. The bicycling world . THEY CANNOTBE SOLD IN COMPETITIONWITH OTHER. Tf|E| ^WYORK-raiuADELPHlA lo June, 1887. THE BICYCLING WORLD 123 WELL DONEJUADRANT! Weatheroak Hill, Birmingham CONQUERED ON AN ORDINARY Roadster Quadrant Tricycle, GSARED TO FIFTY-FOUR INCHES. ANOTHER. RECOR-D.—Last Saturday week Weatheroak Hill, near Birmingham, which hashitherto, we believe, been an unconquered height, was successfully scaled by Mr. Alfred Bird, of theSpeedwell Bicycle Club, on a Quadrant tricycle. This performance being done without witnesses, heattempted it again on Tuesday of last week in the presence o
. The bicycling world . THEY CANNOTBE SOLD IN COMPETITIONWITH OTHER. Tf|E| ^WYORK-raiuADELPHlA lo June, 1887. THE BICYCLING WORLD 123 WELL DONEJUADRANT! Weatheroak Hill, Birmingham CONQUERED ON AN ORDINARY Roadster Quadrant Tricycle, GSARED TO FIFTY-FOUR INCHES. ANOTHER. RECOR-D.—Last Saturday week Weatheroak Hill, near Birmingham, which hashitherto, we believe, been an unconquered height, was successfully scaled by Mr. Alfred Bird, of theSpeedwell Bicycle Club, on a Quadrant tricycle. This performance being done without witnesses, heattempted it again on Tuesday of last week in the presence of Messrs: W. F. Ball and J. B. Arter, andaccompHshed the task in 3 min. 25 sec. Both Arter and Ball tried the hill on their ordinaries, and bothfailed in the attempt. We should lijce to know the gradient of this hill, and believe we are right instating that it has never been ridden beiore.—^The Cyclist, March 9, 1887. Weatheroak Hill, near Alvechurch, is well known to Midland riders as one of the most severebanks in the district, and many have been the attempt
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