From the Archives: Klondyke Rader...

A little piece of cycling ephemera I found at the city-wide yard sale earlier in the year. Wasn't sure what it was, I thought maybe the lid of a tin or something like that, but it appears as though it is an advertising card for the Klondyke Rader of Paul Bach & Co., Buchholz, Saxony, Germany. There are plenty of these, and similar ones, for sale around the internet; they are worth more for the interest than they are for the money. The card measures 4" wide x 5.5" high, and like many (maybe all) is paper backed so that it could be used as a postcard.