The Wheel and cycling trade review . rusting,a complaint so common. The Adlake rearfork end and direct chain draft over the bot-tom tubes will be retained, it having given thebest results during the season of 1896. The compound chain transmission intro-duced on the Adlake tandems will be retained,it having proved one of its strongest features. THERE IS MONEY IN BICYCLES. Indianapolis licenses bicycles at the rate ofseventy-five cents per annum. During 1896licenses for 11,525 machines were grantedwith a resulting revenue to the city of $9, 1895 only 5,019 licenses were disposed ofand $3,7
The Wheel and cycling trade review . rusting,a complaint so common. The Adlake rearfork end and direct chain draft over the bot-tom tubes will be retained, it having given thebest results during the season of 1896. The compound chain transmission intro-duced on the Adlake tandems will be retained,it having proved one of its strongest features. THERE IS MONEY IN BICYCLES. Indianapolis licenses bicycles at the rate ofseventy-five cents per annum. During 1896licenses for 11,525 machines were grantedwith a resulting revenue to the city of $9, 1895 only 5,019 licenses were disposed ofand $3, of revenue derived. The totalrevenue the city derived in 1896 from all formsof vehicle license was $34,, of whichamount, it will be seen, bicycles contributednearly one-third. THE KING OF CLUBS. The Century Wheelmen of Philadelphiahas a membership of 455, which is said to bethe largest of any exclusively cycling club inthis country. Success is a ladder that most racing menprefer to climb onto out of a balloon. t«97- 59.
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