INDEX
Abingdon tricycle axle, the, 22
Accessories, 96–101
Accumulators for electric lighting, 99–100
Accuracy in production methods, 94
Advantages of change speed gears, 58–59
Albone, Dan, cross frame, safety, 15
American bicycle, the, 74–75
—— ——, influence on the industry, 74–75
Ariel bicycle of Haynes & Jeffries, 5
Armstrong hub gears, the, 61
Army authorities and the bicycle, continental, 89
——, cyclist sections of the, 88–89
—— Cyclists' Corps, the, 88
Assemblers, local, 45
Axle, the Abingdon tricycle, 22
Backbones of early bicycles, 4
Balance gear, the, 20, 22
Ball bearings, introduction of, 8
—— ——, the patentee of, 8
Bantam safety, the, 11
Bath Road C.C., the, 70
Bayliss, Thomas, 2
Beaded edge covers, 52
Bearings, introduction of ball, 8
——, plain and roller, 8
Beeston Humber, tandem tricycle, the, 22–23
Bidlake, F. T., as a tricyclist, 22
Birmingham and the early supply of materials, 27–28, 30
Boom period, the, 71–75
Boothroyd's patents, 11, 56
Bowden brake, the, 38
Brakework, assembling of, 38–39
——, roller lever type of, 39
Brazing of frames and forks, 36
——, liquid, 36
B.S.A. company, early history of the, 29–30
——, change speed gear, the, 61
——, safety bicycle, the first, 29
Capitalization, over, 72
Castings, where produced, 31
——, iron, 31
——, malleable, 31
Chain gearing, 9
Challenge tricycle, the, 18
Change speed gears for motor cycles, 62–63
—— —— ——, 58–63
—— —— gear, the advantages of, 58–59
—— —— ——, explanation of working of, 58
—— —— ——, the Eadie Co.'s, 60
—— —— ——, the B.S.A., 61
—— —— ——, the Armstrong, 61
—— —— ——, the Linley & Biggs, 59
—— —— ——, the G. & J., 60
—— —— ——, the Hub two-speed, 60
—— —— ——, Fagan's patent, 60
—— —— ——, the Sturmey Archer, 61
—— —— ——, the Sunbeam, 61
Clincher tyre, the, 52, 56
Clubs, famous, 70
Company promoting, 71
Components, makers, 48–49
Constrictor racing tyre, the, 57
Constantinople, R. L. Jefferson's ride to, 102
Continental Army authorities and the bicycle, 89
Continent, the bicycle on the, 84–86
——, touring on the, 86
Coventry Lever Tricycle, the, 17
—— Machinists Co., 1
—— makers, early struggles for materials, 27–28
——, the home of the industry, 27
Covers, wired on, 55
——, beaded edge, 52
Cripper tricycle, the, 21
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