| Show UP TO improvements in cycling and in novel machines BICYCLERS MAKE ADVANCES some of the most recent devices tor for promoting their convenience and safety on the road boad A proposed boll signal code the power expended expanded in riding biding interesting experiments peri ments out of sight brake the blab as EL tire apparatus tho the handy tandem WS by th cheller andl klatil nil the lery latest thing thine in the bicycle world which iq 19 T interest arid and exciting feverish discus ilone Is a tile unni ritten alc signal bagnal codr code the of ihla ailt zion Is 11 to dovice device and adopt A alstern ot of signals by betins or bells that shall lie m convenient medium of 0 communication between cyclists while on wheel ba back c k to coin a new expression so that they may easily impart their wishes one to the other for example it in I 1 desirable at timo tim to tn pay ay to a rider in front 1 I shall pass pars to the right or 1 I shall pass to the left or perhaps im running wild mild when EL a rider loso control of at lier her wheel any an ani and I all af pf oc which it 11 rn might ight be tra ing to 0 o ilia lungs arid and throat threat to impact uia bocc A flirtation signal Is 1 now in ogue but the amount brining ot depends on oil the i 1 dolenec of oc the lo 10 loc ci C i nicking 71 at ili g to the m wise 1 man mho i ito roads reads between the lines and can detect the die signs of the iron heel of oc progress pro giess and the arrogance at 0 power tile the new code Is significant ant t to 0 NN wain 13 I 1 11 drivers ot of carriages Na wagon gons phaetons phae tons drags drage anti anil lit in short all a 11 ordinary and common vehicles on oil which title side the wheelman olman intends to io pap this ldoa ot of a code hod had its origin lit in the differ different din crent ont fancy drills which were lately so popular at the moet meet of va rioux clubs it Is olly easily seen how low irac the ow enlargement of the idea would be but the ili to adopt a code was mas productive of a great deal of argument no two clubs agreed when tit the question of adopting the codi invented by one club was mas suggested other clubs rebelled hurna laid and bicke rings s ensued hut but all that Is a thins thing of tile the post past and dialing I 1 llie lie summer every ardent c clest will mill u devote ve te part of ill his time to elaborating th in code which Is 1 now new in ili its infancy tile the league of american knie rIcan wheelman wheelmen WhoP elmen linen has nol as yet adopted adopted tiny particular code although most or of the members nip me familiar with the new unwritten tell code 1 mr I W K S hull treasurer ier of 0 the L A W said paid in speaking of the flip matter the linsue aca ue certainly has at prest ent no low law regarding such a system although there are arc certain ignacs NT which aich so go to make up the now new enrit I 1 ten code which me ate recognized by all wheelman wheelmen elmen olid on oil the or of course there will always bp be accidents ci more or lesi but tle file name I 1 lilii file r the roat road roust be h applied t bicycles as iother to vehicles thre cd can i be bc ji question in ahn ntine of siny ain fa t j lulng ed it person ellit tapio Is in i a animosity exhibited by dabers or of carts hach hachten men and con coa climen chinon toward bicycling and tiny form P de in collisi onit when alien occasionally tile they are brou slit glit up iiii with mith a sharp turn they always to regard them elves its ai a i the lie hillo innocent cent and aggrieved party but in justice they bibuld I 1 be compelled to share and alike la in tile the mat matter ter of ef divi iding the public high fajr per i lops a recognized code will in some obviate these I 1 troubles coubles among amone the in the new code which seem to meet with ilia general approval of rid riders ra in and about new york are arc the foli following oMing when approaching two people breina ani tile the rear tl three ret lings 1 I will pass iasa between you when approaching from opposite directions ions one ring 1 I will pass to ille righta two airings 1 I 1 will pars to the left tour four short rings followed by two choit ones ts rs my illy lama out butr four lone ones it I 1 Is four short ones followed ly four long ones no 1 I want to talk to you 1 conveyed by some I 1 iders by three thre e long bells ono 3 lonar ion arid and one short abort Is generally understood to moan mr a it aley q havo have sprinkled the iho f I 1 ther down look out nut it wn i pro by one frivol frivolous ill 19 feminine enthusiast ilia i there should ln lie a i signal meaning Is in my ally on oil straight it was killed filed no domall could trust another in ili a matter ilko that dut there can call be no litt doubt that within tho par near fatme a more complete antl and ty haslein will 11 be I 1 I 1 adopted it will of course EL a standard bell for which the public will lio io thankful uniformity in regard to bilm will improve eval eral oppen jance or of machines machine aal and ton up tip file public ear car besides bally aal for all time doing botn awe away v with tile old fa s banned binned giving cone to which omi wheelman wheelmen who elmen elmon eling dine ji with ith A 1 ronn tancy hard bard to lo ex explain rp cabeen cabmen amen and coach nion operate cooperate CO coo at ai 4 a code