The Cycle Age and Trade Review, Vol 23, No 91
Articles in this issue
- Feature from Salt Lake City reporting the most successful retail bicycle season in local history, with nearly two thousand machines sold and installment payments kept up remarkably well, while an attempt to push chainless models in the road races failed outright.
- Report from the Gilliam Manufacturing Company in Canton, Ohio showing a twenty-five percent increase in saddle business and assurance that the Canton plant will not be relocated.
- Report that the Chicago machine tool market experienced record-breaking July orders, including a complete press line for manufacturing calcium carbide shipping cans.
- Statement from H.A. Lozier affirming that the bicycle combine will not raise prices and that fifty dollars will remain the standard retail price, with reductions possible over time.
- Report on the expected procedure for electing the American Bicycle Company's officers and directors, with Spalding considered the near-certain choice for president.
- Report on a devastating fire caused by a gasoline explosion in a bicycle repair shop in Berea, Ohio, destroying twenty-one nearby business premises.
- Critical technical article by a veteran factory worker arguing that bicycle manufacturers fail to pay sufficient attention to small design details and construction quality.
- Racing results and club news from cycling organizations across North America.