Vol 21, No 28
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The Cycle Age and Trade Review 21, no. 28 (1898). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/the-cycle-age-and-trade-review/vol21-28/
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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.
- Argues that consular reports on the export trade are only raw material that each cycle maker must work up with specialised knowledge of credits, freights and local markets; also takes up the neglected Southern trade among cheap bicycles and why tandem sales vary from place to place.
- 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.
- A Birmingham firm's complaint against an American maker whose agent received ancient models and mismatched ladies' and gentlemen's frames in place of the 1898 pattern for a 100-machine order, costing the agent about $40 and his reputation.
- The United States consul at Bergen reports on Norwegian bicycle trade, held back by 85 inches of annual rainfall and hilly roads, while a Korean report finds about 100 wheels in use at Seoul, mostly American, and calls for a cheap repair shop.
- Advises dealers to learn enough about printing, proof-reading and the choice of type to direct the printer and avoid badly locked-up forms, recommending the standard Gothic, Roman and Antique faces.
- A United States consul-general at Shanghai reports that bicycle trade in China is growing but limited by narrow paths, the long clothing of rich Chinese which interferes with diamond frames, and the need for catalogues in Chinese.
- 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.
- Events of the Week: Decoration Day racing, including the Bald-Cooper match after Jaap Eden declined to ride, Taylor's paced match with Joe Vernier, and Tom Linton's defeat of Harry Elkes at Boston.
- Adams, a dark-horse winner, takes the Memorial Day Chicago road race over poor roads; the entry fell from over 500 to 181 amid war news and the rival Cook County Cyclists' Association race.