Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-26
THEY RIDE SAFETIES.
Los Angeles People Who
Propel Cycles.
Fine Streets Tempt Young and
Old Alike.
victors, Columbias, Hartfords and
Many Others.
Grave Business Men, Dignified Profess
ors, Matronly Madames and Dainty
Misses who Ride the ST.
lent Steed.

brought forward in proof that they were
as safe as dozens of other methods of
travelling, it was declared undignified.
In spite of this it crept into favor, and
ALL except the most timid, who could
purchase bicycles did so.
The safety bicyle, with it's exemption
from headers and severe falls, is of later
introduction, but their wonderful con-
venience, and the facility with which
person acquired the ability to navigate
them, brought them into favor with a
bound.
year ago there was one place which
sold bicycles, and another which had
facilities for repairing them, in Los An
geles.
There were about fifty bicycles in
Los Angeles at that time. Today there
are ten times as many, including cheap
as well as standard make of wheels, and
about nlne-tenths of them are safeties.
During the middle of the day walk
about the business part of the town will
show bicycles resting against the sides
of the houses and in hooks and corners
about the stores you enter in every
direction. The passer by casts glance
at them to discover whether they are
Victors, Columbias or Hartfords, the
three standard makes, and pays no
further attention to them unless some
peculiarity marks them as being of
some new make. OF late a large
number of wheels have made their ap-
pearance with cushion tires, their
popularity being large rubber tire
that is really hollow cylinder, adding
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elasticity of the rubber. Some of these
wheels look as heavy as if they were de-
signed for lumber wagon, but they are
really quite light, and are exceptionally
easy riding on rough ground.
None of the standard wheels can be
supplied fast enough to meet the de-
mand for them, and new riders appear
every day.
J FL. Trout, the druggist, rides a
spring fork Victor, as does also Ed
Woodworth. Walter Cosby of the
Rhodes & Reese electric company is
riding his second Victor, having parted
with former wheel and finding himself
unable to get along without one. III.
Thrig of the Excelsior laundry, and ].
HI. Keller of the Troy laundry are rid
ing Victors of the same make. New
dick, the photographer, rides a spring
fork Victor and his wife rides another
of the same pattern. Frank Pressegur,
another business man, is a bycyclist of
some skill whose choice is the Victor.
L. A. Craig of the Los Angeles Litho-
graph company rides Victor with the
new cushion tire, that is commonly
called the wagon wheel Victor. j. L.
Ebey will not 60 back on the old spring
fork Victor, and rides it down to the
Troy laundry every day.
One OF the most experienced bicyclists
in town is Frank E. Olds, whose repair
shops on Fifth street are the resort of
many wheelmen. He and Mrs. Olds
both ride Columbia safeties.
DR.. II. B. Ellis rides Columbia wheel
in his daily business trips. Miss Tessa
Kelso, the city librarian, and Miss
Hasse, one of her assistants, are both
experienced cyclers, and can frequently
be seen mounted on their Columbias
flying swiftly to or from their post of
duty at the city hall.
Other riders of Columbia wheels are
Fl. Schofeld, an usher at the Grand
opera house; Charles Binford,
clerk at the Los Angeles National bank;
w. A. Hubbell, J. G. Talbot, Miss Ber-
ger, the pianist, Miss Bidwell, DR.. The
oda Wilkins, Mr.. Phillips, Lee Shrode,
O. S. Miller, G. H. Kopf, w. d. Long
year, of the Security savings bank, CIV.
Gibson, Miss E. G. Murphy, Miss AL
bertson, Mrs. j. G. Cunningham, Mr..
Hutton, Mr.. Stimson, F. D. Hall, H. M.
Lee, the printer, Miss Harris, Fred Bill.
lings, Miss Ella Nevelle, Victor Wan
kowski, Prof. Lawson, the teacher Of
penmanship in the public school, Letter
Carrier Stewart, Walter Tyler, of the
firm of Gibson & Tyler, Miss S. M.
Reeves and Mrs. P. d. Role.
The "wagon wheel Victors," though
of recent introduction, are in high
favor just at present. John Thayer,
of Stoll & Thayer, rides one
OF these wheels, also Walter Chanslor,
OF Anderson & Chanslor. E. L. Doran,
of the Stewart hotel at San Bernardino,
fell in love with the wagon wheel when
up Here a short time ago. Dodsworth,
of the Gold Storage company, rides an
other wagon wheeP' to business every
morning. Fay Stevenson, OF the Ex-
press, rides another. The remainder OF
these ungainly-looking but very COM
Portable and serviceable wagon wheel"
Victors are owned by Walter Tyler, w.
Clark OF the Hotel Westminster, Alt
mouse DTOS., w liz n. 1ulIo fAu IL. Es
Pauley OF the First National bank.
There have recently appeared two new
candidates for public favor in the way Of
safeties. One of these, very
showy nickel-plated wheel called
the Eclipse, was placed on sale by Frank
Olds. but after being used experiment.
ally for several weeks by various cyclers,
they developed so many defects that
Mr.. Olds unfortunately has the entire
stock on his hands unsold.
The other new cycle was strongly
built wheel containing many. OF the
good points of the Columbia and others
peculiar to itself-not the least OF which
was the fact that its price was $35 less
than either the Columbia or Victor.
The first OF these wheels was intro
duced by Mr.. P. L. Abel. One
wheel is doing active service In
the hands OF HERALD reporter.
Z. II. Lettelier, Frank H. Coulter and
A. G. Eisfeller are also possessors OF the
same kind of wheels, while Rev. G. s.
Sprecher possesses fifth. Mrs. M. J.
smith owns ladies' Hartford, and s.
ii. Perrine owns another. These. are
ali cushion tires, and their riders claim
that they are as good as any wheel
made. and look with pity upon the
riders Of the higher-priced Victors and
Columbias.