Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 88
ORY OF THE BICYCLE. 6j though the larger sizes of the latter were never muchused. The Xtra, as the former was called, got itssafety qualities, from the great rake of the forks, aboutnine inches, which made it necessary to carry the saddlefar back. To secure steadiness of steering the forkswere bent… … Xtraordinary Challenge Bicycle—1878. cranks, and attached at their upper ends to shortarms, working on universal joints at the sides of theforks. This gave quite a different pedal motion.The machine was somewhat peculiar as well as ratherheavy in appearance; but it was safe, and fast, espe-cially…
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