a a be belter for ferlin fr will milli be red anil it rid the real of tho the cyclist bill have dawned few people realize thal actual power expended 4 in n th seemingly easy effort or riding a ble alp c by milo baro studded thi show that for each additional ill ile tr tier hour lit in speed the foot parau re is in a much greater i it II alli up nn an my easy matar to rit fit on oil A smooth running wheel and pedal riceal ailing ali ini overcoming without Pl every bacle ta cle li 11 II the lh way of 0 grades ana aal road inequalities tint but as al A a matter of oc fact the same muscular exertion would be sufficient to take a per bon acon tor for a long wool afoot it milecent e cc tit lefts depts lit in this maile made by AI bonny with an automatic op art haratun parn tuii very cry similar to the Indic indicator sto or a steam angino show to a fracci fraction n the exact amount of pepsi aure averted 0 on a pedal durane a complete revolta ti alon aliva of 0 ahr fit chool tests prove conclusively avely first that there li 14 an all absolute dat point such as occurs ire in the artion action of a stearn st am engine and in tile second place thorn there IS in always bolna solna aure on tile the trip top stroke these experiment li which are arc of unusual unequal interest to all IIller I of hie fill I 1 wheel beel were carande over a woollen wooden anti at a speed varying front from terr to twenty miles an hour the results result obtained hy by 31 lionny are arc civell in ill foot ahleah alch being beloff interpreted means mean ill amount of don in lifting n to 0 o ill alie height of one 1 foot ono on remarkable result of oc these e is iff the proof that alio llio if pressure of tho the tot feet tit tin pedals Is nearly thren and one ofir half alm i gloater where the th machine michl no Is ig ridden at a rate of twenty ml miles i par cpr hour than when only ten fen miles fire are cov fired in sixty minutes it 19 I 1 a popular bellet belief among riders that the th greater I 1 the speed the less least the I 1 I 1 I 1 Q I 1 ek I 1 tn t N 1 I r c TA sf I 1 I 1 op I 1 19 mill eu I 1 1 I k V 11 1 I 1 1 S 51 y I 1 I 1 0 1 I 1 i I 1 g 1 1 p u I 1 I 1 I 1 wl I 1 na I 1 Z N 1 lilt 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 ata file I 1 I 1 11 it 3 I 1 I 1 wj 1 C G 1 I C i toll 3 iza lka I 1 1 1 v I 1 0 6 1 I I 1 1 i alithe al itye av I 1 ea I 1 I 1 I 1 i r fj 0 9 a f I 1 e i 4 1 i fl ko 1 11 1 rz aal 1 11 it I 1 i i 1 7 V 7 1 4 11 at elk t I 1 P 2 1 I 1 I 1 afi ea 94 i VI I 1 VI I 1 1 ile q preE pressure Sure needed to in force the machier onward minard this however Is a mistake th odrict rosenfeld flat an unquestioned upon mh wheels eaf slid and fill all thinks filings to wheelman wheelmen elmen said in speaking in on this subject inasmuch as man Is physically much the superior of woman martian the question naturally how much moie power does a woman ma wasla s I 1 e in ill ble bicycle yc to riding than a man mail the rile Is a simple one in some respects while tit in others it la is rather complex in tho life first place it depends depend to 10 a areat extent pimply upon the art or oc knowing knowin ff how bow A MITI man Is as a I 1 ule lule more inore used to alluri muscular exertion than 1 Is woman and lie he does docs not notice tile th pic vuro necess air to propel hn his x wheel heel N while hile the van unusual character of the exertion causes a woman particular ly a novice to expend a great leaf deal of ewla is s energy lit in rl aliw I 1 think I 1 am safe rate in ill saying from I 1 my own observation that a woman puts plate forth full fully one third more power in ili ordinary riding than a man doss does under conditions th the position popl lion oc at the saddle eadah makes a Is ecat difference in III the amount of power i y to I 1 lull un the machine and this Is 1 a thing which few women seem to 10 understand they generally irene rally have hae their fl paddles Addles so far car back that they push tit e pedal from them chik making it ft very tiresome tire tn pome and more like mork than ileaure plo astare if oil oi the other oilier hand they bould slide elide their sl addles iddles forward po ay as to enable eatable them to put a downward cisine on oil the pedal they would annd wh wheeling erling much cartel carler to give tills this downward pies ure inas the plan of tho when her they put the scorcher chee on oil tile the market A boy bay n ath experience in alding will ill use less strength and exertion in ili climbing fa a hill than would an inexperienced giant art did not pedal properly jut tile iho most experienced wheel woman n can never er compete hh 1 a I man inan even though she ati know liow bow to propel her machino in the mav ihm flint jo iti the li at alk anine nie to lo herself 1 I hie tn be accounted for by the nl at mt universal nervousness or of the so e mitch ahi l greally interferes interfere s nith hie lie pro polling of the machine many re a fair will milt he be surprised to learn I 1 that she lit lies ho heen been a pix sure e on each pedal or of fron from to fifty rix pounds during tier her ride at tile rate of tell len antice anti ce per hour there to la a pr esmire nil n paoli each pedal on if I 1 lie down stroke of 1958 toot foot pounds pound at miles per hour there Is a pressure of 31 i foot pounds tall an increase