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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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yclings universalism? BOTCH REPAIR WORK. If there is any department of machine re-pair work which can be botched readily, it isin the bicycle repair line. It is not only theinexperienced workman that sometimesmakes a bad job when repairing, but oldhands get careless; or, when in a hurry, putthings together quite shiftlessly. Take the adjustment of a valve, for exam-ple. A glance at a shop full of wheels inprocess of undergoing repairs will show thatthe valve in some of the tires is caused tostand untrue, as indicated in Pig. 1, owing tothe line of the hole in the rim not being inharmony with that of the valve. The resultis that the rubber of the tire is bent at Aand B, and, although not noticeable fromthe outside, the effect is hurtful, and in timewill create leakage. Another little point cycle repair folk some-times overlook is the inserting of a spoke toodeeply into the rim, so that the end projectsagainst the tube, as shown in Pig. 2 at C.This in a few weeks will cut an aperture in
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^^^m \r/c- 7 FIG- 8 The wheelwoman should remember thatrecklessness is not courage, and that discre-tion is the better part of valor. the tire. Noi long ago ago a cycle repair com-pany got itself into trouble through the care-lessness or incompetency of one of its work-men. A rider stopped at the shop to have hishandle-bar adjusted. A clamp like the onepresented in Pig. 3 was on the machine. Thebungling repair hand put in a washer, D, asshown. The washer, of course, prevented the clampfrom closing up as tightly on the upright baras it should. Consequently, when the riderwas going down grade the clamp slipped,allowing the handle-bars to loosen, and thefront wheel turned sideways abruptly, throw-ing the rider and injuring him. The com-pany had to pay damages. Another case in which botch repair workfigured is exemplified in Pig. 4, in which atoo-short pedal-bar stud was used, as indi-cated at E. The nut only reached a coupleof threads, and these gave way under thepressure of the riders f

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