Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 166
by a doublecranked axle and pedals. A tube forms an arch rest- PECULIAR CYCLES. 145 ing on the bearings at the axle ends. At the top ofthis the head is fixed pointing forward, while at rightangles to it a backbone departs rearward, first risinghigh into an arch, and then dropping away to the… … Center Cycle. backbone over, and pushes the outer wheel round.The rider steers by the inclination of his body only.It is also simple in construction, but requires morelearning than the majority of other tricycles. Whenthoroughly mastered it runs well, and is a good hillclimber. A very odd machine…
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