The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-04
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FcbrNaty 3, 1900.

re Slad. we are selling
wheels every day;-not on
,atch phrases, but on their
merits alone. We took stand
ome time ago and declared
hat The Tribune wheel was
md is the best wheel in this
II any other market. We
never advertise what we
haven't got-it is bad business
policy. Abraham Lincoln wise
" remarked once: "You can
fool all the people sometimes.
You can fool some of the peo-
pie all the time. But you
can't fool all the people all the
time" Any one who buys
Tribune is not fooled. 1t is
the best and it is a good
scheme to always get the best;
cheaper in the end. Our
are backed up by all
Tribune riders. The Scientific
American, in recent number,
praises the wheel in an honest
manner. 1t says The Tribune
is the best and gives reasons
why it leads all others. We
have received a number of 1896
models. both for ladies and
gentlemen. They are improv-
ed in several parts and stand
without a rival for appearance
and worth. You have seen
our tandem wheel. The
boys say it is all right. The
Tribunes are high priced
wheels, and the dealer may
recommend to rider machines
on which he can make a larger
profit, but the purchaser of a
Tribune may feel assured that
he has got the finest bicycle, III
both design, quality and finish
that good machinery and eX-
perience can produce. While
we have made no effort to adj
vertise the Tribune wheels
through the medium of racing
machines, and have refrained
entirely from hiring men tc
ride our bicycles in races or to
break records, the tribune racer
has, nevertheless, earned 8
wide reputation as an extremely
fast and easy running machine
and many riders in Honolulu
have chosen it as their mount
The Cycloidal sprocket has, we
believe, much to do with the
popularity of this wheel, as its
advantages in sprinting are be
yond all question, and racing
: men who have given it tria
could not now be induced t.
ride without it. In support o
this, take for instance, the re
cent field day of the locaI
athletic club. The Tribune
won three times and came il
second three times. The Col.
umbia won two races, while the
"Y elbow Fellew" and Rambler
were tie for third place. This
fact tells us again that The
Tribune is the best. 1t is {
pleasure to sell this wheel; NJ
buyer ever returns claiming
that he was "buncoed;" on the
contrary, purchasers are pleas
ed with the wheels and recon-
: mend the same to their friends
They know that The Tribune
is a bicycle of the very bes
quality; they know that in poin
of workmanship it stands un
E equalled; they know that every
detail of their construction
marks the extreme limit know
in bicycle manufacture, anc
the quality and finish Of thu
bearing parts are an education
to those who are unused to this
class of work. The Tribune
frames are joined entirely witt
steel forgings. In selecting
good bicycle, see that the
, frame joints are all steel forg
ings mo castings.) That thu
hubs of both front and real
wheels are each cut from on,
piece, either of bar steel or
) steel forging. Assure yoursel
that the bearings are o
tool steel, and are drawn to
,, straw color; also, that the fork
are made of tapered steel tub
, ing and not of sheet meta
formed over, with the sean
: brazed on one side. If tn
bicycle you purchase is built il
the above manner, and tn,
work carefully and accuratel,
done, you will get a good wheel
, whether it be a Tribune o
not.