The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-20
4 WORD TO TIE WISE
Good Advice Which the BIZ
eyelist Will Do Well to
Follow.

q good horse is goorned every day and
I good wheel deserves the same treat
naent. ~ Hardware If cleaned after
every trip, 1t prolongs the life Of the
wheel, ard in the end saves time ana
temper. Some riders, after beng caught
in q storm, use a hose to remove the
mud This is a most injurious practice.
gnd moss who are wise Will ~diseontInue
rs rider The rider Of a dirty wheel IS
BNy a good laInp-Ihere are numbers Of
tnem-anQ enjoy riding your wheel at
night. You viii feel fully repaid for the
ssmaA extra expense. when ouE with a lass
fortunate. companion who IS constantly
alsadlntlng ana begging matches 10 light
f lady riders could be taught to cc-
casAonaAy Intricate the chain. there would
constant swapping y jerking Of the
chain would be Comparatively unknowns
Many bicycle riders complain about
Iaeir amps continually going out ard
ot2me It on the lamp when the fault, in
many eases, Is entirely their own, and
can be easily reme6ied. "A bicycle lamp,
like any other lamp, must be kept CLEAN,
the wick kent trimmed and the fight KIM
of oil used. When lighted. the fame should
NOT ne turned up too high III connection
with the foregoing. il might be well to
say, that before starting out see that
you lamp Is filled; do NOT wait until v5lt
- tx , ~
find to your disfnay there IS no Oh liz the
font, for Il IS very doubtful whether your
lamp viii hurn a dry wick. no matter
how expensive q lamp yen have.
Don't monkey with. buzz saw or.
IN other words. when you find anything
about your wheel out of order fix it i'm
mediately or take 1t to some repair shop.
If you can't do 1t yourself. Many a rider
has lost a days pleasure through some
neglect of this kind. Always examine the
nuts on your wheel before going i
otherwise you may find It necessary TO
walk home when you least expect it.
Dcnit be afraid 10 put a little Gil or the
bearing once In a while; the rnanufactur-
ers put oil holes there for that purpose.
not for
Bicycle riders. going for a ride Of any
length. would do well to place a piece Of
tire tape or something of the same ma
ture IN their tool bag or pocket. Al piece
Of tape can be purchased for five cents
and will save considerable time and dam
sge. besides, in most cases. giving the
rider the satisfaction Of making a safe
repair. even if it be only a temporary
enc. A creeping tire ear be checked by
fastening the tire to the rim IN four
places; 4 cut in the tirc which might il
a very short time prove disastrous can
be easily bound over and made safe for
a long ride.
Many cyclists don't give care and at
tei1tion to their wheels from the fact that
they ind 1t troublesome to get at the
different parts: they either. have TO lean
the wheel against something while they
are working at some defective part. or
held it With one hand while they do the
best they can with the other toward the
work they desire 10 accomplish. For all
u riders. it might be we'll to suggest
that they grasp h front and rear fork
or the sans side OF the wheel and turn
it ever on the saddle ana handle bars,
thereby giving them access to any part
of the machine and at the same time
allowing them the use of both hands.
This will be found a most convenient way
for cleaning the wheel.
Although il is necessary to Intricate
the chain with graphite, 1t may not be
of place 10 say that after cleaning
the chain with coal Oil, dry it wei. and
then drop machine oil over it, turning
the crank meanwhile, 50 as 10 work 1t
in on the bearings Of each link. after
which wipe off all superapous Oil and
apply une graphite. This will not only
make riding much easier bur viii pro
long the life Of the chain,