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Waterford Cycling Club 1893

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  • #2
    Type 17
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    Only one bike has a brake - the one to the left of the front wheel of the triplet (not a tandem).
    Not sure when freewheels became common, but it's likely that all these bikes were fixed-wheel, which even today, counts as a brake.

    Fabulous picture - here's the B&W original on the National Library's Flickr photstream: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/11833296283/in/album-72157651599255125/


  • #3
    magicbastarder
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    The original b&w photo is much better. Though I do hate colourised photos as general rule, the one there is badly done.


  • #4
    magicbastarder
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    i suspect it was done by one of these machine learning colourisation processes. check out the face on the lad at the back, just a shade to the left of centre.


  • #5
    secman
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    3 of them with cigarettes hanging ftom their lips, must have been torture on those bikes with those clothes too.


  • #6
    magicbastarder
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    the bike at front left seems to have the pedals attached to the front axle.


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  • #7
    Type 17
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    the bike at front left seems to have the pedals attached to the front axle.

    In the comments thread on the Flickr link I posted above, there is reference to this type of bike with this link:

    http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/bikes-1800s/1896-1899-diamond-frames/1896-crypto-bantam/


  • #8
    daragh_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭daragh_


    Bet you they had endless committee meetings about weekend spins and sock length.


  • #9
    crosstownk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    That's some chainring at the back of the tridem.
    Untitled Image




  • #10
    Type 17
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    Be grand with three lads pushing it.

    Scary to think of three lads on that (probably a combined weight of ~240KG) and only a fixed wheel for a brake.


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