Author: happynicky
Post subject: 10 significant bikes
Posted: Today, 05:50
Reprinted from http://www.zorromall.com/Bicycle-More/Bicycle-Wheelsets-Rims/View-all-products.html.
1. The Kirkpatrick Macmillan, fashioned using a Scottish blacksmith in 1839 is widely regarded as the main pedal- powered, rear wheel-driven bicycle;
2. Given it had a chain and wheels of similar size, John Kemp??��s 1885 Starley Rover Safety factors are widely recognised as being the first modern bicycle.
3. Between 1971 and 1991,carbon bike rim, around 600 000 Bickerton Portable folder bikes were sold. Bus- and train-friendly foldables are popular with European commuters who surely have about 10 brands to select from.
4. The Speedwell Titanium, ridden by Luis Ocaria during his 1973 Tour de France victory was the initial significant titanium bike. BSA in Birmingham manufactured these machines.
5. The main viable carbon-fibre bike was the Exxon Graftek. It had been created in 1975, using carbon/aluminium tubes bonded to stainless-steel lugs.
6. MIT graduate Gary Klein blazed the trail for oversized, smooth-welded aluminium tubes in 1975.
7. The main all-carbon monocoque frame appeared only in 1986. It absolutely was the Kestrel 4 000, which still looks pretty contemporary, independent of the friction shifters within the down-tube;
8. The earliest production mountainbike was Specialized??��s Stumpjumper, which dates back to 1987.
9. The 1st full-suspension mountainbike was the 1987 Turner Full Suspension; some pot venture between RockShox founder Paul Turner and fellow MTB pioneer, Keith Bontrager.
10. In 1992, Chris Boardman appeared for the Olympics over the Lotus 108, a superbike designed by Mike Burrows! It was declared illegal with the UCI, but without one we might never have had the Giant TCR compact frame as well as progeny.