The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-12-19
NEW DESIGNS FOR 1886.
what the sterling Wheel Will Be for the
Next Year.
tTne Bearings.I

Five models of the Sterling will be
butt ia '96; road wheel weighing 81
pounds and coming in three heights OF
frame -, q and rs inches; l9 pound
track racer; Il 22-pound lady's wheel
with - -inch frame; and TWO tan
denis, a double diamond and combi-
nation Tue stock wheel will be made
on much the same lines as this year,
with an increase in the size OF tubing
and a change i'll details OF construction.
| The details of the roadster will be car
ried out in the entire line and call for a
new construction Of the sprocket wheel
and crank shaft. There Is also a diff
ferent method of setting up the bearing
cups in the bottom bracket. The
hanger is fitted with two split Jugs,
which are threaded for square-headed
set bolts, and as the hanger is ma
chined thin between the halves OF the
Jugs it will bind sufficiently to mold the
cups in place. The adjustment is eff
tected from one side, but provision is
made for setting up the cup on the
chain side also.
TIE radical change, however, will
be in the seating of the sprocket, which
| is fitted on its inside face with four
semi-cy lindrical Jugs arranged at equal
distances around the edge of the open
ing for the reception OF the crank shaft.
| The shaft is machined with q shoulder,
which is cut with a corresponding
number of seats of the size and shape
to fit the Tugs on the SprOcket. There
is a heXagOuai set-nut which, when
turned home against the outside face
of the sp,ockct, will hold it in positive
position The cr,.nks are put on i'll
the same manner as in 80, which
proved so satisfactory on the Sterling.
The tread Will be narrowed half an
inch, making it now 81 inches The
frames will be made up of several sizes
and gauges Of tubing. The head will
be ten inches long, of Il inch, q
gauge tubing, the top main tube OF l.
inch % gauge, the lower main stay
1-16 inch Is gauge, and the seat
mast l inch 20-gauge. The upper rear
stays will be OF B-inch 20-gauge, and
the bottom Of 11-l6 inch lS-gauge.
The upper stays will be tapered to J.
inch at the saddle cluster, and the low
er to 5 az the bottom bracket
The standard color will be an olive
green, striped or plain, and the shade
used is very handsome. The wheel has
many features which are to be COM
| mended, prominent among which is the
| built up fork crown. This is made OF
ne piece Of ldpered tuoing, on which
is placed a tubing reinforcement; then
| the whole is hattened to the section III
| The finished fork, and bent around to
receive forging which forms seat fo1
the fork-Stem. This forging is put on
the fork at right angles to the bend OF
the tubes, So that the ends are ham,
mered around under the nominal crown.
AS the forging is machined to q taper,
| the stem is chamfered out TO seat down
tight, and after it is forced home the
Whole is brazed. The braZing is done
IN such manner that the whole forms
one continuous crown ana fork. A
strong point is the chamferlng out OF
the stem, which leaves an abundance
Of stock at the point where the great
est strain IS found.
| Besides the features mentioned, the
'96 Sterling will be fitted with barrel
nubs, which will be made with their
we'll knoWn corrugated tlanges for
,traight tangent spokes. The real axle
is tubular, and ADMITS Of oiling from
one side.
The new factory Of the company at
Kenosha, Wis, is probably the only
large bicycle factory entirely on one
| floor, the several departments being so
arranged that an abundance of floor
space is provided, and the entire pl mt
can be supervised and overlooked by
one man, The large building being SO
planned that every part Of it can be
seen from one point. The main build
me is 100x500 feet, with twO-story,
30x72 foot wing, containing rooms
which are put to various uses On the
ground floor are the factory Offices and
4 storage room for the wheels Of the
men who ride. The second floor is
used for designing an3 experimental
| department, and an assembly room Tor
the employees, which is provided With
files Of newspapers and trade journals,
magazines, etc. In addition to the
main building. which is given over to
the machining and assembling Of
wheels, there is Il wing at the rear
which contains the power plant and
the electric light installation These
are two small detached buildings, one
beng a gas house, where the gas used
for brazing is manufactured, and the
other an oil house. The enameling is
done in q detached building, 150X32
feet, equipped with four new-style
ovens, 10x14 feet, and 8 feet high.
The construction is much on the same
lines as that Of an ordinary cook-stove
oven, with a gas heater below, which is
set between the outer shell of tue oven
and the lining. The shell is of fire
proof tile, and the lining of steel plate
Every device is provided to facilitate
the quick handling Of the work in hand
and the easy disposal of the finished
product.
Cheveret Club Dance.
Thu hovc Of tho StnrlipO factory Ger