New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-12
THE BICYCLE.

Tho Improvement Of roads will greatly expand
,he utilities Of the bicycle. already the happiest IN
sirument ever devised 10 economZe individual force
IN l1comotion. and there is no telling what us
future is 10 be- It seems likely that Its use VIII
become almost universal. and tina. Instead OF
going on legs. according 10 all historical anu
traditional presidents from the beginning, man
kind Will come TO the point Of going on Whee's'
and the faculty Of pedestriansm become gradu-
ally subordna, ted TIL II Is only employed IN a
commonplace and restricted manner IN slight
necessary household and neighborhood ambula-
tons The wheclman. It s computed, drives Num-
self twelve miles with The expenditure OF the
force which II would take 10 walk one. saving
f,ur-0fths Of the time employed in travel for one
thing and there Is poetry and exhilarat!on. and
sometimes but not always, an airy nghtsome
grace I'm the movement very different from the
rloddlng drudgcry OF walking when II is carried
beyond the limit Of parade or exercise. or the en-
position Of the attractive points OF the spring
toilet Even the wandering pedler who appears
I'm all rustic districts. trudging patiently up ana
down hills in all sorts Of weather. may in time
mount the wheel with his pack before hln ana
ny like an alrily TRANSPORTED mercantile vision
from dorp to dorp and hamlet to hamlet ms he'u
Of action thus multiplied and expanded beyond
be- pr,vlded for tn summer tramp. on which ne
can make his W nierng expeditions with that
aose and freedom from muscular effort In which
his soul rcjolces They are already used so
widely and variousy. not only for recreation, put
serious service. that no new extension OF their
utility could be- deemed surprising
New improvements in the instrument are con-
s,an'lv announced one Of the most important
being the application TO Il OF a light electric
motor giving II a driving force not derived from
the churniug legs Of the rider and a capacity OF
sncad only limited by his courage end the tenac-
ifv Il the Iigatures which hold his hat on lie
can outrrn the wind II he So desires; or the pre-
tentious and loud jngng tally-ho. or even the
railway train. flying by them Ike moderhiZrd
,r,,g. of Puck In blue and white flannel. putting
a cirdle round the world. This particular inven-
tion Is rather new yet but possesses untold ana
unlimited possibilities and will In all likelihood
,,,,,or, -, nerna non, type and a greatly expanded
function - the wheel Increasing - claim u De
considered on, u the most useful instruments IN
all the category OF invention. Not mu'h Is YET
a. b., said ~ the unicvce, new device III whi'h
IA. rider sits within the circle OF large Wh"el'
,.,rl,iug smaller ones with cogs and ratche's
,rl nviur through space with the speed ot
,,.,.,r Tho d.scovorcr says that II Is me uiu-
matt. oxrross,on II ingenuity in this direction
ard Will supersede ell others. going mile
r.i,ut. - The rider Is I'm hurry and not OK
housting his vitality and making MN rouH"-
shnuldsrel az the present type does We SIN"
b,,. =, wait and see. Meantime the wheel Is
mos, ,rnnortant adjunct Of modern c.vilizatloh'
and overvthiug which improves or cheapens II
and wI,lcns It's use is OF high public Importance