Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ordinary/racing/direct drive, rear/52 in.
- DATE
- 1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0312.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- Eagle
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL TUBULAR CONSTRUCTION/ LEATHER SEAT/ EPOXY TYPE HANDLES/ SOLID RUBBER TIRES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 157.5 cm
- Width
- 62.2 cm
- Height
- 198.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Non-motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Cycles & cycling
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Eagle
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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The early lever-operated and geared bicycles found their way to Canadian bicyclists as an improvement to the high-wheeled bicycles. These vehicles were purchased and used by Canadians who saw the benefit of safer machines that could compete with the Ordinaries in gearing. Canadians were likely beginning to use the bicycle as a means of transportation en-masse, and the cobblestone roads often made their rides dangerous and unpredictable. In the 1880s, cycling was mostly done in clubs and large urban environments. One such example is the Montreal Bicycle Club. While the early safety era did feature attempts to diversify the cycling clubs, little representation was enjoyed by women until the arrival of the safety bicycle by 1890. Les nouveaux bicycles canadiens avec des engrenages par commande à levier était une amélioration des bicycles à grandes roues. La population du pays estimait que ces bicycles étaient plus sécuritaires et qu'ils pouvaient compétitionner avec les engrenages des bicycles Ordinaires. La capacité de reculer le coureur en arrière de la roue a permis aux citoyens d'envisionner l'utilisation du bicycle comme un mode de transport sur des roues en cailloutis. Pendant les années 1880s des clubs comme le Club de Bicycle de Montréal profitais des avances technologiques du bicycle, mais ils avaient peu de représentation des femmes avant l'arrivée du bicycle sécuritaire qui a fait ces débuts en 1890. - Function
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This early safety bicycle was used as a mode of transportation for its rider. Ce bicycle de sécurité est un des premiers modèles utilisés comme mode de transport pour son coureur. - Technical
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The American Eagle borrowed the Star pattern but used rotary cranks rather than levers. Like the Star, the American Eagle had a small front wheel to prevent falling forward while riding the bicycle. Since this made the bicycle a rear-driven bicycle, a lever operation was necessary for rider comfort, however the Eagle used a pedal system unlike the Star’s lever operation. As the chain-drive safety bicycle achieved widespread acceptance, designs like the Star and the Eagle failed to gain mainstream popularity. Nevertheless, the American Eagle bicycle is iconic for its silhouette and its reversing of the ordinary bicycle, making it a curious but important innovation in the development of the safety bicycle. On flat surfaces, the Eagle and Star were safer machines, but they struggled with hills and descents. The main issue with the Eagle and Star was that now the weight was too-far back: the cyclist could tip over if they climbed uphill, and the bicycle would crash on top of them. Le bicycle American Eagle a prêté le patron du bicycle Star, mais il utilisait des manivelles rotatives au lieu des leviers. Le American Eagle avait une petite roue à l’avant pour s'assurer que l'utilisateur ne tombe pas à l’avant en opération du bicycle. Grâce à cette innovation le bicycle était fait avec une propulsion arrière et nécessitait un système de pédales. Les modèles comme le Star et l'Eagle ont rapidement perdus leur popularité avec l'invention du bicycle de sécurité avec commande par chaine. La forme du Eagle est iconique pour le pivot de sa roue malgré son temps bref sur le marché canadien. L'Eagle était mieux adapté pour des environnements plats au lieu des pentes, car le centre de gravité est situé à l'arrière. Ceci provoquait un basculement qui faisait le coureur tombé sur le dos avec le bicycle par-dessus eux. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NIL; COMPLETELY RESTORED
- Finish
- BLACK PAINT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co., Bicycle, circa 1888, Artifact no. 1976.0312, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0312.001/
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