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Page-B32 of the July 20th, 1920 issue is one of the Classified Advertising pages. It contains a long list of ads for tandems and a display ad for TERRY Bicycle Sundry items, manufactured by Herbert Terry and Sons, Ltd. West Coast Cycle imported and distributed the Terry products in the 1950's and 1960's (tire levers, trouser bands, trouser clips, locks, etc., all packaged on yellow color display cards). |
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Page-A3, an advertisement for Royal Enfield Bicycles stating the company has been producing bicycles for the past 25 years which dates their beginning to 1895. I recall that some small quantity of Royal Enfield bikes were imported into America in the 1950's. |
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Page-B4 containing two typical advertisements; the quality of reproduction is excellant. The upper ad is for Sunbeam Cycles, produced at that time by John Marston, Ltd. It illustrates the full chain case cover (aka gearcase) containing an oil bath to keep the chain well lubricated. Raleigh used a similar type of chain case cover on one of thier brands for a few years; either Rudge or Humber. |
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Page-B6 with an article titled 'HOW THE FRENCH CRACKS TRAIN'. The word 'CRACK' refers to a very fast bicycle racer. The word 'SCORCHER' was also used to describe a fast cyclist in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The article describes how the French racers train and why they are so fast. |
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Page-B12 of the August 5th, 1920 issue with an article about Buffalo, New York, wherein the city held bicycle races and the police closed the roads to motorized traffic and policed the course. A world reknown collector and historian of bicycles and bicycle memorabilia, Cark Burgwardt, resides with his wife Clarice in Buffalo, and they have a wonderful bicycle museum there; a must stop anytime you are in the area. (Their website is www.pedalinghistory.com). |
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Page-B8 of the July1st, 1920 issue is a full page ad for Palmer Tires (the British spelled it Tyres). |