THE OSPREY. 



Not a bicycle but a 

 Racycle 



IN arrow-Tread, ami different from a Bicycle as a watch from a clocli. 

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

 that you ride as you walk without having to spread your feet apart. 

 You get more power 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 likened to a horse. It 

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

 is exactly where yon 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 hang-er. 



Bug-g-y 

 shaft 



Detail (j^ size) of ordinarj' bicj'cle crank 

 hang^er. 



C shaft 



The Racycle has the 

 where it should be. 

 great point, eh? 



horse (sprocket) 

 Think of it! A 



Absurd, is it not? Yet that is where 

 the sprocket is in every bicycle on 

 earth. 



TI16 Miami Cycle and Manuiaciurino 60.. 



Chicag-o: 

 .']23 Wabash Avenue. 



Middletown, Ohio. 



New York: 

 1773 Broadwav. 



