New-York tribune., 1898-10-30
IN THE CLCLING WORLD.
PRICES OF CHAIN AND CHAINLEss
WHEELS

PRICES OF CHAIN AND CHA1NLEss
WHEELS.
uHE PREDICTION MADE THAT THE CHAINLEss
WILL. RETAIL. GENERALLY AT s7' AND THAT
TIE CHAIN WHEEL WILL SELL AT FROM
SIS to scs-ALI. READY FOR THE Bl-
CYCLE PARADE-NoTEs AND COM
MENTs FROM EVERYWHERE.
Tho makers are slowly announcing their prices
for next year, and outside of the chainless the
rr,cos will not vary much from those in vogue
this year 1t is now pretty generally admitted
that the price of the Chainless pattern VIII ne
S75 Many OF the prominent dealers affirm that
the only thing which retarded the sale OF the
chainless wheel this year was the price Si-''
and the fact that many ~iders wanted TO see first
how his neighbor's chainless worked before ne
purchased one The price of chain wheels Will
run all the way from so to $40. The road
wheels as a general thing will list at about So"'
while road and track racing wheels Will sell at
from $50 to SO Some of the makers Will place
,b,r,v-inch wheels on the market. and as a
General thing the dealers will charge from ~ TO
S10 more for this sort of machine. a prominent
dealer in speaking OF the situation yesteioa?
said Every indication points TO az 'erea' @ oua
ness for the makers and dealers next season
There Is bound to be healthy demand Ior VI
cycles and at the prices IT VIII be poor 1a man
indeed who cannot afford 10 own piV!cie.
Four or five years ago the output or plcycies !"
this country could be placed about in ths way
one hundred thousand high-grade Whees' t IhosV
that listed at 500 and over. TO tWenty,iNe 'nou n
sand cheaper grade wheels. More Wheels nav nav
beon made each year OF course. but last year
the proportion about three 10 one III ,aNoa o
Of the cheaper wheels. 1t is all mistake ~
mink that the makers will put himsy anu
he
This wear were not big as they were III io'o. i
Reputable firms cannot afford TO placs i1I'ii'; ,
Goods upon the market. The Weedlls-out
Trocess has gone on steadily and expect TO see
about ell Of the large makers who are nTW IsCo IN
the business remain in 1t eXpeC' 10 see i''' "
record breaker in a bicycle way
All the preliminary arrangements have been
,,erfec,ed FOR the Jubilee bicycle parade when
MIL take rlace in this city tomorrow night
The final meeting OF the committee In charge OF
tho narade was held on Friday night ana the
renorts received from the different commlt'ee-
men we're fattering in the extreme me paiaue
viii start from Washington Arch at SOU p H.
and twill follow Fifth ave. to One-hunureu- anu
twentv-second-st.. where the cycls's Will us
hand Some dissatisfaction was expresseu d. d
recent meeting because Isaac Is. IU,.ea; gsea;,,,en
president ~ the League OF American -" he',..ti
Informed the committee that owlrG 10 PoH',va' r,
duties he would be unable 10 he preseIn,,, -ni. "
however.
rim and pointedr TO the fact thal Ills IsIG IsTUIu
sboved :hat he would be present al any CycHns
demonstration il his business duties ~ou'u - -
init him to do so. The automoDhe ulsP,aS phaoTs
tnas ~ he interesting The couriers and neaGs
90 the different divisions have been apPolnte.u ~.
ond with good weather the parade promises u
move along smoothly
The uncertain weather at this time OF the
vsar ts one reason why many OF the orgahizeu
ubeelmen have abandoned their resu'ar ',u'
,une Still with fine weather to-day me popua
1rbeeune routes will be alive with the riuel' VI
@ba wheel Some OF the more important runs
arranged for the day are as follo"s' An'"'
Uheeluen 70 Bayonne. Brooklyn ha'hoe''
I1icksviue Centaur Cycle CUB arouio r,io
cItv century Wheelmen 10 PIalnhe,u, e.,
G,y, G,, C,ioiers 70 Ridgewood. Greater New-fork
ybae,nlen 10 Whitestone, Lanigrc W '. neeinv,'
N Plainfeld Logan Wheelmen 10 MoIrIs'o"Tf - ~
Macon Wheelmen 70 Hempsteah Ma I,,aoi,,en
IWhonIr,en 70 Coney Island, Pioneer W heeiieii
w Rsjdwin's. St George Bicycle Ciup 10 = IAN
field.
r,o Canadian Bicycle Makers Association mas
,,resanted TO the Canadian Arbitration Comm's-
.,o,ers a petition demanding that the uu'S "
American bicycles be increased from =" pei ''''.
N 40 per cent in order 70 make me ou'! ep""l
- that charged Canadian macnlnes inpu,;o l.,;ou
hv this country. 1t was set FORM IN ,ne arstc
,bot mos. ~ the material used IN the conS' -,
60, -, Canadian bicycles is bought in the Cnlteo
states ana this material in the opinion OF InS
Canadian Bicycle Makers AssociauDh , cmo6a
continue 10 be received free OF dulE III Od"au"'
The association opposes reciprocity
There are any number OF ways OF enjoying
,vcIine tour Some men go away with the hAeu
determination to have lazy time ana they 90
They don't care whether they ride ten ihi'eS
p dav or a hundred. and they stop Just wheh eh
thev like and 60 again when they are 'treu Tr!
~ loedng They make out no hard-ahu-idSt
schedule but wheel just wheresoever ,hen
sweet fancy dictateth The tour IS 'he ieanIa n1od
,ton ~ endowment The quiet and unhurrled
,i,a builds up anew the nervous system ana
when he returns home the loiterer IS relresheo !
and invigorated. and eager to renew the great
struggle for existence
More bicycles have been sold in Chicago In 1888
Yhan were sold in 1897. The sales OF machines
FOR women indicate that their use is steadily IN
creasing Tandem sales have been rev. largeE
on account OF the high prices asked LOT soo1
machines OF this description Agents are VI
.ha oninion that a first class tandem ought 10
he sold 10 the public for SO Repair men ana
assemblers have cut considerably lrto the ueaI-
ers' GALES Of tandems and are pu,dde te sVs1;0 SEQ
neat and up-to-date machines listing from 80,
10 SIS It has been difficult 10 sell hieh-p'ioeu
single machines.
M. corr,a, authorities have Just issued re-
,rrns for the imports and exports OF cycles and
nar,s during the first half Of the current year
During that period the imports reacheo 'o'ai
OF 5sS tons. as against 313 tons during the M List
half OF 1897. Although the imports nav" mus
increased. there has been more than CORE
spending increase in the exports tor du6ng
Tie siv months ending June last the exports
nooha1 a total of 1924 tons as compared with
400 tons in the first six months Of 1871
The official standard sizes OF wood rims adopt
"a nv the Nat,occl Wood Rim Association is as
follows:
size of wheel Rim dies,-ter. Circumference-