Date:  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:18:34 -0600
From:  Joan Houston Hall <jdhall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Trouble Hunters on WHEELS

The _Dictionary of Americanisms_ has "wheel" for "bicycle" from 1882. DARE
has scattered citations up through the 1960s, with no particular regional
pattern, and the 1902 _Sears_ catalog offers its "highest grade wheel" for
$15.75!