The Bicycling World, Vol 12, No 15
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Overman Wheel Company continues running its Victor compressed tire advertisement comparing a properly inflated tire with a deteriorated one to emphasise the Victor's superior construction.
- p. 2
E.C. Hodges and Co. list a full selection of cycling books by mail including Health upon Wheels, Cortis on Training, Club Songs, Tricycle by Richardson, Safety Indispensable, and the Road Book of Boston.
- p. 2
Geo. W. Rouse and Son of Peoria, Illinois promote Columbia and other bicycles and tricycles on easy payments without extra charge except interest, with prices from eight dollars upward and second-hand wheels taken in trade.
- p. 2
Zacharias and Smith of Newark promote their winter machine overhaul and storage service, urging riders not to wait until the last moment and noting they have special appliances for repairing every make of cycle.
- p. 3
Stoddard, Lovering and Co. promote the Leaping Saddle as the leading saddle for 1886, noting its one-thickness English leather construction with tension screws and india-rubber buffer.
- p. 3
The Springfield Wheelman's Gazette runs its standard monthly subscription advertisement at fifty cents a year, seeking live agents for every US city and town.
- p. 3
Anson P. Merrill and Co. of Falls River, Massachusetts promote their Missing Link automatic bicycle lock at one dollar twenty-five cents, noting that cyclists who have tried it will not go back to chains.
- p. 3
Short listings from Boston, Philadelphia, Newark, and Buffalo covering Paradox oiler, bicycle shoes, tire tape and overhaul service, American Star bicycle, and Spalding polo goods.