Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1901 — Diving on Bicycles. [ARTICLE]

Diving on Bicycles.

The embankment of the Tiber, just outside the Porta del Popolo, is the vantage ground from which the most expert members of the famous swimming club, "Rara Nantes,” careering along in midair on bicycles, gracefully plunge into the river and swim to shore. Many of the feats performed by the divers in turning back somersaults while plunging from the bridges or the embankment are really surprising, and always drew admiring crowds. —Traveller.