Cycling Notes.
J. Chapman, One of the American trio of racin'* cracks now in Melbourne, is at present lying dangerously ill at the Melbourne Hospital, suffering from a severe attack of diphtheria. A. E. Walters and A. A. Chase, the two leading English paced cracks who have figured so prominently on Dunlop tyres during the past season, have already received offers to race on the Continent in 1901.
Jack Green’s long-standing quarter, half, and three-quarter mile world’s unpaced records, made on Dunlop tyres in 1890, are apparently stiff ones, for several attempts have been made to reduce them without success.
Major Taylor, the crack colored Yankee flyer, and the fastest sprinter in the world, is to pay France a racing visit, after which he talks of going to Australia. What a crowd a match between the two Yankees —Taylor and Martin —would draw. One of the principal faults to be overcome in the chainless or bevel geared machines is the warping of the cogs when going through the hardening progress. We note that several large American cycle manufacturers are now using machinery that will accurately cut the cogs out of hardened steel, thus ensuring perfectly true wheels. This latest improvement should tend to the easier running of bevel geared cycles which will one day oust the present chain driven bicycle from its now almost universel use.
Most riders carry their pumps in the ■wrong position. Much the best place is on the top of the top tube. Permanent clip s should be fixed on the frame, so that the pump can be put on and taken off without the least possibility of damaging the enamel. The reason why we advocate the top is because the pump is almost entirely insulated from mud, and only gets verylittle dust in this position, whereas if it is put on the diagonal, it gets very muddy or full of dust. Of course riders who have machines so large for them that the saddle is almost on the top tube will have to use shorter pumps if they wish to use them in this way. -
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 62, 14 March 1901, Page 4
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