Comments on: The bicycle which led to Britain’s gold rush http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/ American and British cyclists of the 1890s saved roads for ALL users Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: carltonreid http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/#comment-282 carltonreid Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/?p=1210#comment-282 It’s not on general display. Ask for it from Steve Bagley beforehand.

]]> By: Mark Sanders http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/#comment-281 Mark Sanders Tue, 11 Dec 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/?p=1210#comment-281 No but defo will do

]]> By: Two bike designers ahead of their times – Bicycle Design http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/#comment-280 Two bike designers ahead of their times – Bicycle Design Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:27:40 +0000 http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/?p=1210#comment-280 [...] the Invincible, a clean looking bike which featured monoblades front and rear. Carlton Reid has a great piece on his “Roads Were Not Built for Cars“ blog about Smith’s late 19th century bike, which inspired later designs like the Mike Burrows designed [...]

]]> By: carltonreid http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/#comment-277 carltonreid Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:08:00 +0000 http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/?p=1210#comment-277 Have you seen it in the flesh? It’s over 40lbs. But with the lighter drawn tubes then becoming popular it could have become much lighter. Of course, it went into a design cul-de-sac, sadly. Its potential was not spotted.
Maybe they didn’t sell enough to be able to redesign it for newly-available pneumatic tyres (solid tyres meant it was already out of fashion)?

]]> By: Mark Sanders http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/#comment-276 Mark Sanders Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:59:00 +0000 http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/?p=1210#comment-276 Thanks for the FAB pix and info Carlton. This bike inspired me more than most, for example the
single sided wheel mountings [Strida + iF Mode], the virtual steering axis [again Strida & iF Mode]. Simple 1 piece frame [working on that :-) ].

The most frequent comments / questions I hear about one sided wheel mountings (mono-blades, cantileved axles .. NON-forks :-) are:

a) “no hassle for punctures” – A] yes a real PLUS, as wheel never needs to be removed to fix tyre/tube AND

b) “ah … but isn’t that axle weak ?” …. A] not when you consider the pedal axle which can take 100% + of the riders weight and is ALSO one side mounted / cantilevered. And apart from jumps and bumps, one sided wheel axles take approx 50% each.

Mark

]]> By: TLOT Trike http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/the-bicycle-which-led-to-britains-olympic-gold-rush/#comment-275 TLOT Trike Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:58:00 +0000 http://www.roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com/?p=1210#comment-275 Also reminds me of Graeme Obree’s Old Faithful

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