The Madison Daily Leader

Bicycle Etiquette.
Here are some rules laid down by an authority on bicycle etiquette:

In mounting the gentleman who is accompanying a lady holds her wheel and stands on the left side of the machine and puts her right foot across to the right pedal, which at the start must be up; pushing the right causes the machine to start and with the left foot in place the rider starts ahead—slowly at first, in order to give her cavalier time to mount his wheel, which he will do in the briefest time possible. When the end of the ride is reached, the man quickly dismounts and is at his companion's side to assist her, she, in the meantime, assisting herself as much as possible. This is done—that is, dismounting—in the most approved style by riding slowly, and when the left pedal is on the rise the weight of the body is thrown on it, the right foot is crossed over the frame of the machine, and with an assisting hand the rider easily steps to the ground.

In meeting a party of cyclists who are known to each other and desire to stop for a parley it is considered the proper thing for the men of the party to dismount while in conversation with the ladies. As to the furnishings of the bicycle, to be really swagger, it must be fitted out with a clock and a bell, luggage carrier and a cyclometer, the latter being an absolute sine qua non to the woman who cares for records.