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2. Penny-farthing - Wikipedia

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   The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. [ 1] It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel. These bicycles had solid rubber tires and as a consequence the only shock ...

3. Westwood rim - Wikipedia

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   Westwood rim. The Westwood rim style of cycle rim used on bicycles was one of the original steel rim designs, developed during or before 1891 by Frederick Westwood of Birmingham. [1] Bowden brakes and cables designed for use with this rim were introduced in 1896. [2] Westwood rims have also been found ideal for use with drum brakes.

4. History of the bicycle - Wikipedia

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   History of the bicycle. 1886 Swift Safety Bicycle. Vehicles that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels arranged consecutively, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817.

5. Bicycle wheel - Wikipedia

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   The front wheel from a racing bicycle. Bicycle wheel with wooden rim Nipples Spokes Cross-section of a rim A Shimano Dura-Ace freehub-style hub. A bicycle wheel is a wheel, most commonly a wire wheel, designed for a bicycle. A pair is often called a wheelset, especially in the context of ready built "off the shelf" performance-oriented wheels.

6. Fixed-gear bicycle - Wikipedia

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   A fixed-gear bicycle. An 18-tooth sprocket that attaches to the rear hub of fixed-gear bike. Track sprockets are typically attached and removed from the hub by screwing them with a chain whip. This tool incorporates a lockring spanner for securing a reverse threaded lockring against the sprocket. A fixed-gear bicycle (or fixed-wheel bicycle in ...

7. Rhoades Car - Wikipedia

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   Par Bikes, LLC. Website. www .vierbike .com. Rhoades Car, founded in 1991, is located in Hendersonville, Tennessee, United States. The company was founded by David Rhoades, and he served as its president until his death in late 2009 from heart disease at age 60. He was succeeded as president by Bill Pomakoy in 2010 who renamed the company ...