Bicycle Accessories: Rice Lewis and Son
Contents
- Introductory address for Rice Lewis & Son's sixth annual catalogue of bicycle accessories, component parts, and related goods aimed at bicycle dealers, manufacturers, and repair men. Notes sole agency arrangements for several lines and ordering instructions.
- Birmingham Small Arms (B.S.A.) nickel-plated, fully machined frame fittings including ball heads, seat post lugs, rear fork ends, and chain adjusters, priced individually from 10 cents to $6.80 each.
- Complete sets of B.S.A. frame fittings machined ready for tubes with nickel-plated points, including Set No. 1 (gents' or ladies' roadster frame with bottom bracket, ball head, seat post lug, rear fork ends, hubs, and tubing) at $20.00 per set.
- Complete sets of electrically welded steel fittings with seamless tubes and forks for 22, 23½, and 26-inch frames, Model 26, with shouldered flush joint construction for 28-inch wheels; drop 2½ inches, wheel base 44 inches.
- Model 40 electrically welded steel fitting sets with seamless tubes and forks for 22, 23½, and 26-inch frames, gents' shouldered flush joint construction for 28-inch wheels with oval rear forks and stays.
- Model 51 ladies' shouldered flush joint steel fitting sets for 28-inch wheels in 21 and 23½-inch frame sizes, including Fauber Special Crank Bracket, rear fork ends, chain adjusters, and hanger cups.
- Crank bracket assemblies including the Thompson No. 2 two-piece crank hanger and the B.S.A. bracket complete; sprockets available 20 to 30 tooth, diamond cranks in ladies' 6½-inch and gents' 7-inch, priced from $3.00 to $7.00.
- W. H. Fauber standard and eccentric hangers in three-lug and four-lug bracket variants, flush joint and outside joint, with drawn sheet-steel eccentric construction, lugs adjustable to any angle or tube size combination, tread 4½ inches.
- Fauber Special three-arm hanger in sprocket sizes 22, 24, 26, and 28 teeth, available in three-lug and four-lug bracket variants in flush and outside joint patterns for tube sizes from ¾ to 1⅜ inches.
- Electrically welded crank brackets for three-crown construction in shouldered flush joint and outside joint patterns at 50 cents each; one-piece gents' and ladies' ball heads in sizes A through F, priced at 30–31 cents each.
- Bicycle fork crowns in multiple patterns: box crown stampings, machine drop-forged hollow-arched crowns, and malleable iron crowns, all for 1-inch head stems and forksides, ranging from 16 cents to 55 cents each including matching brazed forks.
- Seamless shouldered flush joint head lugs (series C-10 through C-22) and centre lugs (series C-1 through D-3) at 18 cents each, plus arch struts, handle bar stem and tee fittings for various tube sizes and joint angles.
- Gents' and ladies' seat post lugs and clusters in shouldered flush joint and outside joint patterns, including three-crown construction variants (No. E-16) and ladies' styles, priced at 25–26 cents each for 1⅛ to 1½-inch tube sizes.
- Rear fork ends in flush joint pattern (Nos. G-3 and G-4) with nickel-plated screw chain adjusters, diagonal and parallel slot styles at 20–30 cents per pair; rear stay tips in flush joint offset, flush joint central, and D-pattern styles at 10 cents per pair.
- Ball bearing cups in five hub sizes priced 6–12 cents each; round-head machine screws for name-plates and mud guards at $3.50 per dozen; nickel-plated hexagon forged nuts and washers in fractional sizes.
- Rear sprockets (No. 40 milled and bored, No. 60 tempered, threaded, and blued) in 7 to 22 teeth at 20–$1.25 each; nickel-plated cranks and hardened steel cotter pins at $3.40 per 100; threaded and slotted crank axles at $1.50 per pair.
- Three-arm detachable sprocket wheels, plain sprocket wheels, and spiders in 16–24 teeth from 35 cents to 75 cents each; drop-forged rear fork ends (Nos. 60–64) for ¾ and ⅝-inch round and D-pattern forks at 10–20 cents per pair.
- D-style and oval rear forks and stays in solid drawn and brazed versions, tapered from ⅝ to ¾-inch diameters, priced from 35 to 80 cents per pair; covers round, D-shaped, and oval extension profiles.
