The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 253
s, have rubber barsor steel plates, and the axles revolveon what are called ball bearings,that is, the axle rests near its ends,and revolves, on rows of little steelballs to lessen the friction, as shownin Fig. I. The bicycles now almostuniversally used are of the typeoriginally for a short time… … Fig. I.—Ball Bearings. being given to almost any bicyclewhich differed in shape and con-struction from the high or ordi-nary bicycle. The French stillcall the type bicyclettes. Thewheels are generally of the same size,28 inches in diameter, and 26 or 24for children. The rear one drivesand the front…
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