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 257
fork itself. Skill-ful riders coast swiftly down steephills. The learner should not try ittill he has practiced level riding forseven or eight weeks, and shouldthen begin on a gentle, smooth in-cline. A bicycle should never beused to coast on a rough hill or anunknown hill, nor on a hill where… … Fig. 10.—Cyclometer. mount by the pedal, which is theusual method, the rider slows hismachine, and as the descending pedalreaches its lowest point he steps offfrom it, throwing the other leg overthe frame. Mounting by the pedalis the reverse of this, and is theonly method that can be used on…
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