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 55
of one, for theexpress purpose of dividing the strain. Soit is fair and well to note that when weresort to gearing as an escape from thechain we are going from the long-tried tothe untried. Here it may be in point to quote fromthe current advertisement of one of theoldest concerns in the English… … DEFENDER MIDGET—1898. than the crank which is to be measuredagainst it under load seems rather too forc-ible. The comparatively slight tooth mustbear the same strain which comes on otherparts and the very small though real bitof elasticity or give which the chainpossesses, by virtue of being made…
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