The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 22, No 68
Articles in this issue
- Report on a Buffalo department store beginning to manufacture its own branded bicycles to compete directly with established dealers.
- Report from Paducah, Kentucky noting that unlicensed street-level bicycle sellers are disappearing as legitimate dealers strengthen.
- Optimistic survey from a traveling salesman reporting strong dealer interest and rising consumer demand heading into the spring season.
- Report on Kirk Brown assuming management control of a major bicycle company or dealership network.
- Follow-up from Denver dealers reporting that market conditions are recovering after a period of oversupply.
- Continuing installment of the technical series on the immersion brazing process for bicycle frame construction.
- Dispatch from Charleston, South Carolina presenting the standard bicycle repair price schedule in use across the state, noting that thirty-inch wheel machines are not gaining local popularity.
- Critical examination of a speculative scheme to establish a bicycle factory in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, arguing that imported raw materials, high skilled-labour costs, and insufficient capital make the venture unworkable.
- Technical article examining how wheel diameter affects bicycle stability, handling, and rider comfort.
- Discussion of how pneumatic tire pressure and saddle design contribute to rider comfort over rough roads.
- Statistical comparison of weekly bicycle export shipments from New York and from England, showing American totals to Germany, France, and Argentina far exceeding British figures across the same destinations.
- Assessment of whether motor-powered cab services are yet ready to displace horse-drawn cabs in city transport.
- First installment of a new standing reference table comparing model-by-model specifications — price, weight, frame depth, tread width, joint and crown types, hanger drop, tubing gauges, and hanger form — for W. R. Rollins Mfg. Co.'s Bird and Crusader lines and Pope Mfg. Co.'s full Columbia, Hartford, and Vedette range, to be continued in future issues.
- Racing results and club news from cycling organizations.
- Description of an experimental London plant using electric current passed through a borax-and-resin bath to season timber in days rather than years, with details of voltage, consumption, and the process.
- Describes A. G. Spalding & Bros.' tiny Shepard bevel-gear cyclometer, weighing under two ounces with a detachable bracket for carrying in the pocket, and reports Toledo's National Cement & Rubber Mfg. Co. absorbing the Red Cross Cement & Rubber Co. of Rochester, N.Y. by purchase.
- Advertising advice from expert Charles Austin Bates urging bicycle dealers to send direct, business-focused circulars repeatedly rather than elaborate one-off keepsakes, emphasising frequency of contact over a single impressive piece.