Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ordinary/direct drive
- DATE
- 1871
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0206.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Starley & Smith
- MODEL
- Ariel
- LOCATION
- Coventry, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME/ METAL WHEEL W. RUBBER TIRES/ WOOD HANDGRIPS/ LEATHER SADDLE/ METAL & RUBBER PEDALS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 132.0 cm
- Width
- 42.3 cm
- Height
- 116.5 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
- Starley Smith
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Coventry
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1870'S (GENERAL)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION GENERATED BY PEDALLING. - Technical
-
FIRST ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE A LIGHT, ALL-METAL BICYCLE; ALSO INITIATED THE CENTRE-STEERING TYPE OF HEAD, WHICH SUPERSEDED THE SOCKET TYPE USED ON THE ORIGINAL BONESHAKER; MOST IMPORTANTLY IT WAS FITTED WITH THE STARLEY TENSION WHEEL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- DOES NOT HAVE ORIGINAL REAR WHEEL; SADDLE & PEDALS ARE LIKELY REPLACEMENTS
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED BLACK/ STAINEDHANDGRIPS/ BROWN SADDLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Starley & Smith, Bicycle, circa 1871, Artifact no. 1981.0206, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0206.001/
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