one absorbing topic of the week in she cycling we id has been the a-tion of one of the he t known firmein a: that they will in future charge only £16 Lis, fo their highest geode cycle, instead of ug them at £31. "Pre idea oF inti st letly nett prices i of at n high figure with ix mot new, and there is tio doubt that a list vowing ex-erly the actual pri thin the ordinary ran of catalogues, "ff which 10, 15, 25, or even more. is docked ncerdine to' the wing abilities of the buyer. The tnove, however, ix a lower ice, us well as to mn actually exact list price, and it is this that is exei ing much comment. Ne other firms are fo low them, and it sens lively that by this different price the fiom rans "risk of being considered as. makers of cheap Meanwhile the majority of the makers are still being herd pressed to ¢ po with their orders, and_ re maintaining prices at a high level. R fo materi ix bound to cornein the system of fix ig machines, but it is not general y expected that a big reduction of p be mule, The hare annonncem ut of one fin charging lasa than it formerly did, has aut outs hoping for first-rate cycles to be given away, with the proverbial pound of tea, the prophets who foretold the likelihood of £6 being the price of some machines hug themselves with the fancy that the nons-nse isnbout t+ turn out rue. Ava matter of fact the finest stuff will always fetch the highway prices.
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