The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 21, No 28
Articles in this issue
- Columbus cycle dealers struggling to find profitable winter side lines faced the added complication that their best customers were merchants in other trades who would boycott any dealer who competed with them, as illustrated by a clothier who lost all cycle-trade custom after stocking bicycles.
- Denver dealers described their experiences with sporting goods, cameras, safes, and other side lines, with Overman Wheel Co.'s manager explaining how sporting goods attracted the same outdoor-oriented customers who bought bicycles and how amateur photography and cycling naturally complemented each other.
- A technical description and evaluation of the Clarke back-pedaling coaster brake, examining its mechanism and the conditions under which it offered advantages or disadvantages compared to hand-operated braking systems.
- A Swedish correspondent described a market dominated by imported machines, with local manufacturing still small, and outlined the opportunity for American makers willing to provide repair instructions in Swedish and adapt their products to local road conditions.
- The issue addressed the engineering challenges specific to tandem bicycle design, including frame stiffness, chain drive coordination, and the braking demands imposed by the greater weight of two riders.
- Comparative tests of acetylene bicycle lamps measured output, fuel consumption, and reliability under varying conditions, helping dealers and riders evaluate competing products on an objective basis.
- The second installment of a series on American motor-cycle development reviewed the leading experimental machines, their engine configurations, and the prospects for commercial production in the near future.