The Auckland Cycle Company.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4834, 25 September 1894, Page 2

The Auckland Cycle Company.

A building lias just bccu completed »f in Custom-street,' to the order o£ tlio J - ? Auckland Cycle Company, in regard to /' . wliicli tlic Auckland Star publishes the > following particulars obtained from Mr v >". H. Young, the cycle expert in charge of the manufacturing department.■ "The firm, which has been about three years in existence, will build, as heretofore, the most improved and latest forms and '; styles of cycles, viz., what is known as the "Humber,"- including roadstcy- , racing, and a special machine for Indiesj and will introduce nothing but first-class materials and workmanship into their '■ ■<-•»., 1 manufactures, which will continuo to be known as the "Onslow "bicycles. Wo -■■■;-■: were shown these machinos, which are of a very elegant and substantial appear* ; anco combined with lightness, and:aro : fitted with the latest" Humber "bottom 1 brackets, best wecdless steel tubing 1 obtainablo.in England, and the latest • patterns of"pneumatic and other rubber tyres. Mr Young informed us that the 1 "Onslow " machines and passed through his ""own liauds,. ho being au .expert in cj-clc construction; which means there will be 110 so-called "cheap" work turned out by the firm. Healsoclaimed -• that the colonial-mado ■'machines are • i bettor than those imported, moro caro . i and tiinc being bestowed upon their eon- ;■:■ i struotion, and the very best workman- .-■■■ i ship guaranteed. Mr Young is. well i known by cyclists generally, . for somo. years connected i best colonial cyclo firms, i had built under his i vision,most of the leading fasfiilQflH ' , including that ridden by the i amateur champion, Mr W. J. Haywara who, while riding this machine has been | winner of many prizes both in Australia and New Zealand. Another point of mu A importance to cyclists is that o£ being able to obtain bicycles built on tho spot Evciy . rider ; having a differ- s ent position requires the machine to suit JT his particular height, weight and nat- - uriil position, very frequently necessitating the nincliino bciug' specially ' constructed. This matter, Mr Young states,has been made a special study,and ■' has in the past riven groat satisfaction. The firm are building a machine which liiit j enablingthp'so hilhcrto. stood off on enjoy 1 ' : tho plcasi'fes and benefits of , cycle riding. Anothdf machine to which nttcntion was directed was tho lady .Onslow bicyore.'spccially to suit the" fair sox. 'Although the pastime of 'cycling is not indulged iu, to any extent in Auckland by ,tlt9.ladics, it is no uncommonsight tOSeethem riding in the Sjbuthcni towns of tho colony, and they are getting.so expert in the art 'that it - takes the' sterner sei all their time to. ' i'V keep pace with them when out for a blow; so when thcfact gets known that this firm are building these machinst we shall expect to sec tho f ladies enjoying the wliieh has hitherto been a luxury for tho gentlemen only,-; Tho-firm will, in - - ,V,' addition to selling for cash, supply cus- ' tomcrs on a very-liberal system ■ of time payments, thus bringing their/bicycles within'the reach of; all.:: iWojwisu tho \» firm every success in their ncwyonturc," Ijj Messrs Wagg and Co,, of ifastcrton, , < liavo been appomtcd local agents for tho " Onslow "- cycles,; whqrojifiiplos of these high class machines may 'bo, soeu * and all particulars obtained, \ ,