Reading Standard Etc 07-1917
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81nc6 ,its Introduction in 1001 ' (or 4 at apr glte
v,cry shortly after) the writer entirely concura in the
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hlm-itr ' her to Hde up IJ'any hilll which ,would otherwiie be walked, but It -does not lnere.!e the spring.'
ing pace. If you want' toO'rush the h,lI, keep in your
higher gea,r, but If the hill is too IIteep! for t.hat dOl1't
make the Ivltal mistake ot trying to keep the bicycle
going at full pnce. To ride liP a hill at six miles
hour is rii'l!ic:ft better than walking it at tw~whlcl}'
about all fyOU .....iII do afoot. 'To attempt to ruah It
on low getr.will tlrc fOU moro tban walking and'-yoo
'Yill dlw>vc~ tbat by tJle end' of t~e day,
THE DEMAND FOR LADlE'S' CYCLES.
Member. af the cycle trade tell our corre&POnder~t
that It II \qu1te Impo88lble to aupply th'e demand for
ludy's ,blcyclcs to-day, D'nd the thought naturally
cornea to one's mind that, the Government might well
releelle iU regulatloDS to lOme extent ao tbat tbl.
demaQd could be met. For women workers In every
' corner of' the II:lngdom are -crying for .th~ belt and
qheapeat ' p1eaDI of ,locomotion we poll8eu. Tbe
fomen line resP,OOded iO aplendldl~-4." It's the, till1rll"ID~t<.on
,omen ofl England who Irs goh!!; to wtD.=!'hls war,'"
said Il liero of Mona a few days ago,to I the
national f llU t i.at they are cntltled ta l lfleclaI _cooslderatlon r lVast numbers of women who are helping
In one dlfectlon or another have ' to tro.:vel conBliler·
8hl~ dls~nces from t4.eir hl?mea t;o tI~~lr) ~nt ,of
duty, an<\ the bicycle providea a far btitt,Pr methpd
than aD:r,hlng eille. 'I'he writer leavel oui of count
tbe fadvantage to 'the nq.tipn In tbe savlnldot mechan·
if*-l transport and 'of other people'~ laboUr. The glt 1
who livea! outelde a town can gq in ,and out to her I
daily work. He hal in m,iod one to.:n:J 10 particular
where there are thou&anda of wom~n w&rkera engaged
to.da,. Ma~y of tbese come from autrounding .vll·
lages. Tiley must either walk the two or three mIlee
, cocli way morning and nIght or cycle. There is no
other meane of travel. Yet many or thcse -girls
I limply cahuot get blcyclol becausc of the great
~~rt:lge . Will any prnctleal.mlnded member of Par;
~Aa mcnt t t ke it up al a direct help.ln th ~ etrort
-women arf maklng,tto win the wnr? Rcm,.,mber that
the ',Icyele II a purely British product,; thlrit all the
money 8P~nt on It stan In the countrY'i that the
labour cmployed In itl production is no~;·necelW.rJ1y
of class ]ikel)' to ,interfere to any appreciable ex- ~~~~~~~:~t.~~!:e~~n~
tent with lthe munitionl output or that ot , Dcceasary ~
.. ~cu patl.ons, and that It ,ll the greatest economlaer
of time abd money we have amongst all tnethods of
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tr,oublc a9d ealY running depend ttpon ~he lIO-ealled II
minor pans ol a motor~y~l e . Very rarely l~~eed
are the large and morp 1mportant partl relPDpaible
~or troublh. This is "a -'fllct ,of which it III dlmcp.lt to
90nvlnce ~ttle novice. The , modem motor-eycle
Is 110 exce lently bul,lt tnat It requlrel very little at·
tc~tion, b t all the anmc a regular exnminatlon of
,ali i ~he working parts Is m08t Important. t'For ~::iJ lt;:;r~~~2::nt'
thl,ng, th ~ s~ering hea ~ should be examined
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,~ nrll flrmlr , pu1ling upwardl /3everal tlrnO!!,
any
pl~)' be felt It is a elmple matter to tlgl,ten the bolt.
'fhe exh~uet valve lifter has a tremendous amount
of ; ,~ork to do nowadays, and will apprlj:ciate !l drop
of l Oi! on ;1111 It! working parts now and agnln. A
smear ot Ja8eline on the exposed endll of the cahle
Ii usdul. l The wheel bearings ought to be examlnell,
not merely the lock-nut but the bearings themselves,
any' ,~'C:u lat once beln$[ hken up. The pulley nut
OU"ht to lic tt!sted for ththtn~iJ3 before every run. A
tOO3C nut throws the whole strnin on the key, which
ysuRII)' gl~e~' WilY, nnd ullows the
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,I~ A Iwrlter with ' a .etatleticalo tum of mhlt
some remt'rkllbl~ , tl.gures In a contemporary regarding
the tnotoT,c),cle. Be takes 811 the btlBis~ of
la't.ldn-.. 'a -slngle cylinder machine, hav:lng f ain:
and II. ge,r of , to 1. It. life. he takes, all
l mileS, wh1cll Ie rather morc than twice the ·;;l.;,~~.;;1 1
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