Wheels and wheeling; an indispensable handbook for cyclists, with over two hundred illustrations (1892)
Porter, Luther Henry · Boston, Wheelman Company · leaf 90
STORY OF THE BICYCLE. 69 Soon after the appearance of the Xtra and Facilethere was produced in this country a bicycle resemblingthem in several particulars, though at first glance quitea different looking machine. This was the Ameri-can Star. It had the novel feature of a large reardriving wheel… … American Star—1881. almost directly over the center of the driving wheel,which was built usually as 48, 51, or 54 inches, andthe steering wheel was 22 inches. In later patterns thesizes of the wheels were altered, until finally 39 and 24respectively became the favorite sizes, the levers…
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