Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 199
erof large wheel, as in the ordinary or crank bicycle, but 178 WHEELS AND WHEELING. with none of the disadvantages arising from it. Wesecure a safe and practical wheel. In short, with ourclutch and lever motion, the backbone and fork cannotbe forced forward without rotating the large wheel.This… … Volante Safety Bicycle. to force the wheel to rotate, and carry it over theobstruction, and forward. The company also appliedtheir driving gear to a small-wheel Safety bicycle,called the Volante, built with a cross frame. A few fancy riders and athletic young men havebecome expert in the use of a…
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