Show endlish and american wheels v who ho have had occasion to compare pare o american bicycles with tholet are at once in pressed with the striking differences between tho two those these differences aro are all in the lino of greater strength in tho foreign wheels this of course also implies more weight and awl clumsiness but it is better to tho harder ugo to which english machines mid iines are subjected steel rime rims for instance are moro common there than those of wood which an arp now almost unive universally mally seen in this on country tho brakes toos instead of loing being email light affair ours aro mado for hard seT service vice and aro are usually rubber lined linni tho the saddles ard large and springy comfort never being sacrificed to weight considerations perhaps the most noticeable difference of all is in the mud guards which aro designed for true british weather eather Nv they aro are of ample size and shape shapo and are generally made of celluloid or steel riders in england amk e little account of the weather being n accustomed not only to pedaling along in mud but oven even in a 1 rainstorm from the tile force of which they 1 are quite well protected by circular rubber cloaks designed especially for 0 cyclists use san francieco argonaut |