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 91
laced alternatively to receive a singlespoke. The Liberty hub may be best de-scribed as follows: It is a one-piece hub,with lateral projections from the sides, orflanges, and these projections are drilled tocarry the heads of two straight spokes,each spoke running in a straight line tothe opposite… … CLEVELAND HUB. serted over the face of the hub. This some-times rendered them liable to break, and,therefore, what is known as the directtangent spoke was invented. In this method of construction the hubend of the spoke is not bent, but has ahead made upon it like that of a rivet; thestrain comes…
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