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 60
tion of the ex-pense necessitated by the steel frame. While all this may be true, somehow oranother the wood frame has not caught on,and we are still in the steel age of cycleconstruction. The coming of the gear casehas evidently caused the makers of theRaycycle to adapt their frame to it.… … THREE CROWN FRAME. the rear fork on the chain side, which isthus dispensed with. They claim that thisgear case also adds greatly to the strengthof the entire frame. The makers of the Andrae make theirentire frame out of tapered gauge tubing,which is 18-gauge at each end for two inches, then tapered…
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