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The poem satirizes how a cyclist has been replaced—both literally and romantically. His lover, whom he once rode with through parks enjoying shared romantic moments ("lover's lane"), now rides with another man in a motorcar ("auto-trap"). The speaker still "rides forth upon [his] wheel" while his former love has "outclassed" him by upgrading to modern automobile technology. The joke: bicycles—once romantic date vehicles—are becoming obsolete. The surrounding advertisements for bicycles (Columbia bevel-gear chainless model) underscore the irony: the page promotes bicycles while the poem mourns their irrelevance in courtship. The modern woman, literally and figuratively, has moved on to faster, newer transportation, leaving the bicycle-riding lover behind as an outdated relic.
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OUTCLASSED. She looks at me with proud disdain; I claim her love no more. L ride the same old wheel that I have ridden | heretofore. She used to cheer me with her laugh as we to- gether sped } Along the crowded boulevard, with heaven just ahead. ee , TRIUMPH OF BEVEL-GEARS EDDIE McDUFFEE ON A Columbia BEVEL-CEAR Chainless RODE A MILE IN La at New Bedfora, Mass., July 29, 1899, breaking the World's Mile Record by 3 seconds. The third quarter in the mile was made in 20 3-5 seconds, the three-quarters in 1:05 3-5. We used to ride off side by side along the shaded ways ‘That led us through the parks, and oft she gave me words of praise ; And every tree was blest that we sat shine or rain, And every road on’ which we sped became a lover's lane ‘neath in to the arse place tn ana’ tora. Perfection of Quality ith The joy I had is gone. ‘one else to-day I still ride forth upon my wheel, but hers is stored away. I saw her yesterday beside a happy-looking chap. 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