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over the Mils. Today, there seems to be no end to the number of gadget* that are attached to bicycle* and the riders seem not at all concerned about additional weightAnother differences between ihf bike of toda\ and the one of thirty years ago. In those da^ the rider pedaled with his toes and toe dip* kept th« shoe from sliding off the pedal. Today, practical! v an the pumping, e^pcclallj the hard pumping, Is done i»Hh the hail or trhe foot. A rider, in making a sport or In climbing a grade *l*aylt; sets read* by placing the ball of the foot on the pedal and then standing on H,( to the grmtcst amount of pow er.Everf rider wants a Jot of gadget* to decorate his machine Just a» every ear owner wants the latest appliancessame thing, lots of time* every day,*' the youth repl*dGET ON, RIDE OFF NO TRICK NOW TO RIDE A BIKEAIX the terror has been removed from “learning to ride a hike/* Young America masters the Job In 15 minutes now in contrast to the old days when hours and hours were devoted to learning and paid teachers were often sought try those who wanted to learn under most favorablethey spin. To the onlooker it seems a delightful sport.The use of bo many gadgets prompted this survey into the bicycle situation.A machine with three headlights on the handlebars and another with thirteen reflectors on the back prompted this investigation to see just how many '‘extras*’ are made and sold for the modem machine.It would be possible to have no lew than 30 gadgets on a bicycle without duplicating any of them.If a fellow carries this gadget collection to extremes and bought several of e*er thing, like the fellow alth thirteen reflectors or throe headlight*, he’d soon htlc ills machine packed and the answer to the question aould be easy for it m’cmld be possible for tlie gadgets to rost more than the machine.Bicycles are equipped with many electrical *pp3lances these days. For Instance, the headlights are operated from an electric battery and many of these lights are elaborate streamlined affairs and many of them am quite powerful. Then they have electric horns and electric tall lights They havo chimo bells and sirens. They have a speedometer that registers the
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Zanesville Signal
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Sun, Sep 26, 1937
Page 24
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