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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:42 pm
Who would have been up for a trip to the gp like this 
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:34 pm
Shit that pic even predates Smitty...
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:11 pm
and I thought commuting in last week's storms was bad!Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:22 pm
Look Mum, no sidestand!!!
I got stuck like that in a gully on a trail bike one day with a worn sprocket and miles from anywhere - that was fun NOT. Bloody Yamaha crap.
I got stuck like that in a gully on a trail bike one day with a worn sprocket and miles from anywhere - that was fun NOT. Bloody Yamaha crap.
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:16 pm
thank you thank you....Michaelmick_dundee wrote:Shit that pic even predates Smitty...
thank kerrist someone has FINALLY found a old bike pic
that pre-dates me....
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:24 pm
didn't think it was possible smitty
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:32 pm
Ah Diesel, I think this one might JUST Scrape by!!!diesel wrote:didn't think it was possible smitty
1869 W. W. Austin, USA
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:55 pm
Mr DDuane wrote:Ah Diesel, I think this one might JUST Scrape by!!!diesel wrote:didn't think it was possible smitty
1869 W. W. Austin, USA
thank you
one of me....with hair
notice though...I had a mo' even back then
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 1:57 pm
I just spat coffee everywhereSmitty wrote: Mr D
thank you
one of me....with hair
notice though...I had a mo' even back then
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 2:14 pm
OK well if you claim to be the one in that photo, theres no way you're this bloke
1817 Variously called the running machine, velocipede, Draisienne and dandy horse
1817 Variously called the running machine, velocipede, Draisienne and dandy horse
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:02 pm
That pic almost predates Melbourne, would CERTSINLY predate Dandy (nong) so why is it called that? Gotta be gay to ride it???Duane wrote:1817 Variously called the running machine, velocipede, Draisienne and dandy horse
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:10 pm
mick_dundee wrote:That pic almost predates Melbourne, would CERTSINLY predate Dandy (nong) so why is it called that? Gotta be gay to ride it???Duane wrote:1817 Variously called the running machine, velocipede, Draisienne and dandy horse
well you shouldnt have a problem then ey
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:10 pm
wikipedia wrote:The dandy horse was invented by Baron Karl von Drais in Mannheim, Germany, patented in January 1818; Drais's name for it was Laufmaschine ("running machine"), and it also became known as a velocipede, a draisine (but that term is now used primarily for light auxiliary railcars of whatever form of propulsion), and in its French form draisienne.
The dandy-horse was a two-wheeled vehicle, with both wheels in-line, propelled by the rider pushing along the ground with his feet as in regular walking or running. The front wheel and handlebar assembly was pivoted to allow steering.
Several manufacturers in France and England made their own dandy-horses during its brief popularity in the summer of 1819 -- most notably, Denis Johnson of London, who used an elegantly curved wooden frame which allowed the use of larger wheels. Riders preferred to operate their vehicles on the smooth sidewalks instead of the rough roads, but their interactions with pedestrians caused many municipalities to enact laws prohibiting their use, and so after its brief moment in the limelight, the dandy-horse quickly faded into oblivion.
However, in 1862 in Nancy, France, 19-year-old baby carriage maker Pierre Lallement saw someone ride by on a dandy-horse, and was inspired to attach rotary cranks and pedals to the front-wheel hub, creating le vélocipède bicycle. Smitty from what was to be known as KSRC many centuries later was also there at the moment of invention of the dandy horse.