CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE BICYCLE STANDS.
It is fomstioies a matter of difficulty tohoust two or three cycles. Where a stable is handy space is often saved by slinging them by pulleys to a beam overhead. In one cycle sale rooms in London hundreds of bicycles hang over Uie heads of the persons collected to bid.
A useful solution to the puzzle is sffordeft by the cheap wooden stand depicted by the first diagram. Auy carpenter will mako ifc for a. moderate outlay, and, as shown, ifc will support two cycles, the frcnt w heels of which are pushed into it.
Even simpler ib tho corner stand shown In tho second sketch— simply a cros^piece of stoat wood across the corner of the room or other apartment. Strips of wood run down com this bar to the flooring, the frcnt wheels of the machine being supported between them; and one haviDg four of these downnghta will, of course, support live cycles. Stands of this sort are being put up at popular ejehng inns all over the country, as well as in many country houses.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 41
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183CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE BICYCLE STANDS. Otago Witness, Issue 2317, 28 July 1898, Page 41
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