A Few Hints - San Jose weekly Mercury, Volume XVI, Number 46, 8 April 1869

Clipped from San Jose weekly Mercury,
Volume XVI, Number 46,
8 April 1869
at cdnc.ucr.edu

A Few Hints

A writer in the New York Evening Post suggests a few cautions to be observed by those intending to buy a bicycle:

Up to the present time the velocipede in this country has been used almost entirely in cities, and but very few have given them a trial on our country roads, though there is no longer any doubt of their utility in rure.

EARLY DAYS OF OAKLAND - Oakland Tribune, 04 Dec 1875, Sat, Page 3

EARLY DAYS OF OAKLAND. The Pioneers of Alameda County. THE SAN ANTONIO RANCHO AND ITS OWNER. Sat, Dec 4, 1875 – Page 3 · Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) · Newspapers.com

EARLY DAYS OF OAKLAND.

The Pioneers of Alameda County,

THE SAN ANTONIO RANCHO AND ITS OWNER.

How Carpentier, Moon and Adams Got the Better of Peralta.

The Division of Contra Costa and the Formation of Alameda County.

CATTLE THIEVES AND VIGILANTES.

How Horace W. Came Near Hanging.

Varney's Biclorama - The Referee & cycle trade journal Vol. 16, No. 15, February 6, 1896

The Referee & cycle trade journal -  v. 16 Nov. 1895-Apr. 1896 - page 916

HUGE AND COMPLETE. 

Varney's Biclorama at San Francisco Is Unique in Its Size and Equipment. 

Thomas H. B. Varney's Rambler bicyclorarna at San Francisco combines all the different departments of a fully equipped bicycle store. It is on the corner of Market, Tenth, and Stevenson streets, and has an entrance on each street.

Riding from my door to the top of Mt. Tamalpais, then completing a lap of the Bay

The Ride

When the San Rafael - Richmond bridge opened its bike lane, I was very excited to ride across it. But busy weekends and a body that isn't always ready for big rides kept me from doing it, until this past Sunday.



More on that ride, below. But first, a little personal and bike history.

Boundary Line Between Alameda and Contra Costa - Daily Alta California, Volume 29, Number 10060, 24 October 1877

New May 2, 2020, just added, these two articles:

Castro's Party. Redwood Park Prince and Brown mills survey of Alameda and Contra Costa counties Fri, Oct 12, 1877 – Page 3 · Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) · Newspapers.com