At the age of 12 Bruno Rossati began working eleven hour days.
"Now, approaching 91, I find myself reminiscing about my youth, still riding my motorcycle every day.
Letter re Ladetto
J. B. Brooks and Co., Ltd.
will exhibit several important new models in motor cycle goods, but the most important novelty will be the Brooks motor cycle saddle, which is fitted with quite a novel (patented) arrangement of compound springs. Each compound spring is composed of one spring within another—one in tension, the other in compression, In action these springs, working in different ways, compensate each other, and absorb the shocks and vibrations in a wonderful manner, without any tendency to bouncing.
The Motor Cycle, November 1903
Stanley Show 1903
