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 147
perceived that thiswould be impossible if the hands must beat the sides; so this one-idea reformerdevised a frame which placed the handlebar behind the rider, and the uprightnesswas complete. A few bicycles on thisplan were made and went into use. Theleast that can be said is that the idea… … DRIVING BY THE RIDERS WEIGHT. remade into a form capable of operating),a device for driving the front wheel by asee-saw handle bar working straps andratchets simultaneously with regular driv-ing on the rea** wheel—and some otherswe do not now recall. In the lack of ashow, freaks do not come to the…
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