- Weldless steel tubing sold by the foot in D-pattern (No. 86, ⅞ × 20 gauge); machined 1-inch × 16 W.G. head stems at 31 cents each; single and double curved bent bars (50–60 cents); spring seat posts and expanding seat posts at 50 cents to $2.
- Frederick Adjustable handle bars with corrugated ratchet plug and supported side arms, heavily nickel-plated on copper with ¾-inch posts; adjustable to every riding position; special post sizes available to order.
- Steel handle bars heavily nickel-plated on copper, including adjustable models No. 7-A ($1.85), No. 88 Perfection ($1.10), and stationary models in up-turn, down-turn, and expanding styles ranging from 85 cents to $1.10 each in 16–18-inch widths.
- Leather grips with nickel-plated German silver tips (Nos. 7 and 11) at 40–45 cents per pair; corkaline built-up leather grips at 25 cents per pair; solid wrapped cork selected-quality grips with German silver tips.
- Wood rims in Bowmanville, Boston Laminated single-piece, and tandem crescent patterns for Dunlop and G.&J. tyre types; 28-inch Bowmanville rims at $12.00–$13.60 per dozen; 30-inch rims priced 15 cents per pair extra.
- Aluminium and sheet-steel chain guards (Nos. 43, 44) and sprocket shields/guards (Nos. 41, 42) for 24-tooth and smaller front sprockets; cast-steel balls sold in 100 lots, the No. 32 rim countersink and drill, and a range of spring-cap and threaded-shank oilers.
- Woven mohair lacing cord in 72-yard hanks at 40 cents each, available in black, yellow, ruby, brown, and mixed colours; 3-ply and 4-ply twisted silk in 18-yard hanks at 16–25 cents each; detachable lacing clips for dress guards.
- Excelsior Needle Company spokes including double-butted nickel-plated and threaded (No. 132a) and best double-butted double-nickel-plated (No. 132c) in 12–16 gauge at $10–$12 per 1,000; plain even-gauge (No. 135) also listed with nipples.
- Morrow Coaster and Brake hub (inside hub, light brake pressure, perfect wheel control) with 8 or 9 tooth sprocket at $9.00 each; New Departure Automatic Coaster and Brake hub with automatic engagement mechanism also featured.
- Gem (No. 099) turned from solid bar with an oil-reservoir ball retainer at $3.00 per pair; Thompson's No. L-6 with ball retainers and tubular oiling device at $2.00; Leader (No. 998) at $2.25; and B.S.A. standard and barrel pattern road/race hubs at $4.00 and $6.00.
- U.S. Special (No. 996) at $2.20 per pair and U.S. Standard (No. 991) steel-shell hub at $1.75; the World (No. 1003) at $2.00, Excelsior (No. 1001) at $2.35 and Beats All (No. 1000) at $2.65, the last with a new device for oiling the hub at both ends.
- Style No. 1 Auto Hubs designed for phaetons and light delivery wagons, with cups, cones, axles, and shells turned from best material; rated to carry 5,000 lbs. gross weight; axles 1¼ inches with 6-inch stub, flange distance 4 inches front and rear.
- Bullis Ball Gear (Rice Lewis sole Canadian agents) with involute-tooth bevel-style gearing; complete gear with nickel-plated hub, cranks, cups, and cones at $40.00; full frame set with gear, N.P. hubs, and cranks at $45.00 per set.
- Diamond pedals in gents' rat-trap, combination, race, and double-plate patterns (Nos. 206–222) ranging from $1.00 to $2.00 per pair; Niagara 1900-pattern pedals (Nos. 223–225) in gents' rat-trap and combination styles from 90 cents per pair.
- Queen gents' rat-trap pedals with wide continuous band frame and 10 balls at each end ($1.60 per pair); King gents' rat-trap at $1.50 per pair; Queen and King combination models with interchangeable rubber at $1.75–$1.85; Century gents' extra heavy side-plate model also offered.
- S&G Combined Pedal and Toe Clip (U.S. Pat. Feb. 7 1899) with adjustable leather top at $2.50 per pair; Ramsey Swinging Pedals providing perfect ankle motion; Whaley Adjustable Stirrup Pedal with one-piece pedal and clip base.
