Interesting twist on seat cluster

[dustoyevsky@mac.com]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1935-GLORIA-Garibaldina-vintage-road-bike_W0QQitemZ260184454369QQihZ016QQcategoryZ56197 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Shrunk via the small miracle of TinyURL to:

http://tinyurl.com/3yrq2a --D-y

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:01:47 -0800 (PST), "dustoyevsky@mac.com"
<dustoyevsky@mac.com> wrote:

>http://cgi.ebay.com/1935-GLORIA-Garibaldina-vintage-road-bike_W0QQitemZ260184454369QQihZ016QQcategoryZ56197 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
>Shrunk via the small miracle of TinyURL to:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/3yrq2a --D-y

Dear D,

I think this is the picture that you have in mind:

http://www.speedbicycles.ch/272/speed_006.jpg

Curse you, now I have to look through a lot of old bicycles to see if
that was popular before 1900.

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

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On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:01:47 -0800 (PST), dustoyevsky@mac.com wrote:

> http://cgi.ebay.com/1935-GLORIA-Garibaldina-vintage-road-bike_W0QQitemZ260184454369QQihZ016QQcategoryZ56197 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> Shrunk via the small miracle of TinyURL to:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3yrq2a --D-y

Legnano did something similar, with the bolt below the toptube.

[dustoyevsky@mac.com]

On Nov 20, 2:32 pm, carlfo...@comcast.net wrote:

> now I have to look through a lot of old bicycles to see if
> that was popular before 1900.

Some traps are deliciously set with certain game in mind. --D-y

[carlfogel@comcast.net]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:16:36 -0800 (PST), "dustoyevsky@mac.com"
<dustoyevsky@mac.com> wrote:

>On Nov 20, 2:32 pm, carlfo...@comcast.net wrote:
>
>> now I have to look through a lot of old bicycles to see if
>> that was popular before 1900.
>
>Some traps are deliciously set with certain game in mind. --D-y

Dear D,

Well, that didn't take long, it you'r willing to settle for a thumb
screw instead of a pinch bolt in front of the seat post:

http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10308277

They don't come much earlier than Starley's 1885 Rover. The thumb
screw that holds the Rover's seat post is clearer in Sharp's drawing
on page 283:


http://books.google.com/books?id=0cppgYDmsRYC&pg=PA283&dq=%22this+arrangement+for+controlling+the+motion% 22+inauthor:archibald+inauthor:sharp&as_brr=1&ei=t2JDR_3MF6butAOg_-3jBg

Even clearer is this 1890's German version of the Rover:


http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/pics/crazyguyonabike/docs/00/00/18/89/small/Filme_002.jpg?v=u

But the rear pinch-bolt for the seat post appeared at the same time as
the Rover, as shown by this 1885 full-suspension mountain bike:


http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10217772&wwwflag=2&imagepos=112

Cheers,

Carl Fogel