The pleasures, objects, and advantages of cycling : with numerous illustrations (1887)
Wilson, A. J., Cyclist · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 31
den bicycle. Long afterwards, riders themselves 14 THE PLEASURES OF CYCLING. came to speak of the byegone pattern as a boneshaker, andso exceedingly apposite was this term that nowadays it has lostthe sound of a humorous nickname, and the velocipede of theera about 1870 is now invariably spoken of… … *~ astic votaries ; and it may be taken as proof of the machinepossessing the germs of a successful future that these fewenthusiasts were encouraged to improve the details and gradu-ally make the boneshaker less uncomfortable, more speedy, andmore durable. Even as late as 1874, the boneshaker type…
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