The Wheelmans Gazette, Vol 2, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Pope Manufacturing Co. opens the new volume by presenting a comprehensive table of world cycling records held by Columbia riders, including Thomas Stevens' round-the-world journey, Rowe's 22-mile hour record, and Morgan's 235-mile non-stop ride.
- p. 4
William Read and Sons promote the New Mail bicycle with the Trigwell Ball-Bearing Head, describing how its cones move without friction so that one oiling and one adjustment serves for months of riding.
- p. 4
An engineering explanation of the New Mail's strengthened backbone, which is thicker at the neck end to resist the stress point where most frames break, with similarly tapered forks.
- p. 2
The Springfield Bicycle Mfg. Co. continues its promotion of the Roadster's clutch mechanism, illustrating the roller bearings and gripping system that prevent headers and allow smooth coasting.
- p. 3
The King Wheel Company publishes updated prices for the 1887 King Bicycle, offering both solid crescent rim parallel-bearing models from $75 and hollow-rim anti-friction bearing models from $95.
- p. 39
H. B. Smith Machine Co. promotes the Star bicycle as the only machine combining safety, speed, and hill-climbing in the highest degree, citing a world road record of 305 miles in 24 hours.
- Columbia Facsimile Blackboard Offer
Pope Manufacturing Co. offers a free facsimile blackboard reprint of their world records page to any cyclist who will display it prominently, as a promotional exercise.
- Trigwell Ball Head — Critical Acclaim from the Press
A reprint from the L.A.W. Bulletin describes how the ball-bearing head was initially ridiculed by established manufacturers but has become recognised in 1887 as a necessity for any first-grade bicycle.