exciting new transmission

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

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/membersonly/museum/images/b3/classic_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/membersonly/museum/images/b3/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/onthemove/collection/object_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/Jorg/cycle/Jorgbike.mov

Choo-Choo-Cheers,

Carl Fogel

[datakoll]

Nice seeing Mr. Roper again.
deafinite lack of interest in a tube framed trike.
wonder why?
too much horsesh?t

[datakoll]

incrumental design!
ass the crap disappeared, with more motor carriages - automobiles,
fenders grew sides,
cars went lower. fenders were assimilated.

[datakoll]

http://www.bike-revolution.at/03894398ef11ffb32/03894399030a80801/index.html

http://www.velomobiles.net/wildfire/index.htm

enough room, too much horsesh?T