♦ KNOV/LEDGE 



TRICYCLE8 IN 1885 

 B\ JciHN Bbowmnc 



{Chauman of the London Iruyrle CM ) 



A NEW MACIIINF— THF COVL\TR\ CUAIR 



SMALL WHEELS ICrSL5 LARC T 



, NOTHKR nt« triLjcle Ins just been m\tntc(l 



V. piUiitcd, u, ■ ■ ■ " 



lOtt 



lit fou\ ud l>y Ml 

 1 I i( . (1 the first experim 



papsenger, 



1 Ih, v,cni 



1 ^vhcek, 



licll was 

 I i t undiB- 

 lu Cb-Jir 



vithi: 



1 pun,, 

 iblin 



11!? of I b ul 1 



111} s 



having been suddenly stopped, caused by mud liavmg ccot 

 in between the tetth of the latk and biidcued, and tbus. 

 jammed my stteimg 



Of course, icir sttirincr isnot.fifMlf m i,h int ,j-< but 

 a rcir btccrcr cm p. ImII^ U ,„ „I, lijii.i il, n. , fi ui 

 stecrer, and it c m c 1 1 1111I3 b( di i\i n ii|i lull ( i hi Hi 

 expenmentil mioliiiic 1 liad Avcj^bul . iil\ iliiit (.11,, 

 and 1 bhould think 1, vciy lyhtuudst.i uiil, ,n , llu luit 

 break could be m uk not to ^vtlgb nu n th m >i) lb I 

 found mtlio m..d(l is it maj bt ttmu.l ,1 xnIiuIiikik 

 of the lurthutu uljustibk, tbit tin pi.l ils wi il 1 itlu i 

 btj iuliii\ 1. uh iiMUvcubi.nu niches too fa in fi out of 

 mc, s.lli.i I III I (o wii'. >Mth a thuist, mslcid of tlu 

 vcifuil uliiin 1 im ustd to, md tlit h mdlc bxr -vMs 

 about thrcL inchts too low, touimg m contict with my 

 thighs 



Ytt, with all thcho disadv intij,£s, the machine be 

 ha\i.d f arly wtll llic sttciin^ w i& better than that of 

 any c (lu 1 u n sn ( u 1 I have tried, excepting, possibly, 

 thi I \n mill hould be recollected that the Phillpott 

 mieliiiK h 1'^ t III iiU mtage of bicycle steering I tested 

 thtstLiiiii^ IS Mill) IS T ronld bee lu&e this was th( 

 only point 01, uln h I u -, doubtful of its piifoMunu. 

 Inthocoursi ifiiiN 1,1 1 jiut lubt out of the diiMu, 

 wheds and tl,, mill liiml stei imt, wh, el o%(i i st.nie of 

 at leist thiie 1111 lies dmiutn wluu i iinnuig down 

 hill, without ceusui^ the m u liuu d \\ei\e, at xll 

 dangerously 



The Rtee.ingisT.r> pe.ulm lu ,1,^ ,1 1 ,n_ul so tb it 



hop. 



II, 

 plum 



r si 



111 



ciriH sti'i'"('u 



Duentij 1 I 

 before 9 $0 lli ii 1 

 some, refresh me ut iml 

 1 1 o'clock 



■Vt 110am the rider and dnvei had reached the 

 clock tower at Towocstii Here run began filling mel 

 showers kept coming down throughout the ust of tin 



I fie&h 



Li.^ele Club mil U 



Ml A J A\ils(n 

 mxde by Llojd Btos 

 wheels gcaed up to 



lllsuU 



_.pii 



suifici foi ,11 thre 

 blCAek t,onciillj bill 

 ^\luelsinlim, whuli 

 The di tinee ridden 



)llsh( 



1 1 1 



About two J c 

 ,rii< r, ridiculiun 

 \h.tls could b< 



and fister uiihill li 

 than an ordinal j bie>< 

 the score of safet j , it 1, 



itt lied from 



silyon to 



],m., thue 



t 22 hours, 



t Ml, ill r n 



( f the WaveJ-lej 

 ^ 57 m wheel 

 1st.,, Quidr.nt, 



iiMh w,n.a.ily, 



1 d .hi sen being 



ill 111 hnd good 



1. 1 1 of the 



I I I for two 



< wrote to KnOW- 

 uyelc with 40 in. 



IS 111 wheels, yet 

 m diumg wheels 



., «heel of 57 ID 



TIumlx;r * 

 cf their 



1. md .11 



' „ I > mid« ej 



ill It It is nearly, if 

 , U . u 1 level road, 

 undoubtedly faster 

 1 itiug roael, and, on 

 t 1 be desiied 



