Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Volante Safety Bicycle. to force the wheel to rotate, and carry it over theobstruction, and forward. The company also appliedtheir driving gear to a small-wheel Safety bicycle,called the Volante, built with a cross frame. A few fancy riders and athletic young men havebecome expert in the use of a single wheel, or Uni-cycle, and able to ride one at considerable speed onthe track, and also to use one on ordinary roads. A Safety bicycle, called the White Flyer, was pro-duced in 1889 at Westboro, Mas
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . Volante Safety Bicycle. to force the wheel to rotate, and carry it over theobstruction, and forward. The company also appliedtheir driving gear to a small-wheel Safety bicycle,called the Volante, built with a cross frame. A few fancy riders and athletic young men havebecome expert in the use of a single wheel, or Uni-cycle, and able to ride one at considerable speed onthe track, and also to use one on ordinary roads. A Safety bicycle, called the White Flyer, was pro-duced in 1889 at Westboro, Mass. Instead of theusual chain and sprocket wheels, it was driven by a PECULIAR CYCLES. i?9 chain running over hardened drums, the pedals work-ing on a vertical swing frame which depended fromthe backbone between the wheels. The pedals couldbe stopped in any position and used as foot rests;pushing one down raised the other a correspondingdistance. The swing or guide frame hanging fromthe backbone, on which the pedals move up and. Unicycle. down, can be thrust, while the rider is in motion, toalmost any angle. Thus, if he wishes a vertical tread,the frame can be swung so that the pedals come wellunder the saddle. If, on the contrary, the riderwishes to change the position, and get more of thethrust stroke which uses the thigh muscles (as in arotary motion crank Safety), this can instantly be done i8o WHEELS AND WHEELING. by swinging the frame toward the front wheel. Thisability to vary the stroke will rest the rider. Whenthe driving pedal is on top of the guide frame, and inthe beginning of a stroke, the construction is such thatthe rider has more leverage than at any other point inthe whole stroke. The leverage lessens as the pedalmoves down, and as the legs straighten out, thus equal-
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