The Wheel and cycling trade review . decry them. S. W. M. HER AWFUL ALTERNATIVE. I speak plainly, I believe, said Mrs. New-un decisively, when I say that in riding awheel I shall wear bloomers or nothing, de-spite your objections. You do speak plainly, replied Mr. N. in thevoice of one who has given up, and I havenothing more to say. I prefer the bloomers tothe alternative. DECADENCE. GONGS, LUBRICATING AND HUBS. In the large cities lately wheelmen havetaken to attaching a gong to their wheels,substituting it for the regulation bicycle reason given for this is that teamstersand others
The Wheel and cycling trade review . decry them. S. W. M. HER AWFUL ALTERNATIVE. I speak plainly, I believe, said Mrs. New-un decisively, when I say that in riding awheel I shall wear bloomers or nothing, de-spite your objections. You do speak plainly, replied Mr. N. in thevoice of one who has given up, and I havenothing more to say. I prefer the bloomers tothe alternative. DECADENCE. GONGS, LUBRICATING AND HUBS. In the large cities lately wheelmen havetaken to attaching a gong to their wheels,substituting it for the regulation bicycle reason given for this is that teamstersand others make way quicker when they heara gong. The tinkle of the average cycle bellis so familiar now that not much attentionis paid to it on crowded thoroughfares of acity. Usually when the wheel is brought infor gong equipment, the gong will be foundattached to the frame of the wheel withwires, strings or in some other crude fashion,while a cord will run from the gong to thehand of the rider, who pulls the cord whengong action is ric 6
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