The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-01-28

ais. and working them alternately with
scrupulous regularity. Speed is obtain.
ed by simply accelerating this move.
mcnt."
The velocipede once understood be-
comes surprisingly amiable. An expert
will ride on one sideways, plying the
pedals with either foot, and will direct
the machine with one hand, whirl here
and there cutting circles like swallow,
and describing figure Fights like acham-
pion skater. Half dozen experts to-
4 gether will race and cross each others
tracks and accomplish great variety
Of eccentricities without coming in con-
tact; but two novices practicing In u
room one hundred feet square, would
frequently rush headlong together.
The danger of serious hurts Is however,
not great, even for beginners. 1t Is not
far to the ground or floor, and during
the first lessons great speed Is not at
tanned. A point of danger is in getting
the feet caughtbetween the pedals and
the wheel, and sometimes in falling,
persons have been hurt by striking up
on the end Of the handle. IF the front
wheel Is, from any cause, turned sud.
denlya ut right angles to the other, the
machine will tumble, aud the rider, If
awkward or exhausted, Is liable 10 fall
upon the handle. We have heard of
ono severe accident OF this kind III New
York. Ithas been said In describing
the vclocipedes used In Paris, that a
gentleman could trundle one Of them
along the street as easily as he could
carry cane. This Is mistake. 1t is
rather more troublesome to get along
with the velocipede than with wheel
barrow.
Nelocipedes cannot be run over our
boulder pavements, or across such gut
ters as we have in our streets. There
fore, there need not DO approximations
that they will be n means of locomotion
about this city. They can be used on
Nicholson pavements, aud on smoothe
turnpikes or dirt roads, in the absence
of mud. 1t Is difficult to ride them up
hill. With severe cxcrtion, they can
be driven up grade of one foot in nine
teen; but one foot in twcnty-t five is
enough to overcome. While the begin
ner needs n low machinc-one with a
thirty-thrce inch front wheel, or saddle
placed Iow-this according to the pat !
tern-the expert wishes to sit high aud !
we'll over the pedals. Tho speed at
which velocipedcs move, of course,
varies rs widely as the speed of horses
Under favorable conditions, it is thought
twenty miles an hour can he made.
But it would be doing pretty we'll to
accomplish from ten to fifteen miles an
hour. on n good turnpike.
The cost velocipedes Is from 500 to
Sl25. The New York machines made
ON the Partisan pattern, are said to be
better than the imported ones, as they
have no wood in France equal to the
American hickory. We are not sure
that the Cincinnati velocipcde makers
have notimproved on the manufacturers
both in Paris aud New York. When
the novelty of the velocipcdc has worn
OIL, and 1t has ceased to hc amusing. i,
Is probable that there will have been
utilities developed in it, On our prairie
regions, over the long, even roads. il
may become u most ADVANTAGEOUS
means of locomotion. Its capacities are
such that it will always have u fasrina. !
ton for those who enjoy athletic sports: !
and there is Al "ddtty, \ mir h-p,ovok- /
ing lnaintness aud audacity ahout the
machine that will commend il to that
large. and, we trust, growing class who
love fun.