The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-30


The position Of the saddle makes
great difference In the amount Of power
necessary 10 run tie machine. and this Is
a thing which few women seem 20 Woder-
stand. They generally have their saddles
80 far back that they push the pedals II om
them. thus making 10 very tiresome. an3
mere like work than pleasure. r. on the
ether hand. they would slide their saddles
forward, 50 as 10 enable them - pat
downward pressure on ne pedals, thcv
would find wheeling m1co easier. TO give
this downward pressure was the plan g
the manufacturers WIEN they pgs the
scorcher on the m4Tket. A boy with ex-
peFlence In ridins viii use less strHpgta
and exertion IN climbing hili than won.a
an inexperienced giant who did not pedAi
properly.
but the most experienced wheelv pnsa8
can never successfully compete with
man. even though M know how TO proIel
her machine IN tie way that y the is ast
tiresoraa 70 herself This can be account
cd for hy the almost universal nervousness
of the sex. whicn grctriy intefferes with
the propeliinK % ,Ao machine Many
fair cyclist viii be surprised 81 iearn tnat
she has been maintaining p~effure on
each pedal OF from fcrsy-seyen 70 hI.y-six
pounds during her ride"
Riding az the rate Of ten miles per hour
there Ia A pressure on each ptaAI on the
dawn stroke Of ISIS foot pounds A. t&a
miles pcr hour there Is a pressure OF ssss
foot pounas--an increase OF ls.o feet
mounds for an added speed OF @.5 miles per
hour. For IA speed OF twenty miles peT
hour. the required pressure - So foot
mounds At each somi-reNolution 81 tAe
pedals. foot pound as measured hy
rover r. Just one-thlrty thousandth q one
Theggh o. light and apparently fragile
canstructlan. the bicycle can carry more
in dead weight in proportion 20 Us size
and weight than the most SUBSTANTIAL
freight car The latter VII carry out
twice It's weight and travel at TIE rate o.
fhsrtx miles per hour. while the oseyc3e
- earrv tan times fts weight e. thc rate
80 sso piles an hour. Few riders stop 20
consider the possible carrying capacity 81
,basr machines. and fewer stan have any
idea ~ the actual power they are exerung
Ia wheeling.
tandem bicycle can now be made from
-, ,,ss3nary machines whenever the
riders SO desire.
~, ere need be 10 more WAIKIKI tohs-
wsarv miles carrying broken wheel nor
rses the wheslman or woman Mo meets
wfsh any % the Ordinary fnishAiS 90 s'e
.,sa Seshafr. Ner vii & ce necessary Tor
- se,.iaihlv inclined TO ride alone ~ feiure
80 49, ~ a tandem. An INVENTION has
-. 49,, ,arferta,i by means OF which Any
-, savaarstan % IRE Rad may attach
-. ,,fnrsanAta hrothers wheel 20 h5s
-, ana al the world may ride tandem L
RI chooses -. .....s ,.-Rt,s
- 81, IN a few minutes 20 make
...,s.,, from any TIVE bicycles. rexafilrsS
- ,ncfr make height or gear. &A3 % SIS
~. reduced 70 lts orfg ma CEN 80. t,
- 1880 e.,ual CELEBRITY. Tue weiE9t
-. ..s,,alfv distributed upon tRFee
Ss,. f,St.aA - ;wo. hlga rate 81
- vegff less output * sforf = eetai1.-
ssls n = a are BIZ clifne"F- oeSa .-se "
-. go perfectly independent ofisstS
zee apparatus whtcn SeSNiiii - -
- "a sss-pie IN the extreme e ioNsF
- .,.s,.1~ts Of fork with springs te
t-..,,Ss, IT, resr axle % tAe tront 1919
..G ~. s,st,rs bracket q tae Fel e.
-. -. front vice. cae. X @e@iFe@ -
-, removed frcEn TIE rear blcyS4e-
,sAz ,,r,rA~ cart q tse eesfsecEi''a ek'4s'nss
= -, ss,,,es. whlch telescope sn1 e,''lll .,
- .eassN nost q ire ffefss - - -
- go, - ne hzn3letsaT e ne rear na-
sns 49, 49,, laav's shee = used Il
.s,..is .Iwsys se placed IN front
-.s,ats.a stees nioyeie grtn = ne
=, .nrstanee patepte6 for the cosntost
e - .~fr.er. u - IN ITSELF very s.1npse
-..~svnnee. ard vet It's very sympathy >
-, r~0sssrnesax II 70 sAe majority q
risegS- -,nss ar~,w - -
.sssrs whos~ hard fste cez.pe3s t0saa q
eSta's - s,.rx city payrTaenss cr rouga
- .s..,-x rxNaas Vii especially ~eee''Ae
-. s,f.-,-9e grip Usasch = guarantees u
heN 80, ehtss Ct &anexallc~ss 5arr.ng
and oamp4zs. .. s--r.,
s5-s,n new grip Is F - =
~. ane row IN use. ana . maze trss' h'sA-