Portal:League of American Wheelmen

“ The crying need of the hour is for better roads. To obtain reform in this direction is one of the objects of the League. Already much work has been done, but there is yet very much to be accomplished. ”

“ In such matters the individual wheelman is powerless and the ordinary club ineffective; but a league of many thousand cyclists can exercise a great influence in obtaining public recognition of what wheelmen want and in promoting the success and increasing the popularity of cycling. ”

“ By means of this body legislative action has been secured in many States relative to the improvement of the public highways, the people have been educated up to the point where they now see the absolute necessity for good roads, roads that will not be a drag upon our civilization and progress. ”