The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-26

| OF cement, parallel TO the New York Cen
| trails tracks, near Albany. The wheel
! geared to 1856 inches. If the men who ride
| IL can turn their pedals three times to a
= second, as is hoped, the train record for
! mile viii be beaten, two and two-hfths
/ seconds. The riders themselves have not
! been selected as yet, but will be picked
/ from the best in the country. The
| machine is built on the cantalever princi-
pie, and il is claimed the weight of its
/ six riders viii not defect the frame in the
| gearing UP, 50 that at each revolution of
/ the pedals the bicycle moves ahead forty
| two feet. The entire seXtette weighs 1874
/ pounds
A variable speed, chainless wheel is the
| latest invention in the bicycle line seen
| in England. The machine is described
/ as having five rates of speed, which are
| adjusted by pneumatic tubes. Mr.. Hiram
| Maxim of gun fame is said to be inter
! ested in the invention.
A New York man has at length perfect
| ed an electric bicycle. 1t is light and
/ speedy and gives every promise of per-
! feet success Ever since electricity came
into common use as a motive power in
senlus inventors Of tne most lhNentlVe
country of the world have been trying 10
find battery and a motor light enough,
strong enough and sufficiently durable Tor
this purpose. With bicycling more firmly
established than ever as a popular sport
and a means of recreation, the ADVENT OF
! the electric bicycle will be awaited with
make bicycling perfectly enjoyable, un-
less one excerpts an invention which will
enable the novice to learn without fall
ing of. Taking a wheel weighing twen-
ty-seven pounds, Mr.. James O'Brien, in
ventor of the electric bicycle, has added
battery motor and switchboard, which
together bring the weight up to sixty
pounds. The battery, which is known as
the dry chloride, is the main part of Mr.
| O,Brien's invention. Its weight is about
fifteen pounds, which is considerably less
ments. With this battery a force can
be maintained which will carry the bicy-
Gle over rough country roads, up hill and
down hill, for a period of forty-eight
hours The speed of the electric bicy-
Gle Is practically unlimited. 1t has been
tested up to nearly fifty miles an hour
faster than which no one has vet dared
to try ii. From the Illustration it will
be seen that the electric attachments oc-
cupy comparatively little space They can
be easily detached, and the machine can
be used in the ordinary way. Should the
battery or any part fail, il is not neces.
sary TO remove these parts. If at any
time the rider wishes to use the pedals
instead of the electric power a small
switch will cut off the current The
below the bar, but the inventors latest
Improvement places it under the handle
SO that IT can be reached without trou-
bic by the rider. A woven silk ban0
is used to connect the motor with the
hub of the rear wheel. A feature Of the
machine is the electric head lamp, the
a
radious of thirty feet. The inventor Is
an electrical engineer of experiences He
has patented machines for preventing col
lisions at sea, automatic ice boxes scin.
ullating signs and Observation-Disclosures ma
chimes He considers the battery when
operates the electric bicycle his greatest
achievement.
A nut device designed to increase the
speed OF the regular safety bicycle has
been introduced. The machine is rugged
with double chain and gear. so adjust
ca that one turn OF the pedals produces
two revolutions of the wheels. and, while
the common model covers eighteen feet
Of ground at stroke of the wheelman
it is claimed that the double gear will
cover thirty-siX feet 1t is believed a
mile minute is within the capacity of
a double geared wheel, provided the rider
can stand the clip without losing his
breath.
A patent for a bicycle saddle with
rest for the back of the rider was issued
last week. 1t operates automatically and
collapses when the rider alights, SO that
he IS in no way hampered by ii. From
| a hygienic standpoint this back rest is
regarded as great improvement upon
saddles.
Another Of the many inventions for sun
porting rider in the saddle consists Of
an adjustable belt to surround the wheel
mans waist, straps connected to the belt
and adapted TO be connected to the ends
of the handle bar and an adjustable strap
connecting the. rear under side of the
belt and the bicycle seat.
This device gives rest to the riders
| back and permits him to ride with hands
off the handle bar when he so desires.
Bicycling has many advantages, and a
new one due to the pneumatic tire has
| just come to light. The rider is complete
! ly insulated from the earth and conse-
! quently is imperVious TO the attacks of
! the electric fluid. Wheelmen can ride
| through the heaviest thunders form with
| out fear of being struck by lightning
The difference between bicyclist and
| a small boy is that one rides steel and
| the other steals rides.
writer on bicycling says: Those who
| do not ride a wheel have no conception of
| what they miss by not doing SO. The
! pleasures of wheeling comes to new
| rider as a revelation; a revelation as com
plete as 1t is delightful. one can only ar
I rive az proper wheeling state by grad
/ ual steps. First, he displays great ami
1 mostly against the wheel and those who
1 ride. 1t makes him angry 10 see the ST
! lent steed being propelled with so little
! apparent energy, and il occupies so liz
| tie space on the highway, compared with a
| carriage, that ne wishes II occupied less
| Then he SCOTS: 1t is very well for Won
| but not for me l prefer walking to rid
| ing, anyway" Then: These wheels are
| everywhere" Then he is persuaded some
| how to try one, and after a brief strug-
/ gle, feels. for the FIRST time. motion with
/ out effort lie has pleasure literally on
| tap. freedom nom care quickened pulse
I growing love of exercise. His muscles
/ harden his step Is more springy and
/ presioi he is new man. That is what ID
] does for man. IL is nearly the same
| with a woman. In the house most OF fbe
! day, with but few perfunctory calls and
! visits. and walks for exercise, and without
/ a knowledge Of the greater part Of ~
| surrounding city or country she lives IN
she b. Wei and healthy but not healthil,
wen. She learns 20 ride, and am is chang
| ga. She scarcely knew what freedom vs.
! before. freedom Ike this. She has com
quefnd her Wobbly wheel and She b. com
Il HH I.H H h.. ..aH.
/ Ier muscles, hitherto scarcely used. and
all pndeNflopeu are strengthened and
/ hardened. She learns 10 steel herself rs
overcome moderate dlficulfles ana 80
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