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[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]It is 1895. [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]We enjoy again the fraternity and the educational entertainment [/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]of the Cyclists' Touring Club Monthly Gazette[/COLOR]

http://tinyurl.com/4tuglaz
Page 342, right column, Cycling Innovations.

-Or, better-

PDF download of the magazine for free,[SIZE= 14px] [/SIZE][SIZE= 14px] thanks, Google[/SIZE].
http://tinyurl.com/4ckqvle

Excerpt from the opening:
power prose, forceful and entertaining writing indeed,

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]By G. Douglas [/COLOR]Leechman

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]Author of "Safety Cycling."[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]The Simpson chain is the latest excitement.[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]It is a little remarkable, that though I contribute to perhaps[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]more cycle papers than any one else at the present time,[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]I am seldom asked for an expression of opinion on these[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]notions which are to give increased speed with less work.[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]Can it be that those interested are afraid that my expressions[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]would be more "fit", than "suitable", for publication—from their point of view?[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]In the present case, I wrote for particulars twice and practically all the reply I can get is,[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]"Look at the records. "[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]Well, I fancy they are a pretty fair indication: [/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]at least as good times could be done with ordinary chain;[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]under similar circumstances. [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]It will be seen that the links of the chain are triangular in elevation,[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]but that the bases of the triangles are joined by rivets,[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(75, 0, 130)]pretty much like chains that have hitherto been in extensive use....[/COLOR]
 
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[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 128)]YOU and THE [/COLOR] RUDGE

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 128)]Crest ridges in record time; [/COLOR]

http://tinyurl.com/6dm6sun

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 128)]WE will not be left behind.[/COLOR]


[SIZE= 9px][COLOR= rgb(128, 128, 128)](advertising tech of 2011 put to 1895 by rw)[/COLOR][/SIZE]


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[SIZE= 16px][COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]We are not old, or quaint, or weak,[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px][COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]in cycling round for what we seek.[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE= 16px][COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]A woman's blush, a rose,[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 16px][COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]a bush, is why we ride, and not repose.[/COLOR][/SIZE]


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[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]On The Road For Approval[/COLOR]
 
[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]The Safety's diamond seems well-honed;[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]we think the days of freaks are gone.[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]There will be variations, sure, in hanger heights,[/COLOR]
[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]tube lengths, bracket widths. Nonetheless,[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]the modern cycle has reached home.[/COLOR]


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http://tinyurl.com/45nq7dz

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]Man is humble as is Dan[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]in longing for a cycling plan.[/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]We endeavor for success; [/COLOR]

[COLOR= rgb(0, 0, 205)]does triumph owe to Providence?[/COLOR]


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[SIZE= 10px][COLOR= rgb(169, 169, 169)](original unpublished photo to appear here)[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 10px][COLOR= rgb(169, 169, 169)]Found in the wayside:[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 10px][COLOR= rgb(169, 169, 169)]a tintype of a sort[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 10px][COLOR= rgb(169, 169, 169)]to typify the urbane[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE= 10px][COLOR= rgb(169, 169, 169)]athlete of an honored day.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
 

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