New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-08
AZ IuERICIN SIfETY BICTCLE.
YANKEE MANUFACTURERS BRANCHING OUT

AppIIIoS To HE CiILaNs' CLUBHOUSE BEAU
rIrs OF THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
American manufacturers are gradually bringing
ont all the various types OF bicycles ana uc'c'S
,h,, the ENGLISH makers have produced. The only
tvo, which still has to Ice imported Is the tandem
tr,cyclr and IN the Hartford factories skilled
workmcn and whccmcn are now working at the
design OF wheel OF tins type. Inc American
s,f,ty~ machine which was mentioned some time
AGO - now IN he market. here has rot been
I'm, vet 10 try n IN the road but ITS appearance
makcs = good Impression on the veteran "hce'i'n.
\ safety machine l. TO "a true p")cl" N"'u "
donkey il to IL thoroughbred racer bui so"o
donkey, are trim and useful little beasts ana 80 ~
tlr safety machine. 1t man II AFRAID ni ii rear
bicycle "saiety' Is a good SUBSTITUTE. mo
American safety is of the class known rs h'"
CARGO machines, but II il not 80 huinpnackcu rs
ILr ENGLISH breed OF kangaroos are he PACK
ward rake al the forks IN quite suiicrht LOT sHoS,
but not sufficient To interfere WIN ti' s'''"i"'',
of running ana steering. The tread ~ narrow an"
the whole NEE hanism compact anu llgnl ,r ne
chain gearing being AL WITHIN the ,olhs amr
crank hearings can BE- raised or Lowered ana
thc cham belt can he shortened or ichHthchcu 10
correspond. thus lifting the machine !" th' rln'r
instead al the rider {" the machine AZ III we o,"tn
arv machine. change OF spur-wh''IS Allows Tue
driving apparatus to he grtrei up OF uo"h "s
rapidity or ease o. driving is desired. .,.,;,;a,
lie Citizens club are bulltIng an a'luilIo" 10
their wheel room. Brick walls are being iliii BACK
the fall depth OF the lot. These VIII be- bu'ii up tS
high rs the first ilOor and then iooiou over: Lis"t
and air will he supplied by slylights lhis Will
give the ciuu Il whecl-room nearly loo I''t ia
length. The enlargement was sadly nee'ed Tor Il
Lundrcd and odd machines. nany OF them
trcyc!cs take up ii good deal OF room. Bicycles
can he packed IN together like hcrringS III Il 'oN
They are easily handled and can be moved III ana
ont thr, ugh narrow lane; but "A trlcSt t'hcs up
~ much room ~ Il buggy and cant be easily
twisted in and out arouna corners. II cub dues
were arranged on Il basis of the wheel room taken
ND tricycle. riders would he well bltd .
The route most frcquented by Ncw-lork wheel
men in their afternoon rides is the riverside Drive
Starting from the club houses Ill HiNti.th anu
Ei,y-nInth SITS. they slip in III the west Sate Oh inc
p,rk and roll over the now gravel roadway to
SEVENTY -sccond-st. Down tins rongh thoron2hiarc,
which j. continually being dug mp Tor sewer con
neciions and filled with building materials. the
whcclnan picks his way to tho Riverside once on
that perfect drive, his troubles are over a w1ii
macadamized roadway. three miles IN length,
strctcIc before him. There are hills ana dales.
bat hills are nothing when the wheel rolls up them
without jar or vibration. Iho views that break
upon the rider rs he rounds some OF the curves arc
simply uncquallcd III the pcrambulations OF wheel
men. Glimpscs of the sparkling river dotted with
yachts and exclusion steamers arc disclosed
between tho waving branches of the trees that
fringe the drive. At the brow OF the NIL that
leads down to the crossing of Eighty-sxh there
is clear view up the river tor miles ana miles,
framed on either side by the Palisades and Wash
ington Heights, and backed by the blue sky Qniet
old homcstcads. whose flank has been turned by
the invading Drive and all retreat to the river cut
OIL hide IN their shady groves. corncred between the
Scylla of the dusty boulevard and the Chary Dds
of the busy Drive all their old Landmarks dlsap,
| pcarlilB one DN ono untll tHtS
| around and cant tel; which is tho lrDnt lawn and
which the back yard. Intcrspcrscd with these are
plaring now stone houses that have been put up by
! spectators since the recent boom III West Side
real estate A final easy mp grade brings tho rider
10 the plateau in the centre of which is the Grant
| tomb The Drive surrounds il in big loop, and
the way home lies before the rider without making
"A turn. But lew can resist the temptation I" stol
| and slowly absorb the view thar stretches from thu
foot of the blull The Fort Lee icrryboat Is carry
ing back and forth its thread OF foam. In TIN
distance the swift boats SLOWLY liur INTO the
mist of the rappan Zee. A huge boat struggle
in the middle foreground with its ungalnly famIl
grows tresome a train PUSHES along the river ban
| with momentarv shrek and clangor.
| There are many fast hO:ses taken ont for an all
ing on the Drive, and their owners are gonerali
| sight the challenge IS rarely unanswered Whe
there are no horses worthy of tho wheelman