The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-08
February 2, 1890.

and is the best wheel III TINS
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 a 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, in
: both design, quality and finish,
that good machinery and ex-
perience can produce. While
we have made no effort to ad-
!, vertise the Tribune wheels
: through the medium of racing
l machines, and have refrained
S entirely from hiring men tc
: ride our bicycles in races or to
break records, the tribune racer
E has, nevertheless, earned a
wide reputation as an extremely
fast and easy running machine,
u and many riders in Honolulu
have chosen it as their mount
+ The Cycloidal sprocket has, we
4 believe, much to do with the
Il popularity of this wheel, as its
e 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
h cent field day of the loca
g athletic club. The Tribun,
lie won three times and came il
it second three times. The Col
st umbia won two races, while TIN
a. yellow Fellew" and Ramble
N were tie for third place. Thi
i. fact tells us again that Th'
re Tribune is the best. 1t is
re pleasure to sell this wheel; n
he buyer ever returns claiming
n that he was "buncoed;" on tn
contrary, purchasers are pleas
ed with the wheels and recon
r. mend the same to their friends
st They know that The Tribun
tie is a bicycle of the very hes
ID quality; they know that in poin
n Of workmanship it stands un
es equalled; they know that ever,
tie detail of their construction
as marks the extreme limit know
" in bicycle manufacture, an
y. the quality and finish of tn
C bearing parts are an educatio
lie to those who are unused to thi
to class of work. The Tribun
frames are joined entirely wit
f. steel forgings. In selecting
hs good bicycle, see that tn
rs frame joints are all steel forg
- ings mo castings.) That tn
5. hubs of both front and rea
wheels are each cut from on
y. piece, either of bar steel or
" steel forging. Assure yourse
' ie that the bearings are
- tool steel, and are drawn to
~ straw color; also, that the fork
n are made of tapered steel tut
~ ing and not of sheet metz
~ formed over, with the seal
ol brazed on one side. If tn
u, bicycle you purchase is built.
" the above manner, and tn
"a, IA work carefully and accuratel
DC done, you will get a good whee
y, whether it be Tribune {