THE BAMBOO CYCLE INTRODUCTION: We again make our bow to the public and present our [Catalogue for the Season of 1897[/COLOR]. It is our good fortune on this occasion to acknowledge for the past year a record of trading that has thoroughly and permanently established the reputation of "Bamboo Cycles," and created a demand for manufactures that has at times strained the utmost capacity for our Factories to supply. This gratifying result has, we venture to assert, been solely attained by absolute sheer merit. Practical demonstration and not theoretical assertion has been the keystone to our efforts, and the success achieved warrants the assumption, to use a homely colloquialism, that the "Bamboo Cycle" has "come home to stay." It is our boast, that our patrons will find in our machines, the essentials to comfort, elegance and reliability, and we invite all lovers of the wheel to visit our City Showrooms, and there inspect our improved models for the coming season. Click for larger image of joints The construction of our machines consists principally of three materials, viz.: Bamboo, Aluminium and Steel, by which combination we claim to have perfected a cycle that in strength, lightness, life and durability must render it more popular than ever ; while for ease and comfort in riding, absence of vibration, and artistic beauty of appearance, it has no successful rival in the whole of the Cycle World. ref: Bamboo Cycle Co. Ltd. Catalogue p.2 [1897].

TESTIMONIALS from 1896