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Title: The Wheel and cycling trade review
Year: 1888 (1880s)
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Subjects: Cycling Bicycles Cyclists
Publisher: New York : Wheel and Cycling Trade Review
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The company doubtless kills off advertising agents, men whowant something for nothing, and men who want to represent the company on the road. GodsAcre is already quite well settled. The White Cycle Co.s factory is the cleanest, prettiest place one could see. It is a long, low,brick building, splendidly lighted. There are two out-buildings which will contain the black-smith and enameling shops, and the boilers and motive power engines. The company was organized by Mr. Frank White, an enthusiastic Boston Cyclist, who hasridden a type of the White Flier for some time. It is capitalized at f 100,coo, has made everyeffort to put up a perfectly equii>ped factory and will make a leading string of a high grade safety,of which we present a cut and the most minute description, the latter from the facile pen of Jack. In the a-mile bicycle race at University of Pennsylvania,May II, a new man. Register, 92, was developed, and onewho promises in the future to do some good work for theUniversity.
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This distinctively American machine is the latest amono- the already large and prosperous cycle family, and bids fai*to hold its own among its older brothers and sisters. The White Flier is the product of the White Cycle Co., of West-boro, Mass., and is a rear-driving safety with equal sized wheels of 30-inch diameter geared to 60-inch or more. The Pedals are so adjusted that they can be stopped in any position, and by equal pressure of both feet they becomefoot rests. The length of the stroke can be varied, pushing one pedal down raises the other a corresponding distance.There are no springs used to draw the pedals back to the starting point, the weight of the one pedal when it is presseddown raises the other one. A very good point in this machine is that any person affected by a stiff knee, or one whoseleg has been injured, so as to make one shorter than the other, can by adjusting the pedal and driving chain suit thepeculiar conditions. The swing or guide frame hanging from the bac

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