Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 106
e front forks. The Humber approached somewhat nearer to some HISTORY OF THE BICYCLE. 85 varieties of the diamond frame of later days. Itswheels were 30 and 18 inches; its steering wasautomatic; there was direct steering with a long slop-ing steering post, and the front forks were vertical. With the… … Humber Safety—1885. some awkward device designed to bring the handleswithin the riders reach. Such combinations resultedin giving very peculiar or sensitive steering, to remedywhich some automatic device was generally adopted,and was at that time considered very important.Even as late as 1887, A.…
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