Excerpt from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 9: July, 1897Clearly the importance of supplying the popular demand for a wheel which, with out possessing the extraordinary excellence of the Columbia or its perfection of huish, should be in the highest degree reliable and serviceable for the needs of the aver age rider, and which in cost would come within the limits of a moderate purse. It was plain that the bicycle was destined ere long to make such a place for itself in the world, not only as a luxury and source of pleasure, but as a positive necessity to hundreds of thousands, that it would be impossible for all these riders to purchase the best wheel in the world, an ideal wheel like the Columbia. Many of them would have to content themselves with a wheel that was strong and safe and swift, a wheel made of thoroughly reliable materials, and put together with excellent workman ship. For such people, buying a bicycle would be like buying a hat. Or a suit of clothes, they would compromise between a cheap article which they would not have at any price and one enjoying the distinction of being better than all rivals, which they could not afford.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.