The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 97
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Report from an insider confirming that ninety percent of American Bicycle Company members are satisfied, final transfers were completed, and the combine will focus on stopping ruinous below-cost selling rather than attacking competitors.
- p. 1
Confirmation that all formal property transfers to the American Bicycle Company have been recorded, with preliminary certificates issued to manufacturers pending the formal stock documents.
- Inferred That Branches Will Be Closed
Report that the American Bicycle Company intends to close all existing retail branches previously operated by member companies, including the Pope Detroit branch.
- p. 2
Account of Richard Garland, former Canadian Dunlop manager, who has obtained an option on the Dunlop Australian business and is floating a new company worth over eight hundred thousand dollars on the Australian public market.
- p. 2
Correspondence from New Zealand describing how the Dunlop company maintains its near-monopoly through agreements with manufacturers rather than patents, while facing competition from Palmer tires and locally assembled alternatives.
- p. 2
Argument that an American tire maker entering New Zealand would find a large unserved market, as dealers are frustrated by having to fight Dunlop's battles for them.
- Meiselbach's Branch Closed
News that the Meiselbach company's New York branch has been ordered closed and its stock transferred to the Crawford branch.
- p. 21
Racing results and club news from cycling organizations.