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 90
glish production,and which came into prominence in thiscountry because it was Arthur Zimmer-mans great mount, had wheels in whichtwo-thirds of the spokes were direct fromhub to rim, and the remaining third werecrossed at a tangent. It was, however, asort of a compromise between the directand… … 69 WOLFF-AMERICAN HUB. the most notable being a bicycle built bySterling Elliott, and called the Hickory.The frame was built of tubing as was usual,but the wheels—hubs, spokes and rims-were made of hickory, the spokes beingknown as radial spokes. In order tomaintain its rigidness and to carry…
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