THE OSPREY. 



Not a bicycle but a 



Racycle — ^^^^y 



j\ arrow -Tread, and different from a BicKl^ as a watch from a clock. 

 What is a Narrow-Tread ? Answer: The pedals are so near together 

 that you ride as yon walk without having to s pre id your feet apart. 

 You get more V'ower with less exertion. 



The ball-bearings of all bicycles may be represented by a pair of shafts to a 

 buggy, while the chain and spocket-wheel may be likercd to a horse. It 

 would be absurd to hitch up to the outside of one of theie shafts, yet that 

 is exactly where you will find it in every bicycle on earth. 

 Look at them and satisfy yourself. No wonder they wobble. The latest, 

 most improved, up-to-date wheel is the Racycle, Narrow-Tread, is the only 

 machine having the horse [the sprocket] hitched up between the shafts, 

 where it should be, thus overcoming leverage, friction and wobble. 



Detail (//2 size) of Racycle crank hanger. 



Biig-g-y 

 shaft 



Detail ( '2 size) of ordinary bicycle crank 



Bug-g-y 

 shaft 



Horse 



Bngg-y 

 shaft 



The Racycle has the horse (sprocket) I Absurd, is it not? Yet that is where 

 where it should be. Think of it I A the sprocket is in every bicycle on 

 great point, eh? | earth. 



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