Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1895 — IMPROVED BICYCLE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

IMPROVED BICYCLE.

An Inventor Perfects a Wheel Which Dispenses with the Chain, An inventor In New York, who has recently perfected a device for mending punctures In bicycle tiros, Is also confident that the day Is not far distant when the chainless blcyelo will take the place of the present bicycle. He has been experimenting in this direction for several years, and has porfocted a bicycle which dispenses with the sprocket wheelß, chain, 40 per cent, of the frame and the ordinary pedals and pedal cranks. By Its peculiar construction, say If

100 pounds is placed upon the saddle, it will take 40 pounds to raise the front wheel; hence It is perfectly safe. The driving lovers have a rise and fall of ' Winches; hence tho rider’s foot travels 28 Inches, while by the present chain bicycle the rider’s foot travel’s about 42 Inches. Tho driving levers being nearly double the length of the present pedal cranks now used on the chain bicycle, It Is claimed an increase of power is obtained—hence an Increase of speqd, The Inventor will construct the frame of his chainless bicycle of bamboo, as he bas recently discovered a process to prevent bamboo from splitting, which has been a great drawback In the uso of the material for bicycle frames.

A NEW CHAINLKSS WHEEL.