The Wheel and cycling trade review . week. is a Boston man, but went West for abusiness education, and he is now with , one of the managers of the KeatingCompany. Messrs. Paul and Goss were veryprominent in the Lozier management forsome years. GOOD WITH ANY the Newton Rubber Works willknow the Straus tire no more. Their product,both single and double tubes, will be mark-eted as the Newton tire, a pair of whichEddie McDuffie used when he beat Michaelin the ten-mile match race at Boston. iSo6. 35 OUT OF SIGHT, BUT WORKS, -r^: The pros and cons of the lock questionha
The Wheel and cycling trade review . week. is a Boston man, but went West for abusiness education, and he is now with , one of the managers of the KeatingCompany. Messrs. Paul and Goss were veryprominent in the Lozier management forsome years. GOOD WITH ANY the Newton Rubber Works willknow the Straus tire no more. Their product,both single and double tubes, will be mark-eted as the Newton tire, a pair of whichEddie McDuffie used when he beat Michaelin the ten-mile match race at Boston. iSo6. 35 OUT OF SIGHT, BUT WORKS, -r^: The pros and cons of the lock questionhave been largely considered from the cy-clists point of view up to the present time. Arider of the wheel, Mr. Gessler, of Mil-waukee, Wis., who had gone through thecommon experience of trying various bicyclelocks without success, finally addressed him-self to the task of overcoming the difficultiesencountered. After deciding that the headwas the proper place for a lock and a longseries of experiments, the Gessler lock wasthe The lock is placed inside the front tubingof the frame, and does not mar its appear-ance. It is cylindrical in form, one inchlong, and is secured by means of a rubberwasher expanded against the side of thetubing. Locking and unlocking is affectedby means of a key which engages the bolt,forcing it outwardly or inwardly, locking thefront wheel at an angle, thus bringing thebicycle out of operative position. The device does not engage either spokesor sprockets, thereby doing away with pos-sible injury to the wheel by attempting toride before unlocking the machine. It issaid the lock cannot be harmed by ham-mering, filing or the use of pliers or makers claim also that it cannot bepicked. Being an integral part of the ma-chine it is always in place when needed. Itweighs less than two ounces, is easily oper-ated and quickly adjusted. When THE WHEEL representative calledon F. J. Arnold, manager of Walter E. Lind-say & Co., Milwaukee, who manufa
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