The Bicycling World, Vol 12, No 13
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Overman Wheel Company runs a prominent advertisement asking why riders use a compressed tire on a Victor, contrasting a compressed tire in good condition to a deteriorated one and inviting riders to examine the Victor before purchasing.
- p. 2
E.C. Hodges and Co. list a full page of cycling literature including Health upon Wheels, Cortis on Training, Club Songs, Sturmey's Safety Indispensable, Tricyclist's Indispensable, Road Book of Boston, and American Bicycling Journal.
- p. 2
The Bicycling World offers bound volumes of Volumes I through XI at two dollars each and a Common Sense binder at one dollar, noting that Volume II is already out of print.
- p. 3
Stoddard, Lovering and Co. promote the Leaping Saddle as the leading saddle for the 1886 season, equally applicable to bicycle or tricycle with perfect tension adjustment.
- p. 3
Overman Wheel Company invites inventors of cycle devices to contact them as they wish to incorporate the best innovations into Victor cycles and are willing to pay for new ideas.
- p. 3
The Springfield Wheelman's Gazette seeks live agents to canvass every city and town in the United States for its monthly cycling paper at fifty cents a year.
- p. 3
Anson P. Merrill and Co. of Falls River, Massachusetts promote the Missing Link automatic bicycle lock, noting that cyclists who previously used locks and chains have discarded them in favour of the Missing Link.
- p. 3
Short listings from Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, and New York covering Paradox oiler, Boston bicycle shoe, Spalding polo goods, and Murray's eastern headquarters for American challenge machines.