Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . celsior Tricycle. the Cheylesmore, which is an excellent type of thisclass, as well as one of its most popular Cheylesmore tricycle was an open-fronted doubledriver, being driven by means of clutches incased inneat boxes on the crank shafts. These are connectedto the axle by means of two chains. At each end ofthe pedal shafts the clutches are keyed on to the axle,and each clutch has four teeth, vide illustration, whichjamb four small rollers against the chain wheels, and 106 WHEELS
Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations . celsior Tricycle. the Cheylesmore, which is an excellent type of thisclass, as well as one of its most popular Cheylesmore tricycle was an open-fronted doubledriver, being driven by means of clutches incased inneat boxes on the crank shafts. These are connectedto the axle by means of two chains. At each end ofthe pedal shafts the clutches are keyed on to the axle,and each clutch has four teeth, vide illustration, whichjamb four small rollers against the chain wheels, and 106 WHEELS AND WHEELING. thus the power is transmitted to the driving pedals act as foot-rests, resting in any position therider desires while the machine continues to powerful double-lever spoon brake is supplied,called the patent spring lever, which, when gentlyapplied, acts from the center of the double spoon; andthe harder it is applied, the firmer it grips, until, whenit is full on, there is a bite on the wheels of fully fourinches, which is sufficient to stop the machine dead on. Cheylesmore Tricycle. the steepest decline. The steering is improved rackand pinion, while patent adjustable ball bearings arefitted to all wheels. The frame of the Cheylesmore hasbeen altered and the backbone lengthened and tubingused. The forks are bent more inward, the crankshaft bearings being fitted to the bottom of the forksand rendered self-adjustable. This end is obtained bymeans of allowing the neck of the chain wheels to pro-trude up the forks, and these are held in place by a TRICYCLES. 107 screw, thus making the action more vertical; adjusta-ble handles, and a patent sliding saddle are supplied, sothat a rider, while traveling, can shift his position,forward when going up hill, and backward when de-scending—this latter helping to keep the steeringwheel steady, in fact, making it almost as safe as afront steerer. The front steering tricycle of what was sometimescalled the ba
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