- Complete numbered list of 19 pedal replacement parts including large cup, dust cap, small cup, inside plate, cone, rubbers, barrel and cross-bar, axle, steel side plates, front stretcher frames, and associated bolts and nuts.
- American saddles including Wheeler Special (No. 5, wood base padded, $2.00) and Wheeler Extra (No. 86, curled hair padding, best leather, coil spring, $2.30–$2.50); Hunt ladies' saddle (No. 77, $1.60); metal base padded gents' model (No. 46) also listed.
- Brooks' leather saddles spanning the full range: B10 road racing ($2.80), B11 track racing ($2.80), B28L ladies' hammock roadster ($5.00), B38 gents' roadster ($3.25), B93 patent double-action spring ($4.00); all offered with Canadian pricing.
- Saddle frame clamps in six styles (Nos. 1–9) at 20–50 cents each for flat spring, upright T or L posts, and wire spring saddles; tool bags in gents' square-top bevel-riveted (No. 572) and ladies' round-bottom (No. 672) patterns at $4.00–$6.00 per dozen.
- School bag carrier (No. 1) in black cotton netting with elastic-band retracting spring at 60 cents each ($6.00 per dozen); pocket carriers (No. 3) with adjustable spring clamps for handle bars; bundle carriers for various bicycle mounting points.
- Bicycle locks including aluminum bronze self-locking No. 391 with N.P. steel chain ($2.25 per dozen); bronze metal 200-change No. 1000 ($3.80 per dozen); Yale bronze No. 8013B with two keys at $16.00 per dozen; Security Lock No. 206 at $3.20 per dozen.
- Additional lock models including bronze-metal Acme Crank Lock No. 1400 ($2.80 per dozen) and aluminum spring-shackle No. 37 ($8.00 per dozen); cyclist's knife No. 95800 with aluminum handle, spear blade, turn screw, and tire detacher at $1.00 each; rubber band mud guards.
- Floor and hand pumps: No. 255 (22-inch, 1½-inch brass N.P. cylinder, $2.10); No. 250 (20-inch, 2-inch, $4.40); No. 249 hand pump (12-inch, 45 cents); Banner Pump No. 256 patented January 10, 1899 (12-inch drawn steel); N.P. cylinders throughout.
- Foot pumps in capacities 17 and 25 cubic inches at $2.40–$4.20 each; large No. 56 cylinder pump (38 cubic inches, $7.00); hand pump No. 258 at 16 cents each; rubber pump tubing, steel pump clips, and automatic cut-off valves; chain cleaning brushes single and double row at $1.35–$2.50 per dozen.
- B&S drop-forged bicycle wrenches in 4½-inch (Nos. 194/491) and 5-inch (Nos. 195/591) sizes, black at $10.10 per dozen and nickel-plated at $11.25 per dozen; 6-inch wrench at $13.50 per dozen.
- Special pattern nickel-plated all-wrought-steel wrench No. 390 at 25 cents each; polished forged-steel No. 191 at 25 cents; nickel-plated fluted No. 193 at 35 cents; Mossberg C (No. 301) and Mossberg D (No. 199) nickel-plated at 35 cents each.
- Spoke and nipple combination grip No. 200 blued at 35 cents; Perfect blued nipple grip No. 204 at 70 cents; Gem Pinhole Spanner No. 203 plated at 15 cents; Pony N.P. spanner at 10 cents; nipple screw driver No. 200 at 25 cents; standard mahogany-handle screw driver at $1.00 per dozen.
- Corrugated and plain New Departure trouser guards (Nos. 228–229) Japanned at $2.60 per gross and the Soliel or French clip (Nos. 230–231); cyclometers including the Jockey by the New England Watch Co., the New Departure, the U.S. Trip and the U.S. Odometer for carriages.
- Multiple graphite lubricant products for bicycle chains including Eclipse Chain Lubricant No. 160 (2-oz. sticks in tin foil) and brush-and-graphite kits at 20 cents; bulk lubricants priced $4.00–$10.00 per gross; marketed as non-soil and keeping the chain bright.
- Extensive range of cycle bells including electric stroke Nos. E9½ and E3¾ (1¼–2¼-inch gongs, $5.00–$12.00 per dozen); double stroke Nos. D8 and D6; Fleur de Lis No. 1126 electric stroke at $5.00 per dozen; continuous ring push-button at $15.00 per dozen.
