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Non-PDF versions:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58444

Gutenberg is the original source of the article PDF, which is generated from a modern text-based source, and is not a scan of the original.

I find original typography (and sometimes incidental notes and markings) interesting. Archive.org does have a source scan from the Library of Congress:

https://archive.org/details/modernbicycleits00schw/page/n7

Thanks!

Archive.org does have a source scan in PDF too.[0]

It would be good then change main link from Gutenberg/GITenberg pages to direct link on Archive.org's PDF.

[0] https://archive.org/download/modernbicycleits00schw/modernbi...

A few notes on the different versions. The Archive version is a scan of the printed version. The scans are OCR'd to make it somewhat searchable, but the large filesize reflects the fact that it contains text scans. The Project Gutenberg and GITenberg versions derive from proofread and corrected text produced by Distributed Proofreaders. ( https://pgdp.org/ ) The GITenberg PDF is a conversion from EPUB by xvfb.

Thanks. Url changed from https://github.com/GITenberg/The-Modern-Bicycle-and-Its-Acce..., which does an automatic download.

Gutenberg's site has NO this book in PDF form![0]

Please, return main link to GITenberg's PDF![1]

Also inside GITenberg's PDF of this book (on 2 page) listed hyperlinks to related pages on Gutenberg's site.

[0] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/58444/58444-h/58444-h.htm

[1] https://github.com/GITenberg/The-Modern-Bicycle-and-Its-Acce...

GITenberg release on GitHub has not only PDF, but Mobi and EPUB versions too.[0]

[0] https://github.com/GITenberg/The-Modern-Bicycle-and-Its-Acce...

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