Full Page Ad for extrely dangerous bicycle paractices, in Atlantic Monthly around 1940. We do not know what became of the golden chain, or the famous entertainer, but it is likely that her spike heels caught in the pedals , which led her dress to get caught in the chain and pitched her onto her hat feather.

The Morse brothers, who grew up little engineers in their family East Hill Ithaca and Trumansburg chain-driven mills, went through so many chains on their bicycles when they were boys, that they envisioned and invented a better jont - a rocker joint. They made the chains and began manfacturing and selling them for every use , and the modern bicycle rode off into the sunrise, often pulling over to get new components.

The common off-road. bike routes here abouts are often the same as the ski routes, though by agreement of local bikers and hikers (many of whom are both ) , certian public trails and paths are closed to bikes, which tend to thow and eat dirt in soft weather.

We can direct visitors to the appointed places: Hammond Hill, Shindagen Hollow, Conneticuit Hill , and you can very easily find them on a topographical map, which you should have if yu are biking or hiking there.

But the he Mt. bike is ideal in town and here on the hill streets, where its manuverability, its sturdiness, and the confidence it inspires, have saved my life seven times.