Another elegant rant by Paul de Vivie advocating all the usual suspects - freewheels, decently fat tyres, powerful brakes and 4 widely spaced gears.

(Source gallica.bnf.fr/ Bibliothèque nationale de France)

• Publisher: T.C.F. Revue Mensuelle
• Country: France
• Date: October 1899
• Derailleur brands: de Vivie, Whippet
• Derailleurs: none