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the object of this being not to increase the aim 

 . very lat- 



a Western company. It i* i% 

 repairing team r punctures in any k 



rial, anil the par- 



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Uersnd regulator only oecupvint; a 

 .: f,,- : awbj :* boMi vttf That Zsf 

 pint.--, sjafl u r.'m- 1.. * t* f.. n n,,if fr ... I.,H 

 tires can be repaimd at the - 

 device may be connected with a> 



Me machine was originally got up 

 .l.Ur.n tires to make repair* 



.rn.-i un.lrr hisgnarantos,and 



cess uncured or partially vulrantxrd rubber ami 



ti,.- M* MYJ fisbH ^1. -i fiv .. fen k ..r. put id 

 in and around the hole to be patched, and it is 

 than to be filled in with materials prepared for 

 ; . 0] -. . rhft > vhamn sniaaa the ma 

 chine, make a smooth, rren job. exactly the same 

 as could be done in the factory where the tire 



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- causes of the fast time creilr 



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excellence of the tracks. The best style of trark 



is considered the elliptical. Thr knowledge 



lliptiral trark wa* l.-rr-.w -d from the 



Ahorse circuits, as was the idea of 



This was only a fair rvturn. 



lint !>. and by doing so 



and wonderfully. Thr r.-ulr of years of < 



in thr". on 



bicycle tracks can be seen st Manhattan Beach, 



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prartire of the const . win|f patrons of 



this popular -jH.rt. The Manhattan Beach 

 track i- on.- thini of n inilr nunl. 



lists because, while a third 



of a mile it snooffc for a good swing, it is not 



too large, and dost not let the racer- 



from their amlience. Then, too, the turns can 



wn ui> better or oftener. And this is 



an advantage, for the bicyclist really 

 comes to depend on the enormously thn>wn-up 

 turn- inorv than he himself believe*." A thrown- 

 up turn of n fast or more on the outer edge is a 



Ip to a speeding bicvclist. The power 

 developed is not only a rest for the few seconds 

 pent on each of thr turnv but the throw-in 



ride passably b a *vy fcf/ law 



ritir. u fill found best perha| 1 



ohool where for a fee of 80 \U*n ba.tr. or 5 



In the large 



for $2, one can learn well enough to 



out alonr. In case of learning ... 

 with a fnn.d u..i,a.t 



achar. a smooth level piece of road should 



ftmft 4tvWnMMi 1*le* fv4eMns4 nvWtf'sMlfl an1*a\^lv flaA anaea 



chine, for'at rtnrt even a Hafety seems the giddl- 

 uaginahla and at {east a milAtah. 

 The friend steadies the machine by the handle 

 bar while the learner mounts, and as soon as he 

 is seated the friend should place one hand un- 



handle bar 



control the machine, an. I render a fall the next 



If a riol. 



pected swing or lurch comes, simply let go of 

 one pedal nn-l. putting out one foot, i 



your- 



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to ride a bicycle is not to 

 too flnnly. faqoeot rests 

 and not more than from 15 



the handles 

 b ] 



a half an 

 of the earlier lessons 



tinne as started mil 



i .or <JM 



to 



too much <*i 

 to keep up. After on* 



a perfect balance, the bicycle will keep 

 terlf. aided now and then by an ateflZ 



imperceptible motion of 

 which will tur 



num. The natural impulse of a learner is to 

 turn the wheel away from the d 



which the 



natural in- f null, and learning to ride 



i imi.ly learning to overcome this 



ce devekring a new 



and .iiffVrvt -. learn to ride ny one's self, 



the pedals should be removed and the saddle 

 plarrd o low that the learner's feet can be 



m 

 with carK 



and try to steer the machine so that ft will con- 

 rwi until it loses its iiiiManfim Re 



me time, with 



fiat on the ground. Then grasp the 

 the machine, and gvc it into 



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neat t 

 When 



When you find that you can actually staar wall 

 enough to keep the machine erect lor 

 vanU. you can make the work easier by getting 



vanU. you 



a good start, and then putti 



pedals and coasting. It win 



by getting 

 lest on the 



rsallv helps to send tne wheel along. The im.-k 

 at Manhattan I b^ach is composed of 8 i 

 4\ inches of 



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and concrete, and 



d cement, and sand. The 



bank thrown up 6 feet A in 



't view, this great incline would im 



heMlale: but if he h.-ltatrS, he is 



wrr of n>maining on his bicycle depends 

 uiffonat ahifh rat* of speed 



persons, and thcrv are abo 3.100 folding chair*, 

 ing on a bicycle i* not so diffi- 

 cult as moat people suppose. One can learn to 



die should ttill be kept low. n thai in cmseof a 

 a fall the font ma be near enough to 



ke a quickly 

 lost, dally d 



a fall the foot may 

 the ground to prevent an accident, 

 mar learn to ride in a 



rial I v VMrable for 



unt'i I the exercise has brought their muscles into 

 play and atcustooud them to the little exertion 

 required. The first ride out on the road should 

 onrihla. under the eve of an experienced 

 rider, and most be taken Very slowly. Half a 



