Evening star., 1897-02-08
NEW YORK.s CYCLE SHOW.

Every manufacturer Of Note Repre-
sented In the Exhibition.
The third national cycle exhibition given
under the management of the national
board Of trade of bicycle manufacturers
opened at the Grand Central Palace, New
York. Saturday night. Despite unpropi-
tious weather. the place was crowded. Every
manufacturer Of note. together with those
engaged in allied or kindred trades, is rep
resented at the exhibition. The various ex-
hibits are attractively shown. and each ex-
hibitor tried to outrival his neighbor in dis
pensing some minor trophy.
Conspicuous among the exhibits were the
medals and other trophies won by such
champions of the wheel as Zimmerman,
Bald and several others. Club trophies
also form prominent part in the exhibit.
A great deal Of interest attaches to the
annual meeting Of the national board,
which will be held in the concert hall of
the palace Wednesday morning. Officers
will be elected, including a successor to
President r. Lindsay Coleman, who has
declared his unwillingness to serve for an
other term. Before this date, and through
out the week during which the show will
be continued, there will be numerous meet
ings of the national board. and it is ex-
pected that some radical innovations will
be introduced, all of them having for their
chief aim the elevation of trade and the
welfare Of individual wheelmen.
All types and shapes Of cycles. from
Michaux velocipedes to the present product
of modern cycle construction. are exhibited.
Unicycles. bicycles, tricycles, triplets, quad
ruplets, quintets and sextets are there.
Diamond frame, triangular frame, circular
frame. drop frame and freak frame wheels
that are made of wood wheels made Of
Steel of aluminium. of bamboo and of glass;
tires made of rubber of leather. of steel,
single-tube. double-tube and ball tires; sad
dies anatomical. pneumatic saddles, cushion
saddles. saddles for the racing man, for the
invalid and adjustable saddles of all de-
scriptions.
There Is only one chainless wheel in the
show. and the threatened revolution that
the wheel without chain was to have
made seems yet very far away. The
chainless wheel shown Is a beauty and
was the center of an admiring and curious
group.
The bicycle Of 80 shows but little differ
ence in it's construction and appearance
from that of '96.
OF course there are freaks" or at least
that is what the rival manufacturers call
them, but the '47 wheel as made by all
the Leading manufacturers Is practically a
96 wheel. The only changes visible to the
uLmechanical eye are slight drop In the
crank hanger and a general use of flush
joints. OF course. in minor details changes
have been made IN all Of the well-known
makes. Some have the two-point bearings,
some the three-point and some the four
pCut. III some large DdllS are uSeQ, IN
others small balls. In some the cones pro-
ject. in others they recede One make
claims that large number of balls create
less friction, while another firm uses but
three halls in the bearings, and has many
arguments to put forth showing superiority
over the other methods.
The two big sextets were the features
of the show. These machines are now
farous the world over. Both of them have
raced railroad trains, 1t Is claimed, sue
cessfully. One has been credited with
beating engine 800. the fastest locomotive
In the world, in a mile race
The headlights burning kerosene are
smaller. stror ger. more simple in construc-
tion, and cheaper in price. Several cleo
trio lamps are shown, some of which, 1t is
claimed, will burn from fourteen to six
tesn hours without replenishment Of the
battery being necessary. They are made
with wet batteries and dry batteries.
One has an attachment by which the VOL
une of light can be controlled, the ex-
haustion of the battery being thus econo-
mZed.
SaCdles in hundreds of styles are shown
If a cyclist does not wish to use a bell on
his wheel, he may make his choice from
dozens of attachments. all of which give
forth different sounds when In action,
ranging in power from a locust rattle to
a whistle run by rollers. which are thrown
into motion by coming In contact with the
revolving tire. The latter has almost the
volrme OF a locomotive whistle.