of IS 15 40 foot pounds for sit an added speed of 0 25 miles mile per hour for a ape it of twenty miles per hour the re required il alred pressure Is 19 1462 1 foot pounds at each ancl gervit cal revolution of 0 the pedals I 1 A foot pound na as measured by rioter Is just avi t one thirty thousandth of one hor horse power though of light and apparently fragile construction tho the bicycle can carry more in dead deba weight in proportion to its ita size alze and weight than the most so substantial b freir lat car the latter will carry but twice its ita weight and trave travel 1 at the rate of 0 thirty miles per hour while the bicycle can call carry ten times limes ltv wel lit nt at the rate of ten miles an I 1 hour our lew few ridenda stop kte to consider the possible currying carrying capacity of their mi childes chilies ch chi let lies ond and fewer still havo have any idea of 0 the actual power they are arc exciting in ili M heeling 0 it tandem bicycle can now lie be modo made froni from to tho ordin ordinary aly machines chev ali to ro dashe there need be 1 no more long 1 eary in miles fleg parr jim a broker u whal ter nor ailed tile tho wheelman or woman who 1110 meets alth any of the ral alii q hare aar artam road clop pair nor nell will it be nury ary for th ih hav to rids rid al ln c ne in future tor for lack or 0 a aam art an has bag juat just bee bran pel pei rc clI by japan of which an any y good of tile the road m iv P attach ills his unfortunate brot brothers heem wheel to his 11 own and nil ail I 1 liy world may lids aide tandem if it choo iea an ali attach neut has boom de dels joffri il which efla i you in A few minutes alnut s to ina hakea keat front from any two bloy bicycles clev regald regardless less of helget a or rear and it enra br be to lia ita orle hint parts part with almost equal the billing equally dla dia tri tributes buted upon abr theft ei wheels of 0 two a aleli rele rate tit at speed with loss IMIS output of effort lit obtainable it Is ile a fu fine hill hh climber auw it lias bas two perfectly f coil th abich accomplishes so BO tra much vic 11 la in lit in th ill tx trim tho the bruer pait of a fork mith sp aings to connect the lie rear axle of tho the irani aront bicycle bottom bracket or of th ili rear bicycle the front wheel n heel can if desfred de be entirely rf removed moved from the rear bicycle the upper part of the connection conn conrail conRi isLo il of two tubes tube which telescope and cona connect the paddle post cf tile th bicycle with will tho atom of tile the beir of tile the refer rear It lil cycle IcYcle when a ladys lall 1 wheel Is in used it should always be bc placed in front I 1 0 A ventilated steel bicycle gilp blip Is ia the th latest appliance patented for far the comfort of wheelmen wheelman elmen it la ili lit in itself a very elmr 1 contrivance and antl yet its iti it i very simplicity in i what recommends it to the th majority of rider membern of the noble army of p bi cyclists whose hard talc fate compels thern them to ride aver fter city pavements pavo ments or country roads mads will wel avel coin IL 11 grip which a aich Is in gurr guar arit anler 4 to reI iove that plater of annoy alares jarring 1115 tho the view nw glipps Ril PJ radically radl cally different from the fine on mv and la Is mado from highly tempered t feel sprang wire so BO colstr actea as a to abow ablow a perfect circulation cu of f air ill at sil all attlies itt lies keeping the hands cool and mols moist I 1 although very I 1 light only three ounces pir pair this very grip crip la Is said raid to be the most durable in nie me its chief merit lion lio ever never iv Is R Us resiliency the handle forming ine a pu feet cushion tor for the hands hand 5 and le shining the shock said and jar 0 of f rough roads thus thui oliN lating all feeling of mcathie s and numbness in the hands hand and ai nis nip the alp craps car call be 1 had in a any ny of bove several ral styles the show lest being heavily heal lly nickel plated ir if preferred it can bo be covered with perforated or fancy leather they can readily lip be attached to any handlebar handle bar by any rider A altogether they appear to combine two very important requisites ornament and effectiveness it A bicycle break which la Is both figuratively and ellei all of 0 SI slant lit has just juit been patented by a san the jallits claimed tor for the new invention are arc first that it Is out of sight in ili a a lateral sense sene As aa this the only portion exposed to lew is the foot or that anition coming in direct contact with the tire arld anil does nt not therefore give to the M wheel heel a cumbersome or appearance then it Is 13 con can chint pat cn lout int always being on land hand find and loftily to operate still and light only ionly a few ounces oun ca it Is 13 effect effective lve as tho th wheel heel can at once be brought to a full S top stop raid and finally it can call be applied to any wheel ond Is cheap j the invention consists of a 1 I handlebar having harms a brew threaded extension with a interior thread lining and turning upon its ext extension enlon chii bell tile the rider rad r wishes to stop a turn of 0 tile the liandi bar causes tile the sliding rort rod within N thin the handle post to I 1 act as a pulley on the foot fool of the brake I |
