Artifact. This racing bicycle's backbone and front fork are of seamless steel tubing, the latter being oval in cross section. The back fork is semitubular. An adjustable Andrews-pattern long-center steering head joins the backbone to the front fork. Adjustable ball bearings are fitted into the front fork and the rear wheel hub. Cow-horn handlebars carry spade handles with vulcanite grips. As is common with racing cycles, there is neither a brake nor a mounting step. The 58-inch front wheel has 52 tangential spokes brazed together at the points where they cross one another and a Clement hollow steel rim made from seamless tubing. According to the manufacturer's claims, this rim could supposedly carry the weight of a normal rider even before the spokes were put in. The 16-inch rear wheel has 20 radial spokes. Tires of red Pará rubber are of 5/8-inch diameter in front and 1/4-inch in the rear, the unusually thin tires being typical of a racing cycle. Ball-bearing pedals with corrugated white rubber pads turn on cranks that adjust from 4 1/2 to 5 inches. The saddle now on the bicycle appears to be the Townsend patent suspension saddle shown in the catalog, yet the springs are not identical. A long, sliding leaf spring now carries the saddle, though the rear slide loop is missing. Obviously this saddle is incorrect, for not only is it ill-fitting, but the catalog shows a simplified unsuspended type for the racing cycle. Further, the spring bears the name of Stoddard, Lovering & Co., along with the words, "Rudge Light Roadster." Nickel plating once covered the handlebars, hubs, cranks, and pedals. The other parts, including the spokes, were black. Two shield-type emblems, once mounted on the backbone behind the seat, are now missing.