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THE CYCLE
21.05.1886
"AMERICAN CHAMPION" Positively
THE GREATEST TRIUMPH OF CYCLING MANUFACTURE IN AMERICA.
ENTIRELY MANUFACTURED IN AMERICA, with our own plant and on our own
premises, and with every care to suit the TASTE and NEEDS
of an AMERICAN WHEELMAN.

The first Champion shipped won the Wold`s Long_Distanz Record at Minneapolis recently, Albert Schock making 1009 miles and three laps in six days of 12 hours each, defeating Woodside by nearly 100 miles
BE SURE AND SEE IT BEFORE YOU DECIDE UPON YOUR MOUNT FOR 1886.

BECAUSE
Only the best and most carefully selected Steel is used, and the distribution of the metal is so approriate that is the 
Most Durable Machine Yet Devised.

With our patent G. & J.  ball bearings all over (to pedals), it is the easiest running. Withe hollow forks and backbone fitted and brazed to the patent G. & J. Head and neck, it is the strongest and most rigid. With the direct acting and thick-ended spoke, it is the easiest to repair and least liable to buckle.



BECAUSE
It has the patent G. & J. "Solid Comfort Saddle", which fits close to the backbone and is the 
Most Comfortable to Ride.
It has the patent G. & J. Adjustable and Rubber Capped Step. It has all the advantages both of a Compressed and a Contractile rubber tire made from the best Red Para Rubber. It is the most graceful in its lines of any known bicycle combining Equal Strength and Rigidity.


With the  [[G. & J.]]-Hollow, Detachable and one ·piece cow-horn handlebar, it is
The Easi tto Stem', and Ihere is Lime Dan!~ of the Handle·Bar Breakin!.
IT IS SOLD AT A REASONABLE PRICE.
50-inch, Standard Finish (Enamel and Nickell . $102.50.
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BICYCLES, TRICYCLES AND SUNDRIES.
GORMULLY & JEFFERY, 222 and 224 No. Franklin St., Chicago, III.
N. B. - we are MANUFACTURING a new line of lamps and bells. MENTION THIS PAPER.