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Do It Yourself Bicycle

#1 by mikejee , Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:58 am

Not Birmingham but Russia, but it is supposed to be the city of a thousand trades. Bet they never produced something like this. The caption states :
This photograph, taken in Russia by a Blackburn contributor, is of an extraordinary bicycle and its ingenious maker, a Russian peasant, who at the time was employed as a mill watchman in St. Petersburg. The frame of the bicycle is mainly made out of broomsticks, the wheels consist of barrel hoops and wooden spokes, the cranks are of wood, and bobbins form the principal part of the pedals; the front forks are likewise of wood, working inside a ten-inch "slubbing bobbin"; the saddle (movable) is cut out of an ordinary piece of wood, the back of a disused arm-chair does duty as handle-bars, and the chain was taken off an old "flat-card" machine. It only remains to add that this curiosity is not a mere exhibit, for a friend of the gentleman who supplies the photo. rode it more than once, though he never accomplished anything in the way of record-breaking on the wooden "bike.

Not a very comfortable ride I would think


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RE: Do it yourself bicycle

#2 by phil ( deleted ) , Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:42 pm

Not my idea of riding in comfort, but it just shows how ingenious man is.

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#3 by Sheldonboy , Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:19 pm

Brings a whole new meaning to the Nutcracker suite.


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