BOYS AND BICYCLING.

Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 88, 14 April 1894, Page 1 (Supplement)

BOYS AND BICYCLING.

" Iv the first place," said Mr. Lacy Hillier, the well-known cyclist, to a press representative, " A boy should have a light machine, with rubber pedals. He shouldn't try. to get one dirt cheap. As a rule, the cheaper a machine is the heavier it weighs. Pay a fair price and ride a good bicycle. Secondly, as to clothes. A boy who intends to go in for any quantity of cycling should be particular about what he wears, and his mother should help him iv his choice of clothes. Woollen things are the best. Everything worn next the skin should be made of wool, and then your young rider won't catch cold after a spin. The same rule applies to all kinds of athletes. Thirdly, as to riding companions. Wheu a lad goes out for a run he should be accompanied either by riders considerably older than himself, who will see that he doesn't over-ride himself, or with companions of his own age ; for it is clear that if a youngster goes out with lads who are his seniors that youngster will strain himself in trying to compote with, or even beat, riders' endowed with superior strength and endurance. When boys go out together, it's ten to one they will begin to race. If they are of the same age and strength, this won't do them any harm, but if some are older than others, the young members of the party are liable to do themselves an injury by competing with their betters. . I wish I could get boys to see this clearly. Many & lad with sterling cycling qualities in him nips them in the bud by overdoing the thing in his early riding days. Some try to go tremendous distances in a short space of time. Of course, this is very foolish I don't think a boy ought to do more than twentyfive miles in a day. Yes. I think that is about the limit I should put it at. — From Chums.