The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-01
TRIBUNE TANDEM.
First Bicycle Built for Two
Introduced Into the Islands.
JANUARY 20, 1906.

This is bicycle week with
us, and as usual we are to
the front with the latest in
wheels. The Australia
brought us a consignment Of
10 Tribune bicycles with the
latest Improvements. Among
them was a tandem. the
first bicycle of the kind
brought to the islands. 1t
was ridden about town yes
terday and created a great
deal of attention and favor
able comment. AS a result
our store was crowded dur
ing the day with persons
interested in cycling. We
received four wheels for
ladies, and these cannot be
excelled in workmanship and
finish.
The Scientific American of
January 4th contains a page
write-up of the Black Bicy-
Gle Manufacturing Company
and their product--Tribune|
wheels. This paper does
not give advertising puffs,
but describes manufactures
on their merits. * IS. *
The factory and works of
the Black Manufacturing
Company, of Erie, Pa, was
selected by the paper as "a
representative company
which produce the highest |
gradeo wheel and which put |
it on the market purely on
its own merits without thel
adventurous advertisement |
of paid riders.
"The wheel made by this company, the |
Tribune bicycle, embodes the best posi- |
bic practice and is correSpondingly free |
from structural variations of improved |
merit. The tuLings, whose walls are of |
20 gage thickness, is of American make, |
the company having found that English |
tubing could not be obtained of sufficiently |
even quality. At the functions of the
tubes forged connections are employed"
The standard finish of the machine is |
1ir Iofo he
amel is put on in four coats, two of India |
rubber enamel and two polishing coats, |
the frame being rubbed down with rotten
stone between the applications. This |
gives the finish equal to that of piano |
body. All nickel plated parts are first |
copper plated. This prevents water or |
moisture getting Under the nickel and !
rusting the steel and thereby causing a |
of the coating.
1.-The aim of the constructor of this |
typical American wheel has been to secure |
article. It's criterion is its quail |
ity pure and simple. There are, however,
some novelties introduced that are especi |
ally worthy of Illustration. One of these |
affects the crank and crank shaft mechan- !
ism, the crank being secured to the shaft in |
a new way. V-Shaped teeth are formed upon |
the crank shaft and upon the aperture in |
the pedal arm. his aperture in the |
pedal arm is split and provided with !
screw. To attach the crank |
arm to the shaft, it is thrust over the end |
of the shaft and the Tightening screw is |
turned up, when it is secured as rigidIy as
if all were one piece of metal.
1.-The handle bar is made adjustable by |
an arrangement of equal simplicity and |
By reversing the handle bars
they can be used in up-turned or down |
turned position.
'The sprocket wheels are cut to the |
cycloidal or theoretically correct curve,
which avoids all friction of the chain !
against the teeth. This has long been the |
speciality of the Black Manufacturing |
Company.
eve also illustrate the system of truing
up the wheel. Each wheel is mounted on |
a gaging frame, and the workman, by |
setting up and loosening the nipples, |
brings the rim into an absolutely perfect |
plane. The steering arrangements of the |
tandem machine deserves attention !
SprOckets are carried by the front and rear
steering posts, and these sprockets are
by chains and rods so as to in |
sure unity of steering action between the |
front and rear handle bars"