Modern mechanism, exhibiting the latest progress in machines, motors, and the transmission of power, being a supplementary volume to Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics (1892)
Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 185
fthe lowness of the seat, the rider can not use the handle-bar as a rest for his legs in coasting,as is done with the ordinary wheel. The Dwarf machine has usually a pair of foot-restsextending forward of the axle on extensions of the fork. The bicycle having reached this point in its development,… … Fig. 4.—Safety bifjcle. Having all the favored ap[)liances of the most approved ordinary roadster, such as cushionand fineumatic tires, bail-bearings, adjustal)le seats, etc., this machine possesses the elenu-ntsof safety and sfieed to an almost perfect degree. The front wheel is used forsteering…
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