Bicycling for Ladies

About this eBook

Author

Ward, Maria E., 1863-

Title

Bicycling for Ladies The Common Sense of Bicycling; with Hints as to the Art of Wheeling—Advice to Beginners—Dress—Care of the Bicycle—Mechanics—Training—Exercise, etc., etc.

Credits

E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Cycling

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 62227

Release Date

May 25, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Bicycling for Ladies With Hints as to the Art of Wheeling— Advice to Beginners—Dress—Care of the Bicycle—Mechanics—Training —Exercise, Etc., Etc.
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I. Possibilities.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. What the Bicycle Does.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. On Wheels in General and Bicycles in Particular.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. For Beginners.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. How to Make Progress.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. Helping and Teaching; What to Learn.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. A Few Things to Remember.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. The Art of Wheeling a Bicycle.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. Position and Power.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. Difficulties to Overcome.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. Dress.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. Watch and Cyclometer.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. Women and Tools.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. Tools and How to Use Them.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. Solving a Problem.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. Where to Keep a Bicycle.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. Tires.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. Mechanics of Bicycling.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. Adjustment.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. Exercise.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. Training.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. Breathlessness; The Limit Mechanical.
27. 27.Transcriber’s Note

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