The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 23, No 85
Articles in this issue
- Detailed market report from Christchurch describing strong demand for American bicycles with seven to eight thousand machines in use, wood rim prejudice successfully overcome, strong preference for double tube pneumatic tires over single tube models, and analysis of why American-made bicycles have displaced British competitors in Pacific island markets.
- Report on the Hawaiian bicycle market showing four to five thousand machines in use and American manufacturers dominating through an organized eight-agent Cycle Board of Trade, with census and population data illustrating the scale of the market.
- Report that rigid handlebars are being largely replaced by reversible and adjustable types, reducing the range of options dealers need to stock, based on an interview with President Webster of the Chicago Handle Bar Company on the year-on-year changes in equipment preferences.
- Brief editorial update on where the American Bicycle Company consolidation stands as the deadline for completing factory options approaches, with commentary on American cycle manufacturing ingenuity.
- Detailed description of the manufacturing process at Wilmot and Hobbs in Bridgeport for clincher bicycle tubing, using steel rich in manganese, a rolling rather than drawing process that leaves the metal fiber unstretched, and an interlocking joint that is independently secure without brazing.
- Racing results and club news including McDuffee breaking the mile record paced by an Orient motor tandem, Pierce breaking twelve-hour and all preceding world records at Waltham on July 3 and 4, Butler brothers' triplet record attempts, and the Zimmy handicap at Ambrose Park.
- Product notes including Tucker Bicycle Wood Work Company's new line of wood rims for 1900 in over twenty-five finishes, and details of new bicycle frame components and accessories for the coming season.
- Monthly motor vehicle coverage including a Chicago court decision prohibiting special regulations that would exclude motor vehicles from parks and boulevards, rules for motor vehicle efficiency contests, and a detailed look at the Patton system heavy truck combining a gas engine with storage battery.