- Additional bell models Nos. 211–322B in 1¾ and 2-inch gong sizes, electric and double stroke, priced $2.40–$4.20 per dozen; single stroke No. S4 at $1.60 per dozen with entirely new principle and minimal parts.
- Bicycle bells in Perfect, Zenith, Star, Standard, and Magic patterns, all plated, ranging from 10 cents each ($0.70–$2.40 per dozen) for various gong sizes; both electric stroke and continuous ring types available.
- Decorated electric stroke and continuous ring cycle bells (Nos. 223, 514, 524) at $9.00–$13.00 per dozen; automobile bells including rotary No. F-63 (3-inch bell-metal gong, $3.75 each) and double-stroke chime No. F-95 (all nickel, $9.00 each); double-action Cycle Whistle No. 228.
- Whaley Adjustable Bicycle Stirrup No. 417 in waterproof russet leather with nickel-plated spring steel fittings, adjustable to all shoe sizes at 50 cents per pair ($4.80 per dozen pairs); S.&G. Adjustable Toe Clip No. 406 with one-piece cover.
- Holdfast No. 411 N.P. polished hardened spring-steel clips at 15 cents per pair; John Bull No. 412 round-edge two-bolt at 25 cents; E Klips No. 408 adjustable width smooth-edge at 30 cents; Scorcher No. 415 polished hardened steel at similar pricing.
- Adjustable wire basket clip No. 201 N.P. at 20 cents per pair; side-guard wire clip No. 407 at 20 cents; single-bolt wire clip No. 205 at 12 cents; polished N.P. No. 416 at 30 cents; No. 414 in 2½ or 3-inch widths.
- M.&W. Improved Gas Lamp No. 11 with duplex bracket at $3.00 each; M.&W. Locomo Gas Lamp No. 7 for carriages and motor vehicles with half-foot burner, built like the famous Duplex; both generate from loose carbide with adjustable flame.
- New Departure acetylene gas lamp No. 9 at $3.60 each and twin-head light No. 10 with two independent burners at $5.40; automatic generator feed using loose carbide, flame adjustable while riding, lamp and generator separate units.
- M.&W. all-brass nickel-finish oil lamp No. 178 burning kerosene with combination bracket adjustable by one screw; patent reflector removable through lens opening for cleaning; double-convex lens for bright white steady beam.
- Head lamp brackets in standard (No. 179, 15 cents), brake (No. 185, 20 cents), fork reversible (No. 178, 20 cents), and axle detachable (No. 180, 10 cents) styles, all nickel-plated; U.S. Detachable axle bracket No. 180; coasters also listed.
- Myers' exhibition bicycle stands allowing purchasers to mount the wheel; home trainers (No. 703, $1.70 each); Perfect Stand (No. 761, $3.40 per pair); Bicycle Locking Stand (No. 740); wheel truing attachment at 60 cents; Ideal Wall Stand patented at 25 cents.
- Rubber patching solution in Imperial measure tins from 25 cents (½ pint) to $1.00 (quart); wood rim cement for cementing tires to rims at 10 cents per bottle with swab; rubber inner tubes in various sizes; canvas solution also stocked.
- O.R.Co. double or single tube tires at $8.00 per pair; Dunlop Detachable at $10.00 per pair; inner tubes in X and XXX quality ($10.50–$13.35 per dozen); tread bands and corrugated protection strips at $1.00 each; bicycle gear table for 28 and 30-inch wheels.
- Schrader Universal valve parts (caps, plungers, plugs, springs) priced individually; metal base valve at $2.00 per dozen; Dunlop metal base valve at $1.67 per dozen; Woods Bros. valve stem tubing at 8 cents per foot; valve and stem complete at 20 cents each.
- Tire plugging pliers; assorted oval-stem plugs (Nos. 100–106) at 25 cents per dozen; umbrella plugs (No. 87, 60 cents per pair); Strauss Curved Plugs in ½, 1, and 1½-inch sizes in strips of one dozen; flat-nose plugs No. 88 at $1.00 per dozen.
