The Wheelmans Gazette, Vol 2, No 8
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Pope Manufacturing Co. again publicises Frank Carmen's October 8th victory in the 25-mile Boston-area road race on an Expert Columbia, noting that all makes of high-grade machines were represented.
- p. 3
The Gazette publishes an extensive table of combined subscription rates for dozens of American periodicals, showing special prices when bundled with the Gazette and the Wheelmen's Record.
- p. 4
A. W. Gump of Dayton, Ohio lists specific second-hand machines at bargain prices, including a 52-inch Premier, Expert Columbia, Harvard, Victor, and English bicycles, plus a job lot of new English bicycles.
- The King Bicycle November Price List
The King Wheel Company maintains its November price list with hollow-rim anti-friction bearing models from $95 and parallel-bearing crescent-rim models starting at $75.
- p. 4
George W. Rouse and Son of Peoria continues to offer easy payment plans for new cycles and a descriptive price list of second-hand bicycles to interested buyers.
- p. 4
Simonds Rolling Machine Co. of Fitchburg, Massachusetts advertises best cast steel balls, hardened, ground, and burnished in sizes from 3/16 to 3 inches in diameter for bicycle bearings.
- The Star Bicycle — World Record Claims
H. B. Smith Machine Co. cites the Star's world road records from 150 to 305 miles, its safety records from 1 to 20 miles on the track, and its record as the first American machine to exceed 20 miles in the hour.
- p. 2
The Springfield Bicycle Mfg. Co. presents its standard advertisement for the Roadster, highlighting the safety clutch system and the machine's hill-climbing advantages for the November readership.