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The author meets an early detractor of multiple gearing:
"An old and experienced bicyclist, fond of "century runs," or one hundred miles at a stretch, - which I am not, - remarks that so far as he has been able to find out, these hill-climbing devices work well enough, but he doubts their value. If the hill is too hard to ride up, it is steep enough to walk up. Any device to change the gearing at will adds just so much to the cost and intricacy of the machine."