- Bent-handle canvas trimmers (85 cents each), bent-nose and pointed patch trimmers (45–80 cents), pointed trimming knives in three styles (15–80 cents); revolving tire punch No. 24 at $1.20 and single-tube tire punch No. 10 at 45 cents.
- Invincible High Pressure Hot Water Vulcanizer using common stove gasoline as fuel; heats in a few minutes with auto-regulated temperature; supplied complete with materials for 25 or more repairs and full operating instructions.
- Cycle enamels in 10 colours including cycle blue, orange, bronze green, white, snuff, wine, vermilion, deep green, and royal purple; enamel oven with thermometer at $2.50 and torch at $5.00; ox hair and bear hair enamel brushes at $1.75–$4.50 per dozen.
- Swivel-burner gasoline brazer and forge with tanks tested to 200 lbs. pressure per square inch; mammoth brazing bellows; hot blast blue flame capable of brazing the heaviest bicycle joint; complete with gauge and pump at $30.00; combination hot blast blowpipe at $24.00.
- Wiley & Russell screw plates and tap wrenches in 6-inch and 22-inch stocks; sets from No. 150 (5 sizes, $8.25) to No. 143 (21 sizes including 10 wire-gauge and fractional sizes, $97.40); dies, guides, and taps included in each cased set.
- Butterfield & Co. and Wiley & Russell bicycle taper taps in thread sizes 20 to 32, diameters ¼ to ½ inch, 4 inches long, priced 45 cents to $1.65 each; inside and outside chasers also offered for bicycle threading work.
- Jowitt's file list in bastard, second cut, smooth, and mill file grades; emery wheels 8–11½ inches in hard, medium, or soft grades at $1.15–$4.50 each; emery cloth in grades 0–3 at $1.00–$1.40 per quire; steel wool for polishing frames at 40–93 cents per lb.; Thompson's N.P. extension hack saw.
- Straight-shank twist drills from 3/32 to ½-inch diameter priced individually from 9 cents to 55 cents each or $1.10 to $7.00 per dozen; taper-shank drills also listed in fractional inch sizes up to 5⅝ inches length.
- Thread, outside, and inside calipers with solid and spring nuts in 3–6-inch sizes at $1.25–$2.20 each; improved firm-joint calipers at 25–80 cents; nickel-plated speed indicator at $2.25; combination pliers No. 22 (6-inch black) at $20.25 per dozen.
- Flat nose, long nose, face cutting, round nose, side cutting, and bevelled face cutting pliers in 5½–6-inch sizes at 85 cents to $1.45 each; Barnard pliers in flat nose, round, and side-cutting styles; cone pliers No. 1151 at 55 cents; boss hand vice with hardened steel jaws.
- Drill gauges (No. 774) for 1–50 gauge numbers at $2.25 each; wire gauges measuring B&S wire and stub's steel rods (No. 1110) at $3.00; fractional-inch drill gauge No. 848 in 64ths from 25/64 to 31/64 inch.
- Geared scroll Hartford Drill Chuck (Nos. 90 and 291) with No. 1 or No. 2 jaws in 3–6-inch sizes at $12.50–$27.00; Acme Drill Chuck self-tightening three-jaw at $5.00–$10.00; Bell Centering Punch; improved steel lathe dog No. 1 at 35 cents each.
- Oval slide vice, Simpson stationary vice (Nos. 72–73), mechanics' bench vice No. 31 (4-inch jaws), tube vice (Nos. 24 and 29, $4.65–$7.30 each); wrought iron leg vices by weight at 18 cents per lb.; breast drill; ball-bearing post drill No. 10 at $4.95 with changeable gears.
- Anvils in face sizes 7×3 to 13×4 inches weighing 41–136 lbs. at 18½ cents per lb.; soft copper hammers at $1.15–$1.65 by weight; riveting hammers 7 oz. to 1½ lb. at $5.50–$7.50 per dozen; machinists' ball pein hammers at 30–45 cents per lb.
- Steel brass fishing rods 10 feet long with nickel mountings and cork or celluloid grip; fly rods with cork grip; bait casting rods 7 feet with cork or cane wound grip; bamboo six-strip fly rods 9½–10 feet with nickel mountings and solid reel seat at $7.70–$10.00 each.
