In 1885 Bicycling was a sport for the well-to-do, for high-wheelers cost $140. The Akron Bicycle Club's members raced teams from other cities at Fountain Park and traveled to their opponents' home towns for return matches. Pictured here are William Sawyer, Jay Steese, Walter Shields, Clarence Howland, Al Farrar, Charles Howland, Carl Sumner, Bert Work, Karl Pardee and Frank Kryder.