Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Kenwood Spring Fork. to have been more fortunate than other are the only spring fork machines on themarket to-day in which the front wheel stays where itbelongs. It will not strike the fork, sides, and trackssteadily. We have avoided the cheap makeshift of acone, or taper joint, and use instead a perfect ballbearing joint, such as is used in the wheel hubs. ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICES. 193 Nothing can be more accurate and firm, and at thesame time an entirely free joint is secured. We
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Kenwood Spring Fork. to have been more fortunate than other are the only spring fork machines on themarket to-day in which the front wheel stays where itbelongs. It will not strike the fork, sides, and trackssteadily. We have avoided the cheap makeshift of acone, or taper joint, and use instead a perfect ballbearing joint, such as is used in the wheel hubs. ANTI-VIBRATION DEVICES. 193 Nothing can be more accurate and firm, and at thesame time an entirely free joint is secured. We usefour springs instead of two, and have by a very simplearrangement provided for the adjustment of the springtension to suit the requirements of the rider. By thismeans a man weighing two hundred pounds can in amoment arrange the tension so that he can have thedegree of spring he desires, and -without the leasttrouble can rearrange it in a moment to suit a hundredpound boy.,, The New Mail Safety bicycle has a spring fork, orrather a spring inserted in the tube above the front. New Mail Spring Fork. forks, which is quite out of sight. The only outwardindication of it is the little rod, just above the frontforks, on which the tube works. They say: We have adopted what we believe to be the bestspring fork (a coiled spring inside the fork column),acting in a direct line from the arms of the rider to 194 WHEELS AND WHEELING. the point of any concussion. In no way does thisspring fork interfere with steadiness of steering. Oursis a direct vertical action. A spring fork is an advan-tage if it does not interfere with steady riding. Butthere should be no yielding of spring sideways, forsuch throws the rider one side and causes the frontwheel to swerve suddenly; in fact, the hands cannotbe taken off the handles with safety for a spring or yielding of forks also is a disad-vantage, as the rider cannot use full power for pro-pelling, especially in hill work, as the front
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