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Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 4

A novel bicycle created a stir at the recent six-day bicycle race held in 2sew York,_ when the inventor gave an exhibiiicn ride on the steeply-graded track. .The machine onl/ has wheels—pneumatic shod —about the size of a small dinner plate, but vertically it is not dwarfed, for the rider sat—or virtually stood upright—in contrast to the average cyclist who leans forward on to the handlebars. The machine was designed for use in city streets, and is a most compact contraption. Tne length of wheel base is less than 3ft, the drive being taken from a large sprocket attached to crank axle and pedals, thence direct to the miniature driving wheel. The sprocket is fret above the two road wheels, the whole forming a triangle of wheils. The inventor's idea is.,that, owing to the machine being so small and light, it can be taken easily into buildings, etc., instead of having to be left at_ the kerb-side, inviting theft. A pace of 20 miles an hour is said to be attainably eu this miniature yrciy-