metal rim which prevents any of the liquid from touching the fingers.

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We have chronometers which can register time, and odometers which can
register distance, but there has been the double weight to carry of the
two instruments; and, while every effort is being made to reduce the
weight of the bicycle as much as possible, every ounce or fraction of an
ounce tells. Consequently all cyclists are indebted to the man whose happy
thought it was to combine the two, and who had the skill to do it. An
instrument can now be had which will at one and the same time register
time and distance.

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Something new which will surely find favor with bicycle riders is a
simple coupling apparatus by means of which any two safety bicycles may be
converted into a tandem. We see so many bicycle tandems in the parks and
bicycle paths that riders will surely be glad to know that any two people
can have a tandem at a moment's notice, and at the same time, if one
person only wishes to ride, the machines can with equal speed be restored
to their original condition.




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