The Bicycling World, Vol 12, No 10
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Overman Wheel Company runs its Victor promotion with an invitation to send for the new catalogue, reaffirming the machine's superiority in hill climbing, coasting, strength, and popularity among experienced riders.
- p. 3
E.C. Hodges and Co. publish the full contents of the 1885 Cyclist Christmas Number, a large illustrated special issue containing fourteen full-page lithographs, forty-three portraits of racing cyclists, club songs, and a comic almanac for 1886.
- p. 3
The Springfield Wheelman's Gazette advertises its monthly cycling paper at fifty cents a year, published in Springfield — described as the hub of cycling — with live agents wanted across every city and town in the United States.
- p. 3
E.C. Hodges and Co. advertise The World, The Cyclist, The News, and Wheel World together as the Big Four cycling periodicals, available by subscription through the Boston office.
- p. 2
Stoddard, Lovering and Co. introduce the Leaping Saddle as the leading saddle of the 1886 season, made from one thickness of best English leather with two tension screws in the back and an india-rubber buffer for spring.
- p. 2
Anson P. Merrill and Co. of Falls River, Massachusetts promote their automatic bicycle lock, which can be applied instantly, locks automatically, and is sold nickel-plated for one dollar and twenty-five cents postpaid.
- p. 2
Bull and Bowen of Buffalo announce the open mile time record competition on the Buffalo Road between January and April 1886, with two medals for the best records.
- p. 2
Short listings from Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Newark covering the Paradox oiler, bicycle leggings, Acme tire heater, Murray's eastern agency for American machines, and the Oration Hall repair shop in Newark.