Abstract: A standard bicycle frame is modified by rigidly and permanently securing two generally parallel integral tubular members extending from the head tube of the frame past the seat support tube and then past the axis of the rear wheel and beyond the same rearwardly to a point which will touch the ground when the center of gravity of a rider's body, riding on the rear wheel only, moves backward and approaches dead center over the axis of the rear wheel. These two tubular members are attached to the head tube and one to each side of the seat support tube in a rigid and permanent manner, and are detachably secured one at each end of the opposite ends of the rear wheel axial shaft.

Abstract: A method of tying a necktie of a modified four-in-hand type and having a narrower portion to go around the neck of the wearer and a wider portion to hang down the front of the wearer and at least two small openings through the necktie spaced lengthwise thereof and bound, as with grommets, near the zone where the knot would appear in a regular four-in-hand tie. The narrower end of the tie passes through the openings with a snug sliding fit. In use of the method, the narrow end of the tie is threaded up and down through the openings, after which the narrower end of the tie is tightened by pulling the narrow end more or less through the openings, after which the wider end of the tie is brought upwardly through the loop on the side toward the neck of the wearer and then forwardly over and down to hang in display fashion in front of the wearer.