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Excerpt from Wheels and Wheeling: An Indispensable Handbook for Cyclists The writer's_ experience began with, the use of the two-wheeled velocip'ede, or boneshaker, in 1870, and he commenced to ride the high bicycle in 1880. Since then he has entered into every phase of the sport, and owned, 'or ridden, nearly every type of machine. The changes that have taken place in this period have been many and great, and old things have very generally passed away. In fact, so Obsolete are many of the types that were common only five years ago, that but a very small proportion of those now rid ing ever heard of them, and much less saw them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.