The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

Cd . 40 gear on their o.. road machines, where
being adopted, but that dorends moro on In
dividuals than riders generally. or course. a
l9% irnme goes With a long crank ran and 5mnannT
leverage. Most manufacturer have adopted
lush Lush Joints: and that is q wonderful stride TO-
Flush ~jointsp" interrupted somebody in a
Yes. Instead of having luss on tho out
side OF the tubing where u Joins the franc,
they are on the inside. This makes Q ne@ter
nrpenranco, and after n thorough test II has
been found that this method of reenfor sing is
much stronger than, tho one used last year.
them. You've all, doubtless, had trouble witt,
spokcs breaking off when the wheel is out OF
true. Wei, we aren't, going to be bothered
with that any more. You remembe- that In
f she ,n8 o Wheel, ,E,. the spSEe 70 T sSs rim, ,nser TSe m new q
hub has studs in II, and the spokes are put In
direct from the hub TO the nipple. The studs
are hold In ny an extra sleeve on the inside In
the front and rear, and consequently the ten
sion is much more direst.
inch being the fayorlto size. Ball bearings
remain the same size as they we're last year.
but by a simple device they do not fGll on,
1t Ia safe. to saw that this little Improvement
alone will improve the morals Of the average
on lower STAYS. Lots Of riders have IN idea
that II is n fine thing to have tho crank HANGER
uOWn low. Inc tTuln OF Ine lnhtJcT II lnhJ "
ordinary road riding n wheel does not balance
80 easily II tho. crank hanger is low, 1t is an
adyant IS on tho race t ,rs s,d because Tb IT oilers s6ms
appears 70 run down Hi the wheel must run
to run up Hill, as it were. on the rear sprooket;
so really nothing is gained by an extremely
Again. women and many men not thor
oughly up on cycle cult kept saving last spring
that they didn't believe that single fork crowns
wheels sold BY enc Of the largest concerns In
this country with single fork crowns In pc.
have adopted the double on their '97 model be-
cause there was so much call for 1t last year,
mond and loon framcs. The former weighs
from. twenty-five Ia twenty-six pounds and
ras so later tor t iron il fnT ISRey frames so layer layer tI rns
be generally. used, and are light in.color, to
year for wooden handle bars. but this fad
seems to have. died ont. However. manufac-
tprer,s give option on this point: The 81 sad
side tell mo that the demand FOR padded sad
dies has been 80 great ! n thn5 an so thT Lead oS o Ins
kind or another for their regular, road ma.
chimes. Thu, craze for highly colored machines
Actually some concerns lost many customers
last season because they were too conservative
to SlvE 90 il Snet t 9nme pla asS 't ec%e IN I'm for { P'f ,so Gr
share OF criticism; The p%rettiest that nave
seen is Of solid silver IN n beautiful scroll DO
sign. This does not increase the price of the
wheel, Many persons going abroad have a
strip OF corrugated rubber put on the outside
of their regular hose pipe tire. which has been
s5-cenera,Iy adopted that no double tube tire
is even advertised. This corrugated strip pro-
tour over the hard roads of the Old World knows
last how Shey can p%uncturc a tire to the queens
taste. This strip of rubber possesses absolute
~ no non-slipuing qualities, as many suppose.
Well. l'se told you ali know about OF wheels"
And you know all there ia to be learned so
F-u - naa ,,n- ., ANyn.a pfr Nrhn Ind a Al n
vestlgated the subject.
Wash. it grand to hear her talk. /" said q
whcelwoman as they al mounted and started
of on the road for q spin. and no one disagreed
with her.