And to separate religion from state, Christchurch is a town!!
Check out the photo, "Gloucester Street Bridge", for the Rotary Cycle and the Humber Tricycle. According to the "Bicycle Man" in upstate New York, the Rotary Cycle was designed to run in the smooth ruts on the roads of that day. The Humber also rode in the tracks, but was bumpier due to the third wheel.
Joe, Nice link. Makes me appreciate how tough it was to cycle back then and the refinements of modern bikes. Especially when you consider what kind of headache Mr. Wood had library.christchurch.org.nzIMG0072.aspOpen ↗ Yet another advantage to bents. bill g
And to separate religion from state, Christchurch is a town!!
Check out the photo, "Gloucester Street Bridge", for the Rotary Cycle and the Humber Tricycle. According to the "Bicycle Man" in upstate New York, the Rotary Cycle was designed to run in the smooth ruts on the roads of that day. The Humber also rode in the tracks, but was bumpier due to the third wheel.
Makes a rainy, cold winter day more funner.
Slow Joe
-- "There comes a time in every honest man's life when he feels the need to
hoist the black flag and start slicing throats." - H.L. Menken
details building a 65.00 [1983 dollars] 2F1R trike with an absolute minimum of hand tools and a parts list with the then price of each individual part.
