Identifier: wheelcy18211896121897newy (find matches)Title: The Wheel and cycling trade reviewYear: 1888 (1880s)Authors:Subjects: Cycling Bicycles CyclistsPublisher: New York : Wheel and Cycling Trade ReviewContributing Library: Smithsonian LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian LibrariesView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:r of cabs with newly inventedwheels have just been put on the pave here.Their novelty consists in the entire absence ofsprings. A hollow tube of India rubber abouta foot in diameter, inflated with air, encircleseach wheel in the manner of a tire, and withthe addition of this simple but novel appen-dage the vehicle glides noiselessly along,affording the greatest possible amount of cabcomfort to the passengers. Verily, it does seem as though there wasnothing new under the sun. WHAT CYCLE MASHERS ARE. I have remarked one thing, said the ob-serving young woman who was telling of herannoyance by the cycle masher, and that isthat very few athletic, well-built fellows an-noy women in this way. It is only the measley, spavined, pimplycomplexioned, sore-eyed cads, the lightweight,feather-headed creatures, the roller-skating-rink breed, as a rule, who insult and affrontwheelwomen in this loose fashion. There are business as well as physical hypo-chondriacs. The cycle trade proves this. 1896. 55Text Appearing After Image:56 August 2f, WHY RETAILERS FAIL. L. F. Korns, of Minneapolis, is as familiarwith the evolutions of the retail trade sincethe days of the high wheel, as any man inthe Northwest. In reply to a question bear-ing on the cause of the recent failures, hespeaks in a manner which will be approvedby many a retail dealer. About two hun-dred houses sold wheels here this year, saysMr. Korr.s. They contracted for wheelswhich they could not get fast enough in theearly spring. Deceived by this state of tradethey urged the makers for wheels. Suddenlythe rabid buyer began to talk about waitinguntil next year to make his purchase. Thedealer finds himself with a years lease on hishands for a ninety days business. Customersoffer him less than his wheels cost, and, onremonstrance, lecture him on the cost of hisbicycles. They rarely do this on any class ofgoods except bicycles. Nearly every pur-chaser has a speech of this kind for the cycledealer. With such conditions confrontinghim, and such are the condNote About ImagesPlease note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.