The Wheel and cycling trade review . ur years ago. American makers, I take it, have not boughtEnglish machines in order to slavishly copythem, but they must recognize the fact thathaving been designed to meet the demandsof English riders, the points Of difference anddesign between English built and Americanmachines are points which are generally infavor of the English article from a sellingpoint of view. These points of difference canbe best studied by experts, and I am con-vinced that the American machines whichwill be exhibited at the shows will prove bytheir assimilation of the better point
The Wheel and cycling trade review . ur years ago. American makers, I take it, have not boughtEnglish machines in order to slavishly copythem, but they must recognize the fact thathaving been designed to meet the demandsof English riders, the points Of difference anddesign between English built and Americanmachines are points which are generally infavor of the English article from a sellingpoint of view. These points of difference canbe best studied by experts, and I am con-vinced that the American machines whichwill be exhibited at the shows will prove bytheir assimilation of the better points of eachclass that the move has been a wise one whichdoes not even require success as its far Osmonds and Humbers seem to bethe guides, and it would be impossible to gettwo machines more dissimilar in their char-acteristics. The Humber is the personifica-tion of years of steady development—the Os-mond unique in its successful originality. The first of the 1897 patterns comes in theshape of a tandem designed from It is built by Maison Marie et Cie., of Paris,and looks a likely design for multicycles,which at present lack rigidity badly. Tan-dem designs, however, do not need this com-plexity of struts, as the ordinary design hasbeen found amply strong for all practicalpurposes. The French press for some time past havebeen attacking the Minister of War for pass-ing over Captain Gratz, the inventor ofthe collapsible bicycle, for military pur-poses, which has been under test by Frenchmilitary authorities.
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