St Nicholas [serial] . The front wheel of M. Renards ma-chine measured 78 inches; that of the Invin-cible factory, about 58 inches. This machinewas fitted with the Invincible double hollowrim, and two hundred swaged-wire spokes, but-ted at the rim, were fitted to the front wheel,and seventy were fixed to the back wheels had Invincible ball-bearings. The danger of headers from the good oldordinary debarred elderly persons from mak-ing use of the machine; and in this same year(1878) a new form of wheel, invented by of the Singer Bicycle Factory ofCoventry, England, was place
St Nicholas [serial] . The front wheel of M. Renards ma-chine measured 78 inches; that of the Invin-cible factory, about 58 inches. This machinewas fitted with the Invincible double hollowrim, and two hundred swaged-wire spokes, but-ted at the rim, were fitted to the front wheel,and seventy were fixed to the back wheels had Invincible ball-bearings. The danger of headers from the good oldordinary debarred elderly persons from mak-ing use of the machine; and in this same year(1878) a new form of wheel, invented by of the Singer Bicycle Factory ofCoventry, England, was placed on the vehicle was a safety in every respect,and the riders feet being only a few inches fromthe ground, he could easily dismount in anyemergency. The first of these machines wasmade for Robert Lowe, afterward ViscountSherbrooke. Though there were improvements in the in-ner parts of the ordinary bicycle, little changetook place in its outward appearance duringthe next five years. Inwardly, first the open. LAWSON SAFETY,{By courtesy of the Stanley Club, England.) head was superseded by the Stanley head,one closed on all sides but one, and thereforeto a great extent dust-proof; the number ofspokes in the front wheel, which had varied allthe way from fifty to two hundred, was fixed ona sensible basis, seventy-five being the averagenumber. Cone and parallel bearings were re-placed by ball-bearings — a change that helpedto lower records by increasing speed-power. THE STORY OF THE WHEEL. 453
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