Early 1890's Tangent Geared Bicycle at The Old Spokes Home
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Please change the quality setting to 720p for the best quality. Likely built in the early 1890's in Chicopee Falls, MA by the Ames Manufacturing company, this possibly one of a kind bicycle has been cleaned up at The Old Spokes Home in Burlington, VT. The original pneumatic tires have been stored away and replaced with solid rubber for display purposes. This is the final touches of putting the bicycle back together and a demonstration of how the gear worked. This bicycle was likely a patent model and never went into production, since "safety" bicycles were the preferred design. Filmed and Edited by Derek McIntire Narrated by Glenn Eames Restored by Greg Hanock
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how are you supposed to get on that bicycle without falling face first to the ground and how are you going to get up a hill and how are you going to get off where are the breaks for this bicycle adjust bicycle even legal
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Couldn't true up that wooden rim? :)
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back when bikes were built well and you didnt want one to fall on you. cause they were heavy.
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I had an opportunity to view all their old bicycles on display on the 2nd floor of this bicycle shop... Bought two Surly's there...
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đã quá...muốn có 1 chiếc như vậy
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muito bom.
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Could be a pinion and annular gear. Also it looks like it absorbs shock from the front just by gravity. Interesting but fragile.
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where do you get the tire material??
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Superbe !
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That is a beautiful piece of handmade machinery . More like artwork . I wonder what the gear ratio is ?
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That certainly is a one-of-a-kind design. Near as I can find, the term for this gearing system may be an annulus and pinion.
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fantastic
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How fast is that thing?
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This bike is a dream. I restore old bikes, here, from south of Brazil. This video is amazing.
Thanks for share!
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Nice surly patch, you know what's good.
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RIDE IT !!!
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i almost put thumbs down for not riding it
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Thanks for sharing!
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nobody wanted to try that mother father out? looks fun to ride.
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