

*: 



grown men. art employed. A reoanl estimate 







;.- will. as a general thing, be a 

 Itaavier, a* regard* th wbeeia, a. the 



iuAnuf.i> tur.-i, ii, -h. | .*.. twc fan Mitt 



more U> secure litfhlnee* than itrvngth, and cus- 

 tomers art now asking for a *imwhat stronfar 



d wi 



tfai price- of a good wheel will at 



bicycle to to try to 

 follow a Ui 



of strength and lixhi nee* combined ha* appeared 

 before. The principal depart u: Safety 



bicycle to the changing of the application 

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'be Safety was brought out the power was 

 nttad dbwi ta Maaad padak o*j /, r r ,. 



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ith t!.. 



the Safety was HIM introduced. 



i.'.c |. .r h *i i IM ' > m u - ' i 

 I wfth the aide of th* rear wheat 

 it over a sprocket wheel on which are 

 bun* tha pedak, and to strung at a high or a low 

 tension, according a* the nder wtohe* to go 

 rapidly or have the power of climbing hilb. To 

 go rapidly on a level surface the chain may be 



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it must be hung loosely. There are two device* 

 broflaottngtfc mm* ta IM aba* b aigfc 

 to low. and ties wra* Ona of thaw to a bar or 

 lever throwing the chain off from one axle 



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 firt mentioned plan u that it leave* too much 

 space for thr dirt and dust to gather between 

 the whreU at the aile. The trouble with the 



second plan i. that it to not convenient to carry 



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wheel always with 



lee* on a short pleasure ride. The f ran 



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i to now much used, a* it give* j 

 weighL Overthe 



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thr rat'inK ofllrul. rt^nnnil thr n.l.-r. t. |..^ 



ti- wtaidSi ..:, ..th !.. ran vhad ta hi al f 

 tha fore wheel of an < nlmarr. to M . r . a victory. 

 it was dtoeovered that much more of a 



These are of various shams a 



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always with a brake and a 

 ago there was a 



handicap than thi. would have to be 



the Ordinary if it wa to be raced against the 



. velooipeil 



front and rear wheel* of the same site. These 

 wheel* are each about 38 inches in diameter 

 generally, aii-1 ll " ** In 



. bicycle is 44 inches. The 



base line of a bicycle to the distance from the 



he forward wheel to 



the farthest point on the rear wheel These 

 Thesis are made with wooden tire rim*, to 



are fitted the pneumatic tirr. 

 pokes arr of fine and wonderfully strong steel 

 wire. Kai-h of these wire* to secured in the 

 wooden tin- with a small nut at where 



it goes through a st--l frame, and is th. 



t,. t...lh.-r |M.:M in th.- W00d< i. lire, r. aVJlf 



another steel-wire spoke on the way. One of 

 the most intercut ing point* to n. ..-,. m the eon- 

 5tr.i.-ti..n ..f th, bemai btlM ball baafja^i f 

 which there are li These ball 

 bearings make a bicycle as near 



bearing i* a cup fitted for an axle 

 to mn through and provided with 

 a half doxen or more solid steel 

 balk For some bearings the* balls 

 arr not larger than small *h< 



-H they are as large a* buck- 

 while M..W and then for the 



at night without light*. A small oil lamp 

 is sold with every bievcle,and it* nat to a* mucli 

 to the advantage of the rider a. to the foot paa- 

 senger or the driver ha encounter*. Tha best 



. at present to 



to be about 84 pounds. The frame 

 E and : 



frame of a ladies' 



to bant in and down at the upper bar or 

 hto enable* women to rid. 

 s or other special cujtume ; but man? 

 wfer the man 1 , bicycle, and have .dopui 



ladiai prate thi 



costume* in keeping with the idea. The saddle of 

 Uie bicycle to considered to be a long way front 

 perfection. The most favored idea al present to 

 the pneumatic saddle. Ladies, in particular. 

 much fault with the ordinary nddle, 

 complaint!!*; >f fatiguo from the use of the 

 MuJ.lle more than from the long rida or other 

 t* that have been 



Several 

 tried in the way of 



. 





heavier bearings even larger 



.<*e tiny balls to fixed in thr 



dp of the bearing cup, and they are well 



on the*e little 



balk each of which revolves freely, and the fric- 



n 



the 



Uontoao slight that a wheel hrl.l up and -t 

 bya quick motion of the hand will 

 * run wveral minute* before coming to 

 a complete standstill. There are ball baarTna 

 in both front- and rrar-wheel axles, ami in the 

 handle* and steering gear, as well as in the 



ad- 



u| the lateral tension of the 

 leather 'of which the *eal are cnostruc 

 n-iam their ^ia|*. The teaching of experience 

 ha. been that while the ttddfeb being ridden 

 the weight of the body so alters it* shape a* to 

 wndor it highly injurious to the rider. The 

 ruminence* of the pelrto, which must 



the we^ht of the body while it i* in 

 posture, are about 4 inch** apart, and 



support 

 sitting 



