A fair number of illustrations shows various bits and pieces ~
![Bicycle fittings (1904)](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/5037253881_ede5a81168.jpg)
Below is a tandem for which the book describes construction - perhaps not all the details, but quite a bit.
![Tandem bike from 1904](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5037863006_d1712dfe0a.jpg)
There are 17 pages about dealing with tires - one gathers that these present some issues, judging from pages such as the one shown below. "13 tires in general use" sounds like a bit of standarization was needed.
![Bicycle tire (1904)](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4088/5037884632_61a1edd7f1.jpg)
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