Show F ti F. F RIDES MADE HOMEMADE BICY BICYCLE E. E Ingenious Chinaman Constructs Vehicle Vehicle cle Principally of Wood The wooden bicycle shown In in the In-the the accompanying picture was m made de by bya Chinaman His sole pattern p was a if drawing of an old fashioned bone sha sha- sha ker I IThe The front wheel whee looks looks very m much ch like a discarded rick rickshaw hay wheel heel but A v W R r On the Machine He Made Himself the man declares he made the whole thing h himself ms lf The most curious part of the machine machine machine ma ma- chine is is- the backbone which is nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing more or less than an agricultural pitchfork the prongs being bent down downto down downto to form supports for the hind wheel The seat differs from the conventional conventional conven conventional conven- conven saddle in having two pieces of wood nailed at right angles angles to to each each other ther and padded with cotton otton wool for additional comfort There are no pedals The rider works from the front wheel hub on a abent abent abent bent piece of iron fixed flied to an improvised improvised improvised crank The handles are three feet long feet long and perfectly straight You can hear him coming a a considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable way off The ram in in front t is evidently necessary to pres preserve the ilie delicate delicate- mechanism behind behin Wide behind Wide W World Mag Magazine zin |