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WHEN THE WHEELED MESSENGER IS LAZY
It is very pleasant, if you are a cyclist, to "hitch on" to a passing car and let the automobile do your
pumping for you. The trouble is that the car often swerves suddenly, spilling the bicycle rider. Then,
because our boulevards are so well packed with vehicles that most often only twenty feet or so separates
the one in front from the one behind, the cyclist who takes an unexpected tumble is very apt to
be run down by the following car.