The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 125

Articles in this issue

• Bell Patent Litigation: Liberty Bell Co. Seeks Injunction Against New Departure Bell Co.

  The Liberty Bell Co. applied for a temporary injunction against the New Departure Bell Co. for allegedly copying its patented push-button continuous-ringing bicycle bell, a case complicated by the fact that the treasurers of the two rival companies were brothers who had previously been in business together.

• Dealers Caught Short: Coaster Brake Demand Outstrips Stock in Buffalo

  An unexpectedly strong demand for coaster-brake-equipped bicycles in Buffalo left most local dealers unable to fulfill orders, with nearly two-thirds of immediate sales and future orders being for this equipment, while a price war among dealers played out in large newspaper advertisements.

• A.B.C. Withdraws Red Flag: Compelled by Anti-Trust Feeling to Change Policy

  Faced with survey evidence that roughly 60 percent of dealers held anti-trust sentiments and with public hostility to the trust name, the American Bicycle Company quietly removed the A.B.C. name from its advertisements, having previously pushed it prominently to impress financial markets.

• Bottom Bracket Suit: Testimony to Begin This Week

  A.B.C. attorney Redding announced he would begin taking witness testimony in the Eagle Bicycle Co. bottom bracket suit, expecting to complete the plaintiff's case within a few days, while the defense would then conduct its cross-examination and present its own witnesses.