IT DIDN’T TAKE 
ME LONG TO 
DECIDE ” 
AMERICAN BICYCLE COMPANY 
POPE SALES DEPARTMENT 
HARTFORD CONN. 
Columbia©, F)artfords, 
Stormers, pennant©, 
for 1900, 
Introduce many radical changes and improvements, most of them 
common to both chainless and chain models. 
Prices: #75, #60, *50, #35, #30, #35. 
Columbia Coaster Brake $5.00 Extra. 
Columbia Desk Pad Calendar by rjiall for five two-cent stamps. 
See Columbia and Stormer Catalogues for full information reijardin^ our new Models. 
O own a igoo bicycle bearing the 
Columbia Name Plate is to have a 
guarantee that each constructive detail 
ot the machine possesses those elements 
of lightness, strength and durability 
which are to be obtained only through 
the newest processes and most ad¬ 
vanced knowledge of the structural 
qualities of the best materials. 
To own a 1900 bicycle bearing the Columbia 
Name Plate and fitted with Columbia Bevel 
Gears is to have a machine embodying every 
improvement suggested by the most expert investigators and in 
accord with the very latest development of mechanical knowledge— 
a machine whose superiority has been demonstrated beyond question. 
To own a 1900 bicycle bearing the Columbia Name Plate, 
fitted with Columbia Bevel Gears and equipped with the Columbia 
Coaster Brake, is to possess a wheel which meets in the most 
perfect manner every indicated requirement of the cyclist. 
