The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-05
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February :, 1890.

,atch phrases, but on their
merits alone. We took stand
some time ago and declared
hat The Tribune wheel was
md is the best wheel in this
Or any other market. We
never advertise what we
haven't got-it is bad business
policy. Abraham Lincoln wise
ly 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 a
Tribune is not fooled. 1t is
the best and it is a good
scheme to always get the best;
cheaper in the end. Our
promises are backed up by all
Tribune riders. The Scientific
American, in a 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 {
Tribune may feel assured that
he has got the finest bicycle, il
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 refraineC
entirely from hiring men t.
ride our bicycles in races or t.
break records, the tribune race
has, nevertheless, earned
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fast and easy running machine
and many riders in Honolulu
have chosen it as their mount
The Cycloidal sprocket has, W.
believe, much to do with tn,
popularity of this wheel, as it
advantages in sprinting are be
yond all question, and racing
men who have given it a tria
could not now be induced t,
ride without it. In support o
this, take for instance, the re
cent field day of the loca
Iathletic club. The Tribun,
won three times and came il
second three times. The Col
umbia won two races, while tn,
"Y elbow Fellew" and Ramble
were tie for third place. Thi
fact tells us again that TIL,
Tribune is the best. 1t is
pleasure to sell this wheel; II,
buyer ever returns claiming
that he was ''buncoed;" on tn,
contrary, purchasers are pleas
led 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
equalled; they know that every
detail of their construction
marks the extreme limit know
in bicycle manufacture, ano
the quality and finish of tn
bearing parts are an education
to those who are unused to thi
class of work. The Tribun,
frames are joined entirely will
steel forgings. In selecting
good bicycle, see that the
frame joints are all steel forg
ings mo castings.) That tn
hubs of both front and rea,
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 accurately
done, you will get a good wheel
whether it be a Tribune o
not.