The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-02-07
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February 3, 1896.

merits alone. We took Il stand
some time ago and declared !
hat The Tribune wheel was
md is the best wheel in this
Or any other market. We
never advertise what we
haven't got-it is bad business
policy. Abraham Lincoln wise
ly remarked once: you can
fool all the people sometimes.
You can fool some of the peo-
pie all the time. But you
can't fool all the people all the
time" Any one who buys a
Tribune is not fooled. 1t is
the best and it is a good
scheme to always get the best;
cheaper in the end, Our
promises are backed up by all
Tribune riders. The Scientific
American, in recent number,
praises the wheel in an honest
manner. 1t says The Tribune
is the best and gives reasons
why it leads all others. We
have received a number of 1896
models, both for ladies and
gentlemen. They are improv-
ed in several parts and stand
without a rival for appearance
and worth. You have seen
our tandem wheel. The
boys say it is all right. The
Tribunes are high priced
wheels, and the dealer may
recommend to rider machines
on which he can make a larger
profit, but the purchaser of 4
Tribune may feel assured that
he has got the finest bicycle, IL
both design, quality and finish
that good machinery and eX-
perience can produce. While
we have made no effort to adj
vertise the Tribune wheels
through the medium of racing
machines. and have refraineC
entirely from hiring men t.
ride our bicycles in races or t.
break records, the tribune race,
has, nevertheless, earned ;
wide reputation as an extremely
fast and easy running machine
and many riders in Honolulu
have chosen it as their mount
The Cycloidal sprocket has,w'
believe, much to do with tn,
popularity of this wheel, as it
advantages in sprinting are be
yond all question, and racing
men who have given it tria
could not now be induced t,
ride without it. Ia support O
this, take for instance, the re
: cent field day Of the loca
athletic club. The Tribun
won three times and came i
second three times. The Col
umbia won two races, while tn
f yellow Fellew" and Ramble
were tie for third place. Thi
fact tells us again that TIL
Tribune is the best. 1t is
, pleasure to sell this wheel; n
r buyer ever returns claimin
that he was ''buncoed;' on tn
contrary, purchasers are pleas
, ed with the wheels and recon
! mend the same to their friends
They know that The Trlbun
is a bicycle of the very bes
quality; they know that in poin
of workmanship it stands I'll
i equalled; they know that ever
detail Of their constructio
marks the extreme limit know
+, in bicycle manufacture, an
= the quality and finish of tn
t bearing parts are an educatlo
to those who are unused to thi
class of:work. The Tribun
4, frames are joined entirely wit
: steel forgings. In selecting
e good bicycle, see that tn
d frame joints are all steel forg
ings mo castings.) That TIL
9 hubs of both front and rea
wheels are each cut from on
o piece, either of bar steel or
}, steel forging. Assure yourse
+ that the bearings are
# tool steel, and are drawn to
!. straw color; also, that the forl
e are made of tapered steel tul
: INC and not of sheet met
=, formed over, with the seal
brazed on one side. If I'll
il bicycle you purchase is built
> the above manner, and I'll
/. work carefully and accuratel
e done, you will get a good whee
whether it be a Tribune {
p not.