Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 164
of gear with a lever handle as desired.* PECULIAR CYCLES. 143 An American safety bicycle of peculiar characterwas the Broncho. It was a chainless machine, thecranks being attached directly to the rear axle, inwhich was concealed the driving gear, which was themost curious feature of the machine,… … Broncho Safety Bicycle. and of course is immovable. Another is forced onand keyed to the right-hand hub end and turns withthe wheel, of which it is a part. On the arms of thecross of the axle are the other two gears, which areon ball bearings. When the axle is made to revolvethese gears are carried…
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