The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03

GOOD asphalt TO the Eastern Pnrkway. w,
reach the main entrance Of Prospect Park ant
gate or the commencement Of the Ocean Park
way. The right, hand path, as every on,
mile and a quarter down we can turn to tho
right md pass q large church. This Is tho road
TO Bath Beach, Bcnsonhnrst, or bay itidEI
makes a great spin. We follow this %straiglt
into. the shore road at Bath and turn 70 the
Ridge. or 10 the left past the hotels and resi-.
dcnccs OF this resort for Pensonhnrst. Timer
a r",N .d Il pT tSa Sdst Sdps Tet Il Nav n York or ,re ao U Sn
through Unionville, crossing tho meadow, ana
landing directly In reor of the big elepnant on
old Coney, quito near the Bowery and SURF
THE inter street Is reod granite block pave
we can reach home by why OF the Ocean iarN,
way. which stops at the Concourse, about
three quarters OF n mile from The Big Elepnbo orI.
way. The roads, are. fine and the distance,
covered on the trip will be about thirty miles;",
Any, places TO get things tn eat and drink
Incurred a stout woman. who is riding to re-
Plenty OF them was the reply.
Then let's settle this matter, at once. and
decide on that rum" suggested the heavy.
weight, and. body agreed that It would
To too jolly for anything.
Talk about queer SIGHTS on the Bowery."
said a wheclman 20 a dozen others who were
talking about wheels and wheeling, why,
they don't go any more. Tho Boulevard is tho
place to sec queer sights now. and visitors 10
the city are finding IL out. too. Go up any
fair Sunday II you want great sport. To begin
with, the crowds that line the sidewalks are
a show In themselves. to say nothing Of the
cyclists. They are on the alert for everything
novel and anything Rrotesque on wheels, and
they hail It with Paderewskian applause. Last
Sunday every man who passed with q baby or
smnll child In front of him on II wheel came
in for a round OF wild whoops, and some one
was sure to call out, He's from Brooklyn
Tandcms arc quito numerous now. but each
one that passed was cheered lo:dly. A man
taking his parrot ont for a spln brought down
the house, so to speak. The bird sat on the
handle bars complacently and screamed back.
'Wot t'ell?'
FINALLY a man and n woman passed with
their wheels Joined together by a cycle coupler.
Everybody went into ecstasies, and no wonder.
That coupler is a great thing. The two wheels
are connected at the back and front by a de-
vice that is strong and graceful. | should
think 10 would be n boon to women who are
not strong enough or are too timid to ride
alone. Then It's n great promoter of socia-
bilitv, and / can't imagine anything pleas
anter than a young man and his best girl going
through the Park on their wheels connected
In this way. The coupler only costs 500 and
can he put on and taken Off with no trouble"
II can imagine something lots plcasanter
than that" put in a well-fed man who looked
as IL he never had a sentimental thought.
Wheels coupled together in that way are
dangerous. | had one and thought that
and-well, never mind who-would have such
fine times together. Bpt, by George. the trs5
together We got in n tight place and found IL
impossible to turn. That was one time when
a truckman did two cyclists. a good turn.
III it hadn't bee. for the forethought of that
man we would certainly have been crushed to
II is a fine thing for country riding, but never
was intended for city .nse. ltu. | ran upon
the finest communion bike a we.k ago that las
wheel is that you can take a tandem ride on it
In the morning and use it rs n single wheel in
men. or one woman and one man, and ole of
them may weigh n ton and the other not tip the
feet balance not Ne affected. \ boy and a man
can ride IL, or a woman and a child. 1t WEIGHS
easy to mount and dismount."
How many wheels has IT, asked a man
whose engagement has inst been announced.
l tell you that It was a combination tandem
and single wheel? Did, you ever see either
these duplex machines with three wheels. a
loop frame Is built out from the steering post
on, each eide. and the two saddles are side by
OF these strong. minded women on it who
wants to do tho steering your will prevails.
no more harm comes Of your pulling against
each other than comes OF the memherso of a wo-
mans club pulling agn'nst mankind Eener;
places. If ono person wishes to riic. one
saddle and one set of handle bars are removed.
the, others are laced in the centre sockets
II must have one Of 'rm," said, the ne WY
engaged man with n PARKWAY look.
An ordinary tanlcm is good enough for
me- announced n onc-year Benedict.
GIVE me a single wheel every time" feel
fnply rprnnrERl 81 prlv-lnirnI pnflnGilSt whn
has just celebrated his silver wedding.
"Such n week as the one Just gone has never
been known In the history OF tho trade" said
tho manager of n big concern. I'VE are barely
able 10 keen up with tho demand for single
wheels and are already behind on our orders for
tandems, and other dealers say the same thing.
The manufacturers We're partially prepared for
the boom in single wheels. but they never
dreamed that tandem riding would become
such II craze. We even sold forty second hand
machines NJ one clip last night. Who bought
them? Why. n secondhand dealer, OF course.
These men who sell second. hand machines are
getting rich and the city l. simply overrun
with them. They are TO be foand every few
blocks up town and down town, to say nothing
OF those on the far east ard west sides. They
have more tricks In their trade than a band OF
Spiritualists. For instance, they buy the
worst ln0kinE old machines you ever saw.
Inint them up: and sell them anywhere from
$780, 80 ~ 70 Si5. A man or woman who buys
one RISKS hts life in riding It,. Only the other
dav n man paid 500 for ono of these machines
and now he's looking and laying for the man
who sold u to him. The metal rim was painted
to represent wood, and as he didn't know much
about wheels he thought he h al u regular bird,
TO use his words. Well. the first time he
mounted the bird it completely collapsed five
miles from u railway station. When he went
To look for the man who sold him the bike he
was gone. II Is needless to say that this
experience made "A convert TO high-grade wheels
and not second hand ones at that. Each week
the dealers think that the trade hes reached
the ton notch, but tho next reveals lRr.er sales.
Now we take the gOods the gods provide and
make 10 speculatinns about tomorrow. Bust
moss COulln't be much hctter.n