The Dawn of Motobikes and Truss Rods

[hoofhearted]

"patric......

Have you ever written articles or books ?

If you have...please let me know....

If you haven't.... please START !!!!
Every time you write....I'm hooked....& that don't happen too often...."

Regards
....2jakes
>S.O.T.F.M.


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The Above is a quote from 2jakes .......


Hey to 2jakes ... thank you for that compliment. I wrote for four years ...
in conjunction with a great group of friends ... Classic Bicycle News ... specialized
in the bicycle badge arena .. the column was called ... The Soul Searchers ...

Having worked with junior-high school students for thirty-years in the same classroom
.. I picked up that these young'uns don't take to learning 'art-stuff' ... if it does not
appeal to the Right-Hemisphere of their brain. I bothered to make the learning process
rather on the fun side.

The subject area was Art .. perceptual and conceptual. Visual drawing and painting ...
also tossed in sculpture .. and ceramics .. both hand built and potter's wheel.

What the children learned were concepts, processes and factual info .. all food for the
Left Brain. Art does not come from the Left Brain .. perception and expression skills are
built in the Right-Hemisphere. Pausing now and then to share a little story with these
children .. gave a chance for their Left-Hemisphere to incubate on what it gathered and
provided a place of rest for the left brain.

Their Right-Hemisphere could then utilize the nutrition -- that was 'cooked' in the Left-Brain Oven.

This is kinda like someone tryin' to explain why cotton-candy occurs ........

Thanks Again .....

................ patric cafaro

> S.O.T.F.M.
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Post Script ... peep these Flying Pigeon Bicycles ... from China .....

... gonna try to enlarge the Hudson ad ... yippee ..... success with the Hudson enlargement in Entry # 25 of this thread ...

 

[bricycle]

...are you guy's TRYING to arouse me???????

 

[dave the wave]

1916 hawthorne catalog.

here ya go..

 

[dave the wave]

more pics....

 

[hoofhearted]

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Dave The Wave ... added a little horsepower to your Montgomery Ward - MARATHON pics ......... patric

Chitown ... did the same with your submissions .. 1906 / 1908 Chicago Excelsior bicycles .... p.

 

[fordsnake]

The start of this thread began with 3 simple questions:

#1: which was the first Motobike?
#2: which was the first tank?
#3: which were the first truss rods?

So far we've established questions #1 as Pope, and #3 - being the Flying Merkel!

So do we have any relevant information that predates 1913?

 

[dave the wave]

unless we can get pics. of 1913 catalogs that someone would like to share.mine only go back to1915.

 

[2jakes]

The start of this thread began with 3 simple questions:

#1: which was the first Motobike?
#2: which was the first tank?
#3: which were the first truss rods?

So far we've established questions #1 as Pope, and #3 - being the Flying Merkel!

So do we have any relevant information that predates 1913?

Update: From Library of Congress :

They have sent me info specific to the time frame we are
all establishing. There are articles & magazines from back
then. I'm out on the tennis courts right now punishing a fuzzy
ball. Hard to type on this tiny iphone.
............2jakes

> S.O.T.F.M.
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[fordsnake]

I have access to several pre 1914 bicycle & motorcycle magazines and bulletins. The Flying Merkel ad I posted is from a 1913 Spokane Cycle and Supply Co. catalog.

I haven't found anything pre Merkel? Except for the transformation in transportation...check out the evolution of this masthead. At the start of things, it was bicycles & archery...archery was quickly dropped, and the bicycle became our passion and our obsession during the 1800's. By 1912, the bicycle had become a subset to the motorcycle!

 

[2jakes]

2jakes ... the magazine had upwards of 5 name-changes between TOC and 1960 (+ / -).

So I am told by one of the librarians at one of the Downtown Branches of the Cincinnati Library.

A hunter / gatherer mission to that place (25 years ago) by Bob Charnley .. Thad Pinnix .. Thad's wife ..
Phil Scott and me resulted in the bunch of us scoring so much lit ... on a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. session ...
that my socks developed a bad habit of going up and down, repeatedly.

My back was killin' me ... the third time I mentioned this to the posse ... Bob Charnley reached in to
the top and back of my jacket and pulled out a 1930-ish wooden clothes-hanger ... that helped !!
Good Form on that ... member > S.O.T.F.M.


More on Solid Fork Crowns from Miami Cycle ... maybe later .. when my meds kick in.



..........patric
Hope you are feeling better. I can relate to the back problem.
My headaches usually last a minimum of 3 days non-stop.
When the pain subsides ...Life is beautiful once again...

Anyway,
This is what the Library of Congress replied:

quote:
The Library of Congress does not hold this title,have you tried the
University of Texas at Austin's Harry Ransom Library. According to OCLC's
WorldCat, this library holds Motorcycle & Bicycle Illustrated. However,
I think that particular title started in with v. 13, no. 19, May 10, 1917,
so you would need the earlier tittle for April 1914 and that would be
Monocycle Illustrated. Again, from OCLC's WorldCat, it looks as though
Los Angeles Public Library might be your best bet. They are listed as
having 1911-1917. You might also try the Ransom Library at the
University of Texas Ransom Library because it may also hold the earlier
work. Sometimes libraries only list the latest title. You can check WorldCat
yourself at < http://www.worlcat.org/ to see listing of other libraries holding
this title. It may be easier to use the advanced search, although I believe
you can find it on the simple search.
Sincerely,
Constance Carter
Head, Science Reference....end quote

2jakes
> S.O.T.F.M.