Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-06
NOT SO EXPENSIVE AS YACHTING.


Eut the Hmm Pound That Cyclisg Out
TT Cost zsc-e Than stoo.
III it weren't fer The expense. think
| sI,oald ride a wheel myself, said a
young clubman. into vlaoae ears talk
abous bicycling Ill lseesi tiianed all year.
here i where yaa make the biggest
| missslse II ycrr LIE, declared one Ct
the Listeners. ''EThy, that's the thing
abczs bieyeliag-it's SO cheap. You
r.y 500 for your machine, and that
ends il. you set a guarantee for q year
! AID have the cheapest and best fun Of
yoar Ifs ?
ssThat's what TIE fellows said when
they got re to buy that yacht" re-
sposlded the first speaker obviously. ut
was only little boat, and they said
tIaat after paid for her the running ex-
poi.ses would he q mere trifie. You know
low that turned cut. It cost me 81 900
TO Lave the bow relno1eled. had to
get new sails ard everything else new.
The skipper robbed me right and left
lii. ran the yacht On a rock mp the
sound I was laying things and paying
for things week in and week cut, and
tie SUMNER spe-S cost me just double
what / set CIT 10 sTef.s9. .
"Of course it did, = said the friend
Yachting isiss1sy: does. Bat bicycling
Is different. yoaeea-f.Iss t spend $3.50 en-
it al SUMMER il yen laid awake nights
studying up schemes to do it. There is
no call to eilsestasa your friends, as
there is when yen own q yacht. 7
There was further discussion, and
It wound up III tho purchase Of a bicycle
by tie man who wanted to economize.
After all, 3100 ecenied very little for six
months of finn, and SO he was persuaded
that it world be best to buy special
make Of a wheel, at d cost Of 1926. OF
course he muet have hell, bat that was
only 81, and lantern. and that was IS,
as cheap ores would leak and wouldn't
stay lighted, and a cyelomoter, which
cost 81. Then came q stand. at 81. so.
and toe clips, at 81, and lnbricating oil
/ (oaly 25 cents), and Illuminating oil
(only 40 cents). and graphite "a modest
/ % cents), lock and chain Isl. 80 was the
figure for these) and q pump (52. 50).
When it came to clothing, there was
pretty penny to pay. A handsome suit
cost S25 TO make. 1t was so light i'll color
that mud would ruin it, SO the elabman
before long bought q second one for pcs
sible rainy weather. This enc was SIS.
Kangaroo bicycle shoes cost 81, two
pairs of Scotch wcolesl Stockings IS,
two wooden shirts 81, and sweater So.
| The young man wanted to 90 touring,
and SO more went for road maps. A
leather luggage carficr, also fer trips
out CT town, was 600. Orc CT his ties
spr;sBs; leak at tie valve and had to be
sent bael, to the faetc.y, 20 he bought an
extra che for $3.50 to pso meanwhile.
He had one collia;cn, and came Of pretty
l.elily, tie Lii iof repairs being only
$3.50. It cot 81 to have two puIcsglies
rle,ided A wa;cil 70 10 fastened to the
handle bar, with fame, WIS o.. Lis
first saddle didn't ssiis, ard q second enc
involved the expenditure Ct another So.
"Well, how Go you Ike bicyeline?"
soino one asked The young man who was
economizing.
cts great. | hope to have a COM
plete outfit of eJndries by next spring if
they don't invent too many new appli-
ances in the meantime. Expensive? Well,
it ism t as cheap as it's cracked up to be,
but it's away behind yachting-several
thousand dollars behind. New York
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