The "indispensable" bicyclist's handbook; a complete cyclopaedia on the subject (1881)
Sturmey, Henry · Coventry, Iliffe and Son · leaf 79
own in order to decrease the num- ber of hops to be taken in mounting. It answers its purpose well. Very similar is Hughes’ Adjustable Step, consisting of a strip of sheet steel, thin in the centre and bent round the backbone, around which it is tightened by a screw. The ends are saw-edged, and… … HILLMAN’S ADJUSTABLE STEP. the slotted ends a second portion fits, this taking the form of an oblong hollow serrated frame, curved on the interior so as to fit the backbone. A taper bolt and screw passing through the slots draws these two parts tight together, and holds it upon the backbone,
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