Cycling.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXII, Issue 1990, 23 February 1906, Page 2

Cycling.

As an instance of the rigour of the proverbial Scottish "Sawbath", the lollowing anecdote, in the opinion of the Liverpool Post, defies competition. A postman, whose round lies between .Stirling and Blair Drummond, doea his six miles out and six miles in on u bicycle on weok days. On Sunday the authorities compel him to walk Sunday, they say, is a day of rest. It is not convenient to rest both bicycle and postman, so they rest—the bicycle. A'wool !

There are many dangers to the cyclist in riding behind a motor car even on wide streets, but perhaps the most real and the one which causes the least impression until too late, is the risk of colliding with dogs. The "friend of man" does not appr»ciato motor cars, and consequently is inclined to rush blindly at them, or it may be that (he car overtakes him as he canters beside a tram. In either ease, the driver naturally applies his brakes and the cyctlist who is hanging on, if he escapes colliding with the back of the car, must necessarily swing out, when in all probability he is met by the dog. The writer' has seen two such accidents lately, awl a well-known rider tells him he had exactly the same experience himself recently.

if there is. ono thing that is more desirable than the puncture proof tyre it is the rust-proof bicycle. When one does sally forth in the rain for a real good mud-plug, there is a feeling of s itisfaction at the time in the mere pleasure of knowing that ono. is doing ■'.nat others have not the hardihood i<» do. It is the next day that the p.ueh conies when one opens the door of one's cycle house, and finds the chain as stilt as a board and the brakes unusable from rust, and the guards jammed up with still-wet mud. Some motor car owners complain t at cyclists travelling along suburban main roads will settle themselves down on the near side tram track, thus obstructing tho roadway and hampering the movements of faster traffic (motors, to wit) desirous of passing. The facts as stated are certainly correct enough, but seeing that the bicycle must itself be classed as "fast trallic," it is too much to expect riders should be confined to the side strip next the kerb. Attention should first be paid to vehicles which are indisputably slow, many of which are. constantly driven on the tram (rack to the dislocation of traffic. They reduce (he effective width of the roadway, and are tho cause of much tooting and profanity on the part of cyclists, motorists and drivers. If (hey were taught to keep to the left there would be sufficient room for the cyclist to sheer oil when challenged by his faster rival.

An enterprising theatre manager in Milan has discovered a novel use for the automobile, which has resulted very profitably for him. He made the rather inexpensive purchase; of an old Bcnz bolt-driven cur. A lignt wooden framework was built extending over the entire car and reaching nearly to the. ground, the extreme height being nearly !>ft. Panels were fitted to the fnunewook, and on the panels are pasted theatre bills and posters, while three large plates of ground glass, one on each side, and one in the rear—are used as screens on which cinematograph pictures or illuminated advertisements are projected. Though this outfit has been in use only a short timc,_ it has attracted much attention, and is said to have increased the business ol the enterprising manager.