The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 23, No 90
Articles in this issue
- Feature collecting reports from independent bicycle assemblers around the country, including James S. Lyons and Bros. of Bryn Mawr who have built fifty to one hundred machines per season for four years, describing their experiences building from parts and their plans to expand in the coming season.
- Reports from bicycle manufacturers and dealers confirming that payments are being collected more easily this season than in previous years.
- News that Minneapolis bicycle dealers have adopted a cooperative early-evening closing agreement, ending the practice of staying open until late at night.
- Advance coverage from Paris of preparations by cycle and motor vehicle manufacturers to exhibit at the 1900 world's fair, with proposals for a dedicated cycling building and suggestions on the desirability of a high-class American display.
- Report that the 1899 retail bicycle trade in Chicago has been the most satisfactory season since 1895, with high-grade machines scoring well, a growing demand for cheaper lines, and a local house securing space at the Paris exposition.
- Fourth installment of the series discussing manufacturer opinions on optional equipment, with high-grade makers continuing to fit standard tires and saddles, while differences in pedal thread standards cause frustration among dealers who receive incompatible equipment from different factories.
- Tips for bicycle dealers on store display, noting that hardware stores can reclaim their stove floor space for bicycles as the seasons change, and advising use of the store ceiling as an effective advertising medium.
- Practical notes for bicycle repairmen on a simple method for deflating inner tubes without an assistant, and designs for handy racks to organize handle bars, rims, and tubing in the repair shop.
- Racing results and club news including Major Taylor cutting five and three-fifths seconds off the mile record on a Stearns Chainless with Sager Gear at Garfield Park Chicago, the I.C.A. turning down N.C.A. outlaws at Montreal and recognizing only L.A.W. riders, and European middle-distance motor-paced racing.
- Weekly motor vehicle coverage including a French book exposing the motor vehicle industry, Henriod's running gear with each rear wheel independently driven, and coverage of the Duryea brothers' legal claim against the Electric Carriage Company.