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The tricyclists' indispensable annual and handbook; a guide to the pastime, and complete cyclopaedia on the subject (1883)

Sturmey, Henry · Coventry, Iliffe; Hartford, The Overman Wheel Co · leaf 365

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ADVERTISEMENTS. … By connecting the clip, shown strapped on the bottom of the boot, with the bar at the rear of the treadle, the rider obtains a back action power, which enables him to operate with both legs at the same time, whereby speed can be increased and hills ascended with greater ease and less fatigue,…

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