Lessons from the past: How to handle a bicycle

Cyclists know so well how much their comfort is enhanced by being supplied with good handles, that any real improvement in this direction is likely to meet quick appreciation and adoption.

Messrs Lampugh and Brown of 135 Colman Street, Birmingham have brought out the ingeniously designed handles shown in the accompanying illustrations.

A large number of cyclists have had these handles fitted to their machines and they are unanimous in saying that they minimise the vibration consequent on running over rough, uneven roads...

Each handle consists of a very substantial stiff rubber envelop filled with compressed air and fitted around a core which takes the end of the handlebar...