

- 



.<di the povibUily of the mix 



udMtbed 



pressure only i* mirssssry to secure an a 



he fabrio'i 



in the direction of its length with the 

 \ rrt rut improvement 

 in the pneumatic lirr i in th.- manner <>f at- 



*ir i. 



p,,m,.-.i v . K .^-,r.f,..<- r ibbsi .- Ins* 

 <*n the metal bass of the valve and 



pressure only is necessary to secure an air-tifht 



N outer plate. 

 The best idea of what the Safety and the 

 pn. .inmti. kin bftfi >i ' i- r . f( Bftf Bssd 

 may be obtained from a fiance at some of the 



that held I" rr.i iniimt.-.* tw.-lvc and a 



halfssconds, In 1806 Lawson rode a 5-mile race 



ag, making the distance in eleven mm- 



fifths seconds. Law- 



son's fastest mile was his ssrond, which he cov- 

 aes fifteen and one fifth seconds, 



in t.. minute* t*. . . ami ..tie-lift h 



the A Illllr* 



Constant Hum rode 8M* miles in twenty. four 

 hours. The road reoonl from Cninajo t 



utance in five days twenty-three boors 



Ma** ::..:./.. 



A . soon as the pnenmaiic tire was 

 ^-t was rrttjgmxed that ite one 



UMM! anttt. be SOSSffi 



cap * i.e race with the solid 



tire unless a remedy <wild be promptly fonnd. 

 This defect was its If* ujury. A psjss> 



iVr-'.fa bsmls 



ore noiselessh -.ly. an 



almost none of the jar that was still only loo 

 iuLmiLt vith the baet anlfai rubber tin was eesv 

 tamly a grrat thing; but a 



a pnrun.. 



rider found hinuelf it 

 pum-tun^i tir.- fn.in rulintr r 

 tai-k, or some oareiesi * 

 The efforte to supply 

 cumulative record 

 inventors first tried every way 





:.. 



done in the 



fr EisMd, ftm -, Ifeji, 



all |>rnons performancea, Than, too, these 

 record* are not al way allowed by the foTerninjr 

 bowdioi ;.. -.,-.::,.,!,. , ; ,i noharaata 9 



bite of glass. The - 'his 



left the bicycle improved on these lines, 



of recirting to a certain extent the ini 



was aimed to guard afsJast, but they did some 



,--.' .- 



r ..... ii.s i. r-i m u,,- j. rformanoai 

 snob as the wind at the back. i*ctl or unpaced, 

 and atandinf or flying start ai weil a tne an* 



well year when a correct 



table of records may be compiled for the year 

 i OM ol th.- PMS! MMail nej IW 



more simple, th- hare the 



tires made of so nearly pore gum that they 

 would close up and come together orer the 

 ture of a tackf This was 



H what a wonderful machine the bi- 



r*B ae lately iropmred is, is the comparison 

 my be inn. It- between the steel hone and 

 the one of flesh and blood. Th. f^tert record 

 of the runniiiK' turf >* that of grrat Salvator. 

 >n a mile again*! time to beat the time 

 made by Ten Broeck, also a record mad* again* 

 time on a specially prepared track. Ten Broeek's 

 record was one initmt,- thirty-nine and three 

 quarter seconds. Salvator astonished the world 

 n a straightaway track in one 

 tr-flve and a half seconds. There is 

 at present a reoonl awaiting recognition of a bi- 

 eyclist having nuule a mile no a utraight track 

 in less than one minute thirtr-flre seconds. There 

 is an authenticated recortl of a mile to Safety 

 bicycle orer a straightaway track in U-ti.-r time 

 ,e champion thoroufhbred nor- > 



;-. i Johnson*. Tart m..- at Ituffalo in 

 18M m one minute thirty-Are ami two fifths sec- 

 onds, The best road race time for 35 miles in 



IS!| w:is OM hOSJI !;?% !;::,- ::.::. .' - i P ' | 



Arr inti.s h:\. U-.-i, r: M. -:i - n .1 1> Pal 



Mimutea four seconds, 



an.i in 1 -'.:, in Afly-Ave minute* six SSOOnds, 

 The beat one-boor record for 1HW in & 

 1,489 yanU. The best reo-.nl for ! n. 

 18IM was three hours Afly.four minutes twenty- 

 nine and two fifths seconds. The best : 



a 



sure remedy, ami it acted well for a time. The 

 objection was. that U 



Ures were constructed was as iinssrviBsstili as 

 gold unalloreil. The new Ures wore oat loo 

 quickly. A half dosen schemes in the direction 

 of a tire that would heal itself were tried before 

 this plan was given over. Then began a loaf 



thediisetiosToTssi 

 tire that would be 



tires were coated with all sorts of 



to render them impenetrable. Most of 



c-. with the idea of Ujriitntss always in 

 view, were : of liquid. One in rector 



in, whea it was 



V ..;-._,.. -, 



Wlw 



K - 



ono ith.'.ut 

 r the ice 



\ rl 



.' '. 



frost of the climate ' 



glass, and no rider, even the most ei nrrt, 

 ha.1 any chance of sUyiaw on his wheel 

 the honehlde MM the idea of a oowrfej: 



in. The 



Mr with ail kind* 



or out, 



T!.. :: Hi 



at interior protec- 



our rrcorU in Enfland is 46 miles 1JM 

 yards. The has beenbeaten in Prance, where 



tion was a strip of cloth called -pnnctu 

 armor.** The idea of this poncturekss i 

 was that it would lie in the bottom of the tabs, 

 case the rubber was punctured it would 

 i fill up the bole and ptmnt the escape 



and in 

 at 



