Vol 20, No 2
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The Cycle Age and Trade Review 20, no. 2 (1897). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/the-cycle-age-and-trade-review/vol20-2/
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Articles in this issue
- The Warwick Cycle Mfg. Co. of Springfield, Mass. faces a $150,000 attachment by stockholder Joseph Bannigan despite having $425,000 in assets, with management confident of a settlement.
- English chain makers including B.S.A. and Hans Renold meet in Birmingham and adopt the Hans Renold template as a universal standard for sprocket wheel sizing.
- Plans for a major American tube manufacturing consolidation collapse after patent attorneys for the Lozier interests determine that Colonel Heckert's steel-billet process patents are of no practical value.
- London correspondent reviews the Stanley Show, noting new chainless models including a Danish bevel-gear design with small ball-bearing pins, and discusses general trends in British cycle construction.
- Editorial commentary on current trade conditions and the bicycle industry outlook.
- Cornell's Prof. Rolla C. Carpenter, criticised by E. C. Stearns, concedes that bevel-gear chainless wheels lose less to friction as speed rises, making them promising racers, though earlier test results had found them far less efficient than the chain.
- The British Motor Syndicate, Limited, reports gross profits of $2,231,425 to September 30, 1897, with nearly 200 motor cars built at Coventry; the page also carries Badgers Drop the Bars on Wisconsin's bicycle insurance law and Score One for Kansas on dealers outlasting department stores.
- San Francisco correspondent predicts fewer cycle agents next year as the Cycle Board of Trade drafts a new membership list, stocks are nearly exhausted and Californian riders favour cheaper low-frame racers.
- Retail cycle dealers face the task of recovering trade lost to department stores after the worst season yet, amid a growing feeling that the exclusive cycle store is finished outside the big cities.
- Anecdotes of the trade, including Kirk Brown's scrap book of American Dunlop advertising and his debate at the board of trade, a man who declined a fortune in a tire partnership, and Charles E. Duryea the enthusiast.
- Latest United States bicycle patents, including a process for carbonizing and hardening chain rivets with bone and cyanide of potassium, and a tire valve arrangement forcing cement between the head and the inner tire wall.
- Hints for repair shops, including removing an obstinate cotter-pin with a steel rod and copper hammer, a homemade crank pin pusher, and a good polish.
- English patents illustrated, including Sir E. F. Piers's liquid-driven transmission, Richardson's stud-and-hole driving gear, another brazeless joint and an adjustable bevel wheel.
- Trade commentary on ineffective bicycle store window display practices and how dealers can better attract customers.
- Trade notes for buyers: a Savannah agents' letter praising The Cycle Age, George M. Beard's hub and crank-hanger taken up by Hutson & Rittenhouse of Angola, Ind., and the American Waltham Mfg. Co.'s Comet three-ball pedals.
- Illustrated account of cycling in Washington: the White House ellipse and Mall, asphalt avenues, the Soldiers' Home, Bladensburg and Rock Creek Park, with wheelmen planning a petition to Congress for the ellipse.
- Essay or reprint discussing clergyman T. DeWitt Talmage's views on cycling and its social effects.
- Report on the racing match between champion cyclist Jimmy Michael and competitor Starbuck.
- Correspondent describes the racing scene in Honolulu over a recent three-week period.
- New York preparations for the six-day race at Madison Square Garden, with Teddy Hale confident of winning, Jimmy Michael's challenge, the arrival of English riders under Chase and a list of new-comers.