NEW VELOCIPEDE.
Word cDme3 from the States of a new invention in the cycle line. This new concern is patented as the "Unicycle Velocipede." It consists of a single gigantic wheel, with the usual double series of spoke 3 diverging from the tire to the hubs, at each end of what ought to be the axle, but it is not. The hubs are connected, but in such a fashion that room is left inside for the driver of the thing. The wheel may be from seven to ten feet in diameter. The cyclist can stand, sit, or ride at will inside. Ho cannot be thrown out or over, and i 3 thus safe from accident. The inventor claims that the concern can be driven faster or slower than the ordinary bicycle, and can be brought even to a standstill. This thing is what wheelmen have been looking for for yeara. The great trouble with the bicycle always has been that when it runs down a baby the rider is more liable to get hurt than the baby. The new unicycle velocipede is free from Buch shortcomings. The inventer states that one of the things ten feet in diameter can go as fast a3 a locomotive on an ordinary road without the fellow inside feeling uneasy, while the people outside need not be uneasy either. If the ten foot invention hits them they never know it. They never know anything afterwards.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1322, 20 March 1884, Page 4
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240NEW VELOCIPEDE. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1322, 20 March 1884, Page 4
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