What was the Ball Bearing?

This article was published in the magazine Cycling on 29 june 1901.

Article

Cycling (29 june 1901, p. 529)

The great majority of those who have taken the trouble to reply to my question :

"What was the ball bearing?"

seem to think

"The Tyred Wheel"

the best solution. Many sent in the following reply, which is good:—

"A Heavy Felloe."

A few opined that it was bearing

"Conan Doyle"

(Cone and oil).

For ingenuity, however, I certainly think an award is due to the sender of the following reply:—

"THE WHIP OF THE FRAME."

I am sending a Map of England and Wales to W. Beckett, Preston, Lancs., for the foregoing reply.

"WHAT DID THE HANDLE BAR?"

JUGGINS

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