The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-17
BE EXTENSIVELY USED.

New York. Jan. lion the 9th OF
next month the annual cycle show viii
take place in the big Grand Central
Palace, and as the entry books have
been open since September 10 last, it
is possible, at this date, to give a fair
idea of the novelties of the 81 wheel,
and there win be novelties by the score
for more has been done within the past
L months in the way Of creating new
wrinkles than in any similar period in
the history of the bike.
This means that the really modern
80 wheel. with all the newest perfec-
tions, Will be an expensive article.
The SO machine VIII be a back number
in comparison and should be very
cheap in consequence. The big man
ufactorieS are legitimately entitled 10
keep Up the prices. as the new depar-
lures make necessary expensive addi-
tons and alterations in their mechan-
ical plants, and bicycle machinery is
costly Much Of the machinery used
in the manufacture of the SO bike
will be useless, for the tiniest change
in the construction of the various
parts demands 4 new machine.
Lightness s not a factor in the new
bike The minimum weight was really
reached ~ the 1895 wheel, and TO go
below that would be to jeooardize
the safety factor. Greater speei,
comfort in the saddle. improved handle
bars and above all, increased rigid
ity, are the targets AIMED at in the
new wheel.
Many riders have complained in the
past that the perfect saddle had never
been invented, but the 81 cyclist should
have no difficulty in obtaining the pc
lind he for
how odd his anatomical construction
NAV be IF d rider desires q convex
or concaVe seat. he can get il for the
asking. along with fiat rolls .cylin-
drical cushions or a seat that slides
Rawhide. rattan, rubber leather.
lacing, aluminium, wood, celluloid and
steel and eVn woven Wire enter into
the. composition of the up-to-date sad
die Dura bility and comfort, if not
the lightness of racing machine seats,
are attained IN every pattern
There are saddles so adjusted as to
sway with the motion Of the BODY
when Dedalins, and others again that
rise and fall with the heave Of the
cob.1les. With one of these new ar
rangements the biker can ride nat
urally and gracefully.
The paddle seat dWill be extensively
used. regardless of the problem of
weight which has heretofore been the
weight to a minimum the saddle was
compelled to get down to a weight the
same as other parts, until the wheel
man found himself sprinting along
on a couple of leather waters. Now
weight Is a secondary consideration,
with the average cyclist, who prefers
The maximum Of comfort TO whizzing
flight.
Broader and shorter seats viii be
placed upon the market, equipped with
Springs, pads and compressed air. In
some OF these seats pure wool felt is
used for upholstering purposes, and
others are stuffed with hair. Another
design which is expected to become the
rage has a filling OF spiral springs and
c,1rled hair. the object of the springs
being to prevent the hair from packing
solid.
Still another Improvement IS the
skeleton saddle, having a laced seat eff
rattan or rawhide, which IS said to give
extreme comfort. The lacing is soft
ened with a layer OF thick felt under
Tho eather covering. In the pneumatic
line the newest thing is a bifurcated
air cushion fitted with valve which
allows the air ID shift from one COM
r,s rt1nent to the other with the alter
mating pressure of the body
Another novel design is the seat
shaped like the wings of a butterfly
that moves and sWays with every mo- /
tion of the rider, and yet another is
slIpplied with a pair of spiral wings /
al hte back Others are provided i
with SIDE clamps, which obviate the /
necessity OF raising the seat post when /
a change is desired.
Numerous changes have been made /
in the internal mechanism, all tending /
to improve the running qualities, pro-
mote ease of adjustment and strength
en- the parts where one piece of tubing
joins another.