Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Celer-et-Audax. the result being that the rider was actually obliged topedal somewhat in a backward direction. The Celer-et-Audax was a direct-driven had 54-inch front wheels and an 18-inch rear wheel. The frame is simple yet peculiar. The largewheels face each other, and are connected by a doublecranked axle and pedals. A tube forms an arch rest- PECULIAR CYCLES. 145 ing on the bearings at the axle ends. At the top ofthis the head is fixed pointing forward, while at rightangles to it
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Celer-et-Audax. the result being that the rider was actually obliged topedal somewhat in a backward direction. The Celer-et-Audax was a direct-driven had 54-inch front wheels and an 18-inch rear wheel. The frame is simple yet peculiar. The largewheels face each other, and are connected by a doublecranked axle and pedals. A tube forms an arch rest- PECULIAR CYCLES. 145 ing on the bearings at the axle ends. At the top ofthis the head is fixed pointing forward, while at rightangles to it a backbone departs rearward, first risinghigh into an arch, and then dropping away to the rearwheel and fork as in a bicycle. The saddle is on thetop of the arch. The rider sits on the backbone, anddrives direct upon the axle. To steer he leans towhichever side he wishes to turn; this throws the. Center Cycle. backbone over, and pushes the outer wheel rider steers by the inclination of his body is also simple in construction, but requires morelearning than the majority of other tricycles. Whenthoroughly mastered it runs well, and is a good hillclimber. A very odd machine which was called the CenterCycle or Ideal, was commonly known as the Octo-pus or Hen and Chickens. The term Center 146 WHEELS AND WHEELING. Cycle obviously came from the central position of itslarge driving wheel. This machine is a curiosity, and something out ofthe common. The Center Cycle has four small steer-ing wheels and a large central driving wheel, drivingdirect as on a bicycle, and the steering is actuated bya handle bar. The frame consists of three forks run-ning right and left, and upward from the hub of thedriving wheel; and these are connected on the oneside to a curved backbone, and on the other to a shorttube, to which a steering handle is affixed. A bowspring for saddle connec
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