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 258
e general rider,though each one must de-cide by experience whichwill suit him best. Bicycle Racing. Raceson bicycles are now in-cluded among the eventsof almost every outdoorathletic meeting. SeeAthletics. Great speedFig. 12.—Lamp and Luggage Carrier. has been attained on these machines. A bicycle… … ordinary wheel the relation be-tween the revolution of the pedalsand the speed of the wheel dependedwholly on the diameter of the frontwheel. The larger the wheel thefurther the machine would travelfor one turn of the cranks. Hencethe speed was limited by the size ofthe wheel. With the modern…
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