The pleasures, objects, and advantages of cycling : with numerous illustrations (1887)
Wilson, A. J., Cyclist · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 32
lent, although some inventors had discardedwooden wheels altogether and enlarged the front wheel con- HISTORY OF CYCLES AND CYCLING. *5 siderably, so that fifty-inch bicycles were beginning to appearin public. Even on the boneshaker, nevertheless, cycling as arecreation made considerable headway;… … 1876, the manufacture of bicycles without wooden wheels—allthe parts save the saddle-block and the brake-cord being ofmetal—had become a recognised trade, and the CoventryMachinists Company, Limited, proudly published the annexeddesign of what was then regarded as a perfect bicycle. By this…
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