The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-23
SCENES AT CYCLE SHOW.
THE GARDEN FILLED WITH VISITORS
AFTERNOON AND Ev LNING.

Souvenir Hunters Get Well Jammed-What
tho Coaster Brakes Look Like and the
Part That They Play In the Exhibition
Tho Freak Wheel OF the COLLECTION
There was an invasion upon the bicycle
hamlet AZ Madison Square Garden last night
that was characteristic 81 such shows. Hun
dreds chose to sit 10 the galleries and enjoy
the spectacle. Tho lesson was that those who
want to honestly study the wheels and new
features should 90 In the morning or atter-
noon, The souvenir hunters were out In force.
| The choicest things were hard to get. but tho
men and women seemed to be inspired by the
| actions OF the boys and girls and followed
them pell nell at any place where there was a
button. stick pin. pink. glove buttoner or other
bauble to be obtained. The only souvenirs
really worth the while that are distributed in
discriminately are the cards on which to write
| your name and hand 1t back for a chance 10 win
a wheel or a coaster brake. keeping for REFER
ence a numbered coupon. Ono young woman
had an experience In this game that Is likely
| TO be memorable. She was heard to say TO her
companion, an elderly woman:
We'll, the more tickets you get into that bar
rel, the moro chance you have OF Winning 1
am Just going TO stay here and take turns until
I get In six anyway"
She was swallowed up then in the human
maelstrom. A few minutes later. before she
had got In her six tickets, one at a time. she
was out in the aisle with o hat all ewry and
torn skirt. She was Win ps y
Apart from the changes In the construction
OF the machines, o. which the more q visitSs
: :sss' n ,Ss H Iess:I b ,d 5pf fso tS sii fT Sn stSsbt1sss'il ,S &c
sns S sStSisio S.s and these Ssoi: ssdaiiins devices
seem to have pretty w S.-S erG ~ Soa a eI new W. one S,ae Of
snv other style, and not more than Ave con-
Germs sre showing the, old style OF FlunRer
much worth studying BY riders In the back
provement 10 them since the frst one appe9red
Of ths best.tnown on the market last year may
be mechanically described as followsi
"A specially constructed hub Is snis,gea "a az
Is q ,ross between . bell and q bowl in share;
with the concave side outward: brake arm
extends from this W e the , near 5r l91s Is sp set I a
DISC q lnrduratsdi nbre. semi-conicN In shape;
To,ioTce this piece Of abre asalnst the walls u
The drum a pair i,S Fl cans cl. ins. arc se that that
x xI,s . they rotary are n lssfsS tsss;n'' .sq ssSs
more more ROO room I. D ,nS sS% os TO-, 81 q E tSS siG GtS Ha " sSISss
S Sassn G One C q P1 these cams 3 attached a. III,
outer edge by a toothed surface TO the back OF
the chain sprocRet, whlch u toot.eu W n".u,
tnst ibn are interiocssd and everything is held
STATIONARY, Back. pedalline action releases
these cog teeth ana s shs G nnss s sh s'SafIs se Of 5P1 d re
SSa,pst the drum. which. with the hub
and wheel to which It % Ss,snss' opI "
brought ,,t TO ward a pT Sssaassis Is exerteI the cam
"a freed from the sprocket. but the disc ia not
made to CRATE on the drum and the wheel IS
free" Il was much questioned whether a
.aas,ar hraka conld be applied to O chainless,
hit The show has settled that. OF the nine dr.
ierent styles Of coaster brakes sh9w1' oniy
ward so as 70 be placed in q rack without being
lifted. Only one oi. tho three was specially de.
signed so as to allow tbs a xS w wa4m,t to ot
S'h S6 sSo; ;S po'h pe Sh ia' are set '%frcs,H Riders
therefore will fnd plenty to investigate and z
variety OF choice In these devices anu shouiu
et The greatest novelty OF the show is. as usual.
a freak wheel. II Is the, production Ol a nus
sian mechanic and bitches the rotary motion
treadmii motion OF the defunct star II -
made with two crank hangers. One ls In me
usual place at the junction OF the uUing, b imSs
the diagonal strut or slat post mast. ihrouHh
this second one runs an axle 70 WhIch u az
tached an ordinary front sprocS roct s vi by s an
crank only two inches long This is rsyolyably
with a small triangular case. folded, double. In
ne lover mart OF which is keyed and brnzed an
orSinary crank with pedal attached. The case Is
fuicrumed In the regular bottom brackets SO as .
permit Of the top or apex moving to and to Win
the motion Of the driving rod az the sprocket
reyolyes. Meanwhile. the cranks TO which
the pedals are attached have only an up,anI,
eonawhat greater than that OF a triangle,
Thers il little dispute that this, machine
would be yeyy fast apd q great hil a GIim ,Ss ,oi II
md legs could make two thrusts with
Il in about the same time that y
takes them TO follow, a pedal around
~ inches and weighs twenty-six pounds.
The automobiles are drawing quite as we'll az
the wheels proportionately 70 their numbei
md members OF the Automobile cub can be
recognized at the carriage spaces nightly.