A NEW VELOCIPEDE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3935, 29 February 1884, Page 4

A NEW VELOCIPEDE.

Word comes 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 spokes diverging from the tire to tho hubs at each end of what ought to be the axle, but is not. The hubs are connected, but in such a fashion that room is left inside the wheel for the driver of the thing. The wheel may be from seven to ton feet in diameter. The cyclist can stand, sit, or ride at will inside. He cannot be thrown out or over, and is 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 years. 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 bab. This new unicycle velocipede is free from such shortcomings. The inventor states that one of the things ten feet iv diameter can go as fast as a locomotive on an ordinary road without the fellow inside feeling uneasy, while the people outside need not be uneasy either. If tbe ten-foot invention hits them they never know it. They never know anything afterwards.