The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-06-25
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Pete Daley and bis merry men and
Colonel Gc0rgc - Warning. IT,. COM
missioner of street cleaning iu NeR
Auk city made q bicycle tour through
the Tyrol last summer Colonel War
nag has written iOr The Century tWo
stories descriptive OF hls experiences.
In tue second one. bicycling Through
tlo D0lomites." Colonel Marlng says.
We found that the bicycle fever had
reached even 10 our landlord who was
/ experimenting with an ir0u-rImmea
wheel over which the aaldle was sup
ported by q pair OF eLpuc SPRING..
/ L-- tried %, and said it went very
well, though not so soft as the 'pncu.
/ lifted Il. and did not care to go fur
| Their. / told HIM % was too heavy. lie
said, "MawkniX, muss starkcr scin.
| CHATS nothing, you must be
stronger). Probably the extra weight
OF this wheel would not be considered
| In fixing the load that q Tyrolese peas
ant would carry over the hills from
the fields, and need not be regarded
as an obstruction 20 sport The wheels
here are all much heavier than ours,
I and much stronger They can be sent
/ ND hill by tho tougher thews that grow
( In this land, and for safety In going
/ down hill they have very effective
brakes. The best brake has two pieces
/ of rubber, and about two and a half
inches long and three-quaruers OF an
inch square, which are held Eat against
the two quarters Of the tire. Il holds
very firmly, and its friction does mol
come on the part that Is subject TO the
/ greatest wear. It Is used, not with a
/ steady pressure, but with successive
light squeeyes. When ono becomes ar
+ customed to It, It gives excellent con.
+ troll to any degree desired-even to
holding the machine stockgtill under
any load and on any grade. Even the
usual fiat brake has a rubber face
which holds better and lasts longer
than metal. My American brakes
were mot in It" on these hills, as COM
pared with those local wheels which I
rode.
% use Of the brake IS exacted by
law in all towns, and It is almost uni
versal on country roads; so is the fur
nishing of the wheel with a bell, but
the better riders in Innsbruck do not
use 1t in the city streets They say
they can make their way safely at a
moderate speed, If the people keep on
their way, while if they are disturbed
and made nervous by a bicycle bell,
they are liable to make some unex-
pected movement that may lead to a
collision. l remember a case of mu-
tual lodging at a street crossing in
New York, between myself and a lady
whom my bell had startled, which
came near being annoying. Perhaps
the custom in Paris of hanging a little
sleigh bell loosely from the handle bar
is safer It jingles all the time, some
what to the annoyance of the rider;
but it has a faint horse car suggestion
which keeps the public on the lookout
Nowhere in Europe did see the brutal
quadrupedal searching that is such
a nuisance and such danger with us
Another device l found to be in very
general use in Tyrol This is a snap
clip for holding the front wheel in
line with the machine so that it may
be stood against a tree or any other
support without falling, 1t is useful
in pushing up hill with the hand on
the saddle. The direction is changed
by lifting the hind wheel TO right OF
left The clip is set or released in g
b moment.
AS we left our lunching place We
found the young towheads of the farm
standing in mute and respectful won,
derment about our wheels. We gave
them a bit of q ride two at time
and left them enriched with the mem
DRY of a sensation they had never be
fore known, and will never repeat
and never will forget.