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Show Why Chinese Ride Women's Bicycles. Tho first bicycle dealers who tried to sell wheels to tho Chinese woro surprised sur-prised to find that thero was n big and ready demand for women's wheels, but practically none for men's wheels. Yet nono of tho blcyclo drummers drum-mers could report having soon m ny women, If any, riding tho machines. Tho mystery was oxplalned Anally when It was learned that tho Chtncso man preferred the women's wheels bo-cnuso bo-cnuso the skirts that form part of their costumes mndo It difficult to straddle the diamond frame of tho men's wheels. |