Vol 20, No 14

Articles in this issue

• The French Tariff Question (opens in a new tab)

  Paris customs committee is divided on the Descubes-Paulmier proposal to raise cycle duties, with opponents noting that French exports have grown 600 percent since 1892 and the industry needs no exceptional protection.
• Westerners Fight Shy of Chainless (opens in a new tab)

  Denver dealers report that only seven chainless bicycles have been sold in Colorado, with agents mostly leaving samples on display without actively promoting them due to doubts about the technology.
• The Chainless in Colorado (opens in a new tab)

  Colorado Springs dealers confirm that despite energetic promotion, consumer interest in chainless models remains negligible compared to demand for improved chain-wheel bicycles.
• New English Construction: Brazeless Joints (opens in a new tab)

  Humber announces a cotter-joint frame as its new standard, while rumors circulate that Hooley is organizing a company to exploit the Crowdenwater hydraulic tube-jointing process.
• Valuation of a Factory (opens in a new tab)

  Article examining how bicycle factories are valued for investment, sale, or creditor purposes.
• Editorial (opens in a new tab)

  Argues that the backward spring season is a dealers' watching game rather than public apathy, with southern trade delayed by makers' unreadiness and the new-driving-mechanism agitation.
• Recent Patents (opens in a new tab)

  Clamp-joint for frame tubes, a two-speed hub with shifting thimble (S. T. Johnson, Noblesville), a spring grip handle (W. Pincus, Philadelphia) and a spiral-gear drive.
• Changeable Chainless Gear (opens in a new tab)

  The Featherstone company of Chicago prepares a chainless model whose cam-wheel gearing in a cylindrical bracket case gives two gears without a delicate rear hub.
• Progress in Motocycles (opens in a new tab)

  Survey of developments in motor-assisted bicycles and tricycles from American and European builders.
• Use of Sand Blast (opens in a new tab)

  Practical notes on grading sand and crushed quartz and on air pressure for cleaning brazing slag, scale, castings and decorating glass.
• Retail Advertising (opens in a new tab)

  Continued guidance for bicycle dealers on creating effective advertising for the spring retail season.
• Locating Tire Punctures (opens in a new tab)

  Describes a clamp-and-roller puncture locater, tried for nearly two years, that makes a leak in the inner wall show its position to the repairman.
• Store Scheme Collapses (opens in a new tab)

  A proposed chain-store bicycle selling scheme has failed due to inability to secure adequate capital and manufacturer cooperation.
• Information for Buyers (opens in a new tab)

  Trade notes on the John P. Lovell Arms Co. and its '98 Lovell Diamond bicycles, with the Dayton Special, National Cycle Mfg. Co., Jeffery and other makers' specifications.
• Winter Cycling (opens in a new tab)

  Surveys where cyclists ride in winter, from Biarritz and Athens and its Phaleron track to Egypt and the Georgia and Florida beaches at Tybee and Ormond.
• Events of the Week (opens in a new tab)

  A page of racing cartoons on Batchelder's dismissal, Tom Eck's return, Eaton, Doc Brown, Taylor's retirement and Sod Sloane, the jockey.
• "Throw Down" of "Batch" (opens in a new tab)

  President Potter of the L.A.W. refuses to reappoint A. G. Batchelder as New York handicapper over the six-day race, and the piece protests political appointments in racing; Tom Eck returns.