Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1885 — Cycling in Great Britain. [ARTICLE]

Cycling in Great Britain.

Lately the distance between London and Edinburgh was covered in three days by a tricycle rider. This feat was surpassed a week later by another traveler, who accomplished the 400 miles in.two days and nine hours, considerably more than half the distance being traveled in the first twenty-four hotiYs. A medical writer in the Lancet warns all “cycle” riders to beware of large wheels which are accompanied by small saddles. He says that unless a good-sized seat is provided, serious evils may result. \ V Hell by any other name is just as hot. * v . -