Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Gravitation Safety. to a domestic wheel—the Eagle—of whicti it appearsto be a fairly close copy. It has the same large reardriving wheel, driven direct by cranks; small frontsteering wheel, and long, sloping, steering Jupiter Gearless Bicycle. This machine will be found to embody all the goodpoints of the ordinary bicycle, which are: Lightnessof running, direct power, simplicity, elevation, and 164 WHEELS AND WHEELING. length of life, together with the best points claimed forthe dwarf Safe
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Gravitation Safety. to a domestic wheel—the Eagle—of whicti it appearsto be a fairly close copy. It has the same large reardriving wheel, driven direct by cranks; small frontsteering wheel, and long, sloping, steering Jupiter Gearless Bicycle. This machine will be found to embody all the goodpoints of the ordinary bicycle, which are: Lightnessof running, direct power, simplicity, elevation, and 164 WHEELS AND WHEELING. length of life, together with the best points claimed forthe dwarf Safety, viz.: Perfect safety, great brakepower, good position for feet up, luggage and lamp-carrying facilities, and a higher gear. (A four-inchhigher wheel can be taken than on an ordinary.) The Merlin is built in several patterns, but its pecu-liar features are its lever steering and driving driving levers are hinged to the fore part of theframe, and the driving cord is attached some 4 inchesfrom the end, where a pedal is fixed. It has also leversteering in which the handle bar is fastened to a rod
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