The Modern bicycle and its accessories; a complete reference book for rider, dealer, and maker (1898)
Schwalbach, Alexander, Wilcox, Julius, Commercial advertiser association, New York · New York, The Commercial advertiser association · leaf 121
dle, into the con-struction cf which rubber and aluminumalone enter, is built upon the principle that the weight of the rider should restupon the flesh covering the pelvic bones aswell as upon the bones themselves. Thesurface of the saddle is a perforated alum-inum plate ten inches broad, with… … THE UNIVERSAL. culated to work injurious results. Alum-inum being a heat dispellor, the surface ofthe saddle is cool at all times. Instead ofspiral steel springs the seat plate is sup-ported upon pneumatic rubber bulbs.These completely separate the metal postsprings from the seat proper, and by…
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