The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 107
Articles in this issue
- Frenchmen Fuming Again: Admission of American Cycles to Paris Show
French bicycle manufacturers launched their annual newspaper attacks against American cycles ahead of the Paris show, but observers noted the campaign backfired by drawing public attention to the American machines, which consumers found more attractive and cheaper than the French product.
- Australian Coming to Buy: Manager of Austral Cycle Agency to Study Cycles, Automobiles and Sundries
The proprietor of the Austral Cycle Agency in Sydney set out on a six-month world tour to visit the London and Paris cycle shows and travel to America to buy stock on better terms, amid reports that American and Canadian bicycles were steadily displacing British machines in Queensland.
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The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company formally transferred the Indianapolis Rubber Co. and Indiana Bicycle Co. rubber operations into a single consolidated plant, while discussion of further consolidating western plants in Akron and Peoria remained undecided.
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Two prominent Washington bicycle houses closed as the American Bicycle Company consolidated the Sterling, Featherstone, Western Wheel Works, Columbia, Hartford and Stormer lines into the local Pope branch, aiming for record-breaking sales in 1900.
- The English Cycle Shows: Evidence of Trade Revival at London Exhibitions
The 1899 Stanley Show and National Show opened in London to enthusiastic attendance, with the Stanley show reported as the best ever held and free-wheel mechanisms featuring prominently among the new exhibits, suggesting revival in the British cycle trade despite recent pessimism.