The Wheelmans Gazette, Vol 2, No 4
Articles in this issue
- p. 5
Editor Henry E. Ducker opens the editorial column with reminiscences of cycling seasons past, finding it hard to escape old memories as the sport enters a new chapter.
- p. 1
Pope Manufacturing Co. continues its season advertising for the Columbia range, summarising the machines' competitive strengths and inviting prospective wheelmen to inspect them at branch offices across America.
- p. 4
W. G. Wilcox presents the six Facile patterns for 1887 including the new Geared Facile front-driver with 21 rows of balls and no chain, described as the fastest machine ever produced.
- p. 2
The Springfield Bicycle Mfg. Co. repeats its detailed mechanical description of the Roadster's clutch, emphasising smooth and noiseless operation and freedom from dangerous headers.
- p. 3
The King Wheel Company argues their lever bicycle is the only machine in which levers are raised without springs, saving energy for amateur riders and making it the most practical hill-climber.
- A. W. Gump — Largest Second-Hand Stock in America
A. W. Gump of Dayton, Ohio advertises the largest stock of second-hand bicycles in America, taking in machines in exchange, offering cash for second-hand wheels, and providing repair and plating services.
- p. 22
Sam L. T. Clark and Co. of Baltimore advertise a clearance sale of tangent-spoke light roadsters, direct-spoke full roadsters, safeties, and tricycles at prices formerly ranging from $125 to $165.
- p. 5
With Volume II relocating the paper to Indianapolis, editor Ducker outlines terms of subscription at fifty cents per year and invites communications by the twentieth of each month.