The pleasures, objects, and advantages of cycling : with numerous illustrations (1887)
Wilson, A. J., Cyclist · London : Iliffe & Son · leaf 90
draw a line between a man whoraces as an amateur, and one who, whilst ostensibly anamateur, is secretly a professional, making money by thesport which he is supposed to participate in for love. CYCLE RACING. 65 For racing purposes, specially constructed bicycles andtricycles are used. These are… … THE RACING BICYCLE OF 1886. spokes ; the lightest of bearings and forgings ; and, in fact,with their every part reduced in weight as far as is consistentwith the s^-ongth requisite to withstand the strains^of racingon smooth and level paths. Such machines, of course, wouldsoon go to pieces if used…
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