Cycling.

Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 128, 26 November 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)

Cycling.

[By Dagonet.]

Mr. Irving Harrison, a member of the Hackensack Cyclists' Club, America, is employed as an inspector for the local gas and electric light company, and since Ist January 1897, has always gone on his rounds riding his bicycle. In the coursa of his duties he has carried ladders, Avires, globes, and the other impedimenta necessary for his Avork. His round is 45 miles all told, and was usually covered tAvice in a day. This remarkable rider is 33 years old, and now weighs 9st 111b, exactly lib more than a twelve - month ago, but at one time during the summer he had lost 101b. He rode in January 1260 miles; February, 1482; March, 1596; April, 1407; May, 1887; June, 1447; July, 2250; August, 2464; September, 2689 ; October, 3410 ; ' Novem--ber, 3292 ; December, 3068. Grand to tal, 26,253 mile°. Monthly average 2187| miles. The following is given as a simple and soothing balm for the woman whose complexion is in a fair Avay to be ruined by the hot air, sunshine, and heat of her summer cycling. It should be sponged over the skin before going out to ride, and will resist the dreadful burning and peeling which so successfully , disfigure the prettiest girl that ever sat upon a bicycle saddle. Take simple tincture of benzoin, 1£ drachm ; pure glycerine, 4 drachm ; eau de Cologne, 4 drachm ; rose water, to make up 8 oz. Shake well before using. Too much attention cannot be given to the bearings of a machine. In wet weather mud is almost certain to penetrate if much riding is indulged in, and, if not immediately removed, must of necessity do a considerable amount of damage. Even if the machine is left unused for any length of time the oil is likely to clog. The careful cyclist thoroughly rinses the bearings afc regular intervals. A bicycle driven by acetylene gas was exhibited recently at the Imperial Institute in London "by Ralph Lucas, a mechanical engineer. The inventor claims that lib of calcium carbide supplies enough power to drive a bicycle 50 miles. The gas from the generator, after passing through an atmospheric condenser, consisting of a spiral tube, is conveyed to a simple enclosed type gas engine, which drives the back Avheel by means of a chain. The driving mechanism is almost invisible. Pedals are fitted, and are geared to the back wheel by a separate chain.