Vol 22, No 71

Articles in this issue

• Spalding Has Many Options (opens in a new tab)

  Update on A.G. Spalding's progress in securing options from manufacturers, with reports that sellers may accept stock in lieu of cash.
• Good Outlook in the West (opens in a new tab)

  Favorable report from Salt Lake City and other western markets showing strong early demand for fifty-dollar bicycle models.
• Union Riding School Scheme (opens in a new tab)

  Report on a union-backed proposal to establish cooperative cycling riding schools in major cities.
• Second-Hand Trade a Cinch (opens in a new tab)

  Argument that dealers who develop a reliable used bicycle trade enjoy stable profits throughout the off-season.
• Editorial (opens in a new tab)

  The leaders "Why Makers Wish to Combine" (bicycle manufacturers weighing the proposed consolidation, with a maker's letter on the endless options and carried-over stock) and "Makers, Salesmen and Agents" (the misunderstanding between makers and dealers, and the traveller's role).
• Brazing by Immersion (opens in a new tab)

  Continuing technical series on the immersion brazing method applied to bicycle frame joint construction.
• Subjects of General Interest (opens in a new tab)

  Short pieces on overvalued industrial securities, the Keely motor and other mechanical frauds, Behr's single-rail electric railroad at Tervuerne in Belgium, and platinum production in America.
• Current Shop Practice (opens in a new tab)

  Gauges and press fixtures for aligning the holes in one-piece head tubes, a manufacturer's failed trial of dip brazing, and wasted filing of rear-end slots, plus short items on an English every-rider-an-agent selling scheme.
• Commerce in Foreign Markets (opens in a new tab)

  Export notes on the bicycle trade in the Philippines and Hong Kong, Dutch wholesalers' complaints, damaged samples in South America, Siam, the Transvaal and Greece.
• Direction of Drive Thrust (opens in a new tab)

  Technical analysis of how pedaling forces are transmitted through the drivetrain, with implications for frame design.
• Standard Chains for Motors (opens in a new tab)

  Discussion of standardizing drive chain specifications for the emerging motor vehicle industry.
• Pastime and Sport (opens in a new tab)

  Racing results and club news from cycling associations.
• A Wheel on the Levee (opens in a new tab)

  Descriptive account of bicycle riding conditions along the Mississippi River levee roads.
• Retail Miscellany (opens in a new tab)

  State-by-state notes on cycle agents and repairers opening, selling out or dissolving, from Alabama to Wisconsin, with the Woodruff & Little bankruptcy and a Bennett cable-driven lever bicycle.
• Information for Buyers (opens in a new tab)

  Trade notes on Thompson's reinforced fittings, the Orient plant extension at Waltham, the Sunbeam spoke patent, S. D. Childs nameplates, the Crescent acetylene lamp and the improved Gentry chainless gear.