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exciting new transmission
The short article is well worth a read, the thing was based on an 1894
Columbia high frame racing bicycle, and the transmission is _not_ the chainless rotating shaft-drive that I first expected: http://www.motorcyclemuseum.org/classics/bike.asp?id=3 Here's the best picture of the locomotive-style transmission: http://home.ama-cycle.org/membersonl...lassic_600.jpg Here's an enlargement: http://i4.tinypic.com/5xhp3me.jpg Note the pitiful spoon brake intended to stop a vehicle weighing about 150 pounds, coal-fired boiler and all: http://home.ama-cycle.org/membersonl.../brake_600.jpg Here's the early version, built around 1869: http://www.roperld.com/graphics/RoperMotorcycle.jpg It's in the Smithsonian and boasts 34-inch 12-spoke wheels: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthem...bject_271.html And here's a modern replica of the 1894 version with a much better picture of the locomotive transmission: http://www.lindsaybks.com/gallery/Jorg/cycle/index.html A movie of the bike in action, with choo-choo noises and visible exhaust: http://www.lindsaybks.com/gallery/Jo...e/Jorgbike.mov Choo-Choo-Cheers, Carl Fogel |
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exciting new transmission
Nice seeing Mr. Roper again.
deafinite lack of interest in a tube framed trike. wonder why? too much horsesh?t |
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incrumental design! ass the crap disappeared, with more motor carriages - automobiles, fenders grew sides, cars went lower. fenders were assimilated. |
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http://www.bike-revolution.at/038943...801/index.html http://www.velomobiles.net/wildfire/index.htm enough room, too much horsesh?T |
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