Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 143
side by side. About 1885, the sociable, with its heavy weight,clumsy action, and slow speed, gave way to the much 122 WHEELS AND WHEELING. lighter, more convenient, and faster tandem, and in afew years became a creature of memory only. In1889, however, old riders were brought face to facewith… … Nottingham Sociable. wheel, instead of both sitting betiveen two large wheels.The new machine had thus a track of but 30 inches,instead of 51 inches as formerly, and was also muchlighter, more manageable, and faster, small geared-upwheels taking the place of the large geared-downdrivers which were…
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