The Bicycling World, Vol 12, No 16
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Overman Wheel Company announces that the new Victor for 1886 is on display at 182 Columbus Avenue, combining the best of past seasons with marked improvements, and will again be the easiest running bicycle on the market.
- p. 2
E.C. Hodges and Co. list a full page of cycling publications including Health upon Wheels, Cortis on Training, Club Songs, Road Book of Boston, Sturmey's Safety Indispensable, and the 1884 Cyclist Christmas Number.
- p. 3
Stoddard, Lovering and Co. advertise the Leaping Saddle at five dollars as the leading saddle for 1886, equally applicable to bicycle or tricycle with English leather and india-rubber buffer.
- p. 3
Zacharias and Smith of Newark promote their winter cycle overhaul, alteration, and repair service, urging riders to have their machines cleaned and adjusted now to avoid spring delays.
- p. 3
Geo. W. Rouse and Son of Peoria, Illinois offer Columbia and other bicycles on easy payments with prices from eight dollars upward, accepting second-hand wheels in trade.
- p. 3
The Springfield Wheelman's Gazette runs its standard monthly cycling paper advertisement at fifty cents a year, noting its large and varied correspondence from readers in many lands.
- p. 3
Anson P. Merrill and Co. of Falls River, Massachusetts continue promoting their automatic Missing Link bicycle lock, which locks through the small wheel on tricycles and at one dollar twenty-five cents nickel-plated.
- p. 3
Short listings from Boston, Philadelphia, Buffalo, and Peoria covering Paradox oiler, Boston bicycle shoe, Murray's eastern agency for American machines, and Bull and Bowen accessories.