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 material7 KB (1,188 words) - 01:19, 27 December 2022
- === GLITTERING WHEELS. === ...rrive from the East in a few days. Frank Elliott and John Graham, the only two remaining members of the club, have no machines at present, but they contem12 KB (2,066 words) - 23:55, 11 July 2023
- ...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 ..."[[Dirty Dozen]]" is also another new one that has been in existence some two or three weeks.6 KB (921 words) - 23:54, 11 July 2023
- ===== 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 entries5 KB (743 words) - 19:10, 27 July 2023
- ...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.13 KB (2,118 words) - 23:57, 11 July 2023
- ==== 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 w12 KB (1,952 words) - 22:16, 19 August 2023
- ...tween 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. ===17 KB (3,052 words) - 17:30, 20 January 2023
- <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]].5 KB (880 words) - 21:05, 26 June 2023
- ...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.9 KB (1,488 words) - 18:39, 6 August 2023
- ...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 PAVILION6 KB (897 words) - 13:54, 6 July 2023
- ...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.7 KB (1,057 words) - 06:08, 3 January 2022
- 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 ...arded for the newer and better material. It will be ready for use in about two weeks, plenty of time in advance of the race meet to be held there Septembe12 KB (2,144 words) - 18:30, 4 July 2023
- ...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 ...g twenty-three and one-half pounds. These boys will be remembered as [[the two lads who carried the programmes last July to the conductors' ball, held at15 KB (2,615 words) - 22:43, 22 December 2022
- ...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]]4 KB (691 words) - 18:06, 30 December 2021
- ...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 PAVILION6 KB (893 words) - 20:46, 2 July 2023
- ...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.9 KB (1,508 words) - 20:16, 27 June 2023
- ...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 know7 KB (1,137 words) - 01:57, 4 January 2022
- ...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.5 KB (849 words) - 02:30, 3 January 2023
- ...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 - November8 KB (1,465 words) - 16:33, 29 July 2023
- ...[[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 s8 KB (1,364 words) - 20:56, 27 December 2022
- ...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 ...r by clubs belonging to the association; but for clubs which do not belong two prizes under similar conditions will be awarded, consisting of one year's d11 KB (1,897 words) - 00:30, 25 June 2023
- ...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]6 KB (1,003 words) - 03:30, 29 December 2021
- ====== 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 th9 KB (1,540 words) - 21:12, 30 December 2021
- ...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 unf10 KB (1,750 words) - 22:37, 8 January 2022
- ...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 reco7 KB (1,100 words) - 19:28, 18 January 2023
