CYCLING NOTES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5200, 6 December 1895, Page 3

CYCLING NOTES.

[by lilOOMCi:.]

I am glad to hear that Mr E. E. Chamberlain is making good progress towards recovery from his recent accident while- cycling on the Carterton ltoad. There is 110 doubt, from the way his machine collapsed, that it was of faulty construction. Mr B, Dolan had a nasty spill on the 'faueni Road, the other day, his machine being badly smashed. At a race meeting near Chicago 12,000 spectators were present. About 3,000 of these rode to the grounds,and theirwlieels were stored underneath the grand-stand in rows. It looked a line sight to see so many thousands of bicycle's in order. While the meeting was in progress some detectives went through the entire batch ami found one stolen wheel.

Great ingenuity is being exercised to arrive .'it a puncture-proof tire. One of the latest companies formed is tlmt which manufacture an inner lube, the rubbei of which is so tested under great pressure, that when a thorn or tack, which may have pierced the tube, is withdrawn, the puncture is immediately closed, and the tube remains straight.' This tube can bo lilted to any tire, and is considered proof against any ordinary puncture, A tube 011 exhibition was stabbed with pocket knives, nails, etc., receiving about 200 punctures, but still remained airtight, The boon of IS!JG, it is said, will be these tubes,

It is computed that there are a million cycles in nso in the United Kingdom The Victorian Cycling Tourists' Club have decided that the lady members of the Club shall not wear the rational costume 011 club runs. Zimmerman is credited with having said in Australia, " Some people think i came out here to make money. Personally, 1 would race for a tin-pot, or in fact anything, jiistfor the love of the sport," At Fiizroy, Melbourne, the other day, aroveront mourner, duly clothed in black, was seen solemnly following a funeral on a " bike."

In Brussels, Belgium, 22 of the fireman have bicycles provided, and several of them carry sufficient hose and other apparatus for first help in case of fire. The cyclist firemen have proved very useful. J, W. Stocks, an English rider on a Simpson chained "Humbur" geared to 04 inches, rode 29 miles 45 yards in an hour, but broke down at 44 miles in his attempt to put up a 50 mile record. His failure to stay was ascribed to the abnormal gear, the elmin, or liotli.

A new chain, the" Simpson" has been brought out in England. In appearance, it is a double row of triangles connected by crossbars at the apices, The chain straddles the chain wheels, the crossbars meeting the projections 011 the back wheel, while the bases rest in notches on the driving wheel. It is claimed for this arrangement, that great, lcvcrago is obtained, and consequent increased power. Great efforts are being made to put up records with this chain, and a milo was done, with a Hying start, by a tandem fitted with the chain, in lmin 39secs, but another couple, 011 a Pony chained tandem, did the same distanco in lmiu 30 2-Oth sees, under less favorable circumstances. Tho world's record is lmin 32sccs. An effort is being made to float a Company to work the Simpson chain, with a capital of one million pounds. Tho English cycling Press, do not, as a whole, regard the chain with favor,

A good many accidents have occulted lately about town, some slight, some annoying, others serious, writes "Rover" in tlio Dunedin Star, I taw one rider on Wednesday night tilt into an express, but bo excused bis blunder by saying that Mr Fish's defeat overwhelmed him likoa dream endangered by a "Welsh rarebit." Another rider charged tlio pavement, took n somersault, and lamed his machine hy knocking olf a pedal. A fire-plug caused a young rider to break his collar-bone; and a rider in Hiittray-street escaped, but his brand new machine was tr ncd into 'ft Chineso puzzle,