- Sproat tapered hooks (No. 2544) in sizes 12 to 3-0 at $1.15–$1.90 per 1,000; Carlisle hooks (Nos. 2613–2614) ringed and marked at $1.00–$2.15 per 1,000; Kirby and Limerick bend hooks (Nos. 1939 and 1937) in sizes 12 to 10-0 at 63 cents to $5.00 per 1,000.
- Nickel-plated trolling baits in Fluted, Pickerel, and Cobourg patterns (sizes 4–8) at $1.05–$1.25 per dozen; Diamond C bait in gold-end nickel at $4.00–$4.70 per dozen; Allure bait in nickel and brass (sizes 3 to 2-0) at $7.40 per dozen.
- League balls adopted by Western Association at $20.60 per dozen; double-seamed balls at $10.80; grades down to boys' Rattler at 60 cents per dozen; Louisville Slugger bats in best selected ash; full range of regulation and youth sizes.
- Professional catchers' mitts (No. 99) with patent rubber finger guard, asbestos padding, and best coltskin leather; graded range from professional No. 99 down through No. 92, 98, and simpler models in various leather grades and colours.
- Wood clubs: bulger drivers at $2.40, brassie spoons at $2.75, mid spoons, niblics; Simpson's iron clubs including cleeks, putting cleeks, irons, mashies, and gun metal putters all at $2.75–$3.50; extra replacement heads and shafts stocked.
- Hammocks with pillow and with valance; London Pattern superior wrought-steel hardened quoits in weights from 4 to 16 lbs. at $1.90–$10.20 per pair; malleable iron quoits; iron dumb-bells at 8 cents per lb.; wood dumb-bells in selected maple.
- Boys' boxing gloves in gold tan kid (No. 020), white kid (No. 022), and wine-coloured kid (No. 03X) styles, all with elastic wrist and curled-hair filling; full range of sizes from boys' up to professional patterns.
- Unlined dog collars (Nos. 260–261) in ½ and ¾-inch widths, 9–17-inch lengths, brass nickel-plated at $2.00–$2.70 per dozen; hard leather lined (S series) at $2.70–$5.20; chamois-lined (C series) also available in polished brass and nickel-plated finishes.
- Rim-fire cartridges in .22 through .32 calibre (short, long, long rifle, and extra long) by Winchester, Colt, Stevens, and other makers; Central Fire pistol sizes also listed; blank cartridges at same list as ball cartridges; sold in 50 and 100-round boxes.
- American loaded shot shells alongside hand-loaded smokeless shot shells using C.&H. Amberite powder; special loads available on application; covers standard game and target loadings.
- Curtis's & Harvey's black and nitro powders (sole agents): C.&H. Black Powder in F, FF, FFF grades at $5.30–$5.95 per 25-lb. keg; C.&H. Honker Ducking Powder at $3.30–$12.50 per tin; Diamond Grain smokeless at $18.75 per 25-lb. keg; Amberite Smokeless at $2.00–$2.20 per lb.
- Iver Johnson Safety Hammer Automatic Revolvers in .32 and .38 calibre, 3–6½-inch barrels, nickel finish at $5.50–$8.60 each; Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless Automatic Revolvers in same calibres at $6.75–$8.60; blued and nickel finishes available.
- King Air Rifles (repeater holding 150 BB shot, and single shot) at $14.30–$12.00 per dozen; Remington No. 4 sporting/target rifle in .22 calibre (22½-inch octagon barrel, $8.30) and .32 calibre ($9.30); Winchester Repeating Rifles Model 1892 in .32, .38, and .44 calibre with 24-inch round barrel.
- Genuine bar-lock double-barrel breech-loaders with extension ribs: No. C fine imitation twist ($12.75–$13.25), No. D imitation Boston Damascus double bolt matted rib ($14.25–$15.00), No. J genuine twist Deeley & Edge action; 10 and 12 bore options throughout.
- Zulu single breech-loader and Remington No. 3 single top-lever with rebounding lock and choke bore at $13.25 each; top snap action double barrels No. A (fine imitation twist, $11.00) and No. B (matted rib engraved, $11.50) in 12 and 16 bore.
- Alphabetical index spanning two pages (pp. 97–98) listing all product categories with corresponding page numbers, from adjusters and air compressors through to wrenches and lacing; covers the full catalogue contents for quick dealer reference.