The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23

riding in this way he will seem TO be
sitting sideways upon his left handle
bar.
In making these trick mounts always
remember the balance. If you mount
from the side be sure to throw your
weight on the other arm or the ma
chine will tip toward you. The balance
principle Is the same as that upon
which a lady dismounts from her
wheel. She stiffens her left leg and
bears all her weight upon it, but her
body is thrown forward and rests upon
her right arm In this way she is per-
fectly balanced until she steps out of
the frame. ,vsa
The hardest looking trick, yet the
easiest for one that seems so absolute
ly impossible, is the Cupid trick. This
consists of standing still upon the BIZ
cycle with right leg outstretched as
though flying. You are standing upon
the left pedal, with your left hand
holding the handle-bar. 1t is a beau
tiful trick if well executed.
For this you ride along easily, grad
ually slackening your pace. When
almost standing still you turn the
front wheel slightly and bring the
wheel to as near a stockstill as you
can. Now, suddenly, you lift zip the
right leg and throw it out into the
air. Be careful e tor bear plenty of
weight On your right hand as you dc.
this. With your left hand you now
catch hold of the tire Of the front
wheel. Lift the hand carefully off the
handle-bars and reach down. 1t is
only few inches to the tire. Catch
the tire. Lean on it. Hold the wheel
STILL Maintain your balance by the
right hand and left foot and YOU will
find you can stand this way for a lonS.
time, long enough to allow the audi.
ence to applaud itself tired.
A handsome trick and a hard one,
unless you naturally balance easily.
is riding upon one pedal and on the
rear step. On every diamond frame
there is a back step for mounting.
Place the right foot upon this step
and the left foot upon the pedal in
front Of the step. Now ride. You
keep your balance by throwing the
weight on the handle-bars, wherever
required. If you ride on the left side
OF the machine your weight must be
thrown on your right arm. Never
forget that this appreciation of weight
is the secret of balance The minute
you step upon one pedal you must
throw yourself upon the arm furthest
from that pedal. Stepping on the left
pedal is the easiest way if you throw
your weight on your right arm. Anv
woman will show you n0v to do it.
Tor this is the way she gets off her
wheel. 1t Is her easiest motion after
she has learned it, thought it was a
long, weary experience learning.
For the trick of pedaling through
the frame you must have an assistant
at hand when you practice or Won will
get the worst fall you ever had. Once
learned and you can laugh at diem
mas ~
Place the left foot on the left pedal
and you send thet machine forward
with spring. Have the pedal high
when you mount and get hold of both
sides of the handIe-bars. AS soon as
you are going fling your right foot
through the frame and rest it upon the
other pedal. You are now riding
through the frame. The machine will
tip little towards the left, but YOU
can balance. Riding this way is hard
and looks hard, but after you have
learned the preceding tricks this will
not be such stumper as you may
think.
For all these tricks you need a heavy
wheel, Atsleast twepty-six pounds. and
as much heavier as you can get Re-
member that tits not speed you want.
put balance and strength. A certain
well-known trickster did his famous
around the-countrysfricks upon a wheel
1iWeighing thirty-tw9 pounds. WitIr- d
light wheel You wrench the machine
IN these turnings and atwistingsy The
stronger the framesthe better A light
machine breaks ard runs away from
you at the critical minute. You need
to be quick as lightning to do tricks
with "a light wheel j so
The only trick a. woman can do in
skirts is the one of standing still. She
must learn to ride standing upon her
pedals. Her weight is mostly upon her
hands. She slows up, turns the front
wheel to the left and tries to stop,
balancing carefully and slowly Grad
ually the machine will comektos a. stand
still. AS soon as it pauseS she holds
the machine still and awaits applause.
<. After man has learned all these
tricks he must get off his machine IN a
way BETTING his skill This he can
do only by dismounting from the back.
And this is a trick that he will need
to practice many days to get.
He rides along at full speed. Quickly
he gives the handle-bars a strong lift
and the front wheel comes up off the
ground. Two, three and four times he
lifts the front wheel with a jerk. Then.
suddenly with mighty haul, he lifts
the front wheel entirely off the ground
and holds it high before him. The
machine is going rapidly all the time.
Holding the front wheel high in the air
the rider slips off the back of the sad
die. His horse" careers for minute,
then settles back to be two-wheeled
animal again. The rider has dismount-
ed with the prettiest trick of all.