The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-07-19
NOT so EXPENSIVE AS YACHTING.
But the Man Found That Cycling Out.
At Cost Moro Than 800.

But the Man Found That Cycling Out
At Cost Moro Than 800.
IF 1t weren't for the expense, I think
I should ride wheel myself, said
young clubman, into whose ears talk
about bicycling had been dinned all year.
''There's where You make the biggest
mistake Of your life, declared one of
the listeners. "why, that's the thing
about bicycling-it's SO cheap. You
pay 800 for your machine, and that
ends it You get guarantee for a year
and have the cheapest and best fun of
your life.
"That's what the fellows said when
they got me to buy that yacht" re-
spondod the first speaker obviously. ut
was only little boat, and they said
that after paid for her the running ex-
penses would be mere trifle You know
how that turned out. 1t cost me 81. 900
to have the bow remodeled. had to
get new sails and everything else new.
The skipper robbed me right and left
and ran the yacht on rock up the
sound. was buying things and paying
for things week in and week ont, and
the summers sportcost me just double
what set out to spend. F"
"Of course it did" said the friend,
yachting always does. But BICYCLE z
is different. You couldn t spend $3.50 on
it all summer if you laid awake nights
studying up schemes to do it. There is
no call to entertain your friends, as
there is when yol o%'n q yacht,
There was further discussion, and
it wound up in the purchase of bicycle
by the han who wanted to economi2c
After all, 500 seemed very little for six
months Of fun, and so he was persuaded
that it would be best to buy special
make of wheel, at n cost of $125. OF
course he must have bell, but that was
only So, and lantern, and that was So,
as cheap ones would leak and wouldn t
stay lighted, and a cyclometer, which
cost 50. Then came stand, at $3.50,
and toe clips, at 81, and lubricating oil
(only rs cents), and illuminating oil
(only 40 cents), and graphite "a modest
25 cents), lock and chain Isl. 80 was the
figure for tbese) and pump (,i2 50).
When it came to clothing, there was
pretty penny to pay, A handsome srit
cost $25 to make. 1t was SO Light in color
that mud would ruin it, 50 the clubman
before long bought a second one for PCS
sible rainy weather. This one was $40.
Kangaroo bicycle shoes cost 81, two
pairs of Scotch wooden stockings IS,
| two wooden shirts ST. and sweater So.
The young man wanted to go touring,
and So more went for road maps. A
leather luggage carrier, also for trips
out Of town, was SO. so. One of his tires
sprang leak at the valve and had to be
sent back to the factory, SO he bought al
extra one for $3.50 to use meanwhile
| He had one collision, and came off pretty
| luckily, the bill for repairs being only
&c. So 1t cost 81 to have two punctures
mended. A watch to be fastened to the
handle bar, with frame, was 81. His
first saddle Didn't suit, and second one
involved the expenditure of another S..
"Well, how do you like bicycling"
some one asked the young man who was
economizjng.
Its great. hope to have com
plete outfit of aindrios by next spring il
they don't invent too many new apph
ances in tho meantime. Expensive? Well
it isn't as cheap as it's cracked up to be-
but it's away bohind yachting-severa
thousand dollars behind. New Yorl
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