Bicycle
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- OBJECT TYPE
- safety/chain drive/cross frame
- DATE
- 1885
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0221.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME/ METAL WHEELS W. SOLID RUBBER TIRES/ LEATHER SADDLE/ WOOD HANDGRIPS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 183.4 cm
- Width
- 48.2 cm
- Height
- 105.7 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 19TH C. (GENERAL). THE CROSS-FRAME ENJOYED WIDE POPULARITY BETWEEN 1886-1889.
- Canada
-
The cross-frame safety bicycle is a transitory vehicle that played a role in helping to provoke Canada’s bicycle manufacturing industry. By 1888, more safety bicycles began appearing on the cycling scene in Canada. The cross-frames were a part of the emerging “safety boom”. The safety boom created an industry almost overnight. Before 1895, bicycles were assembled from parts imported from the US and Britain. With the safety boom, it made more sense for Canadians to build the factories and manufacture the bicycles directly. Industrial production of bicycles required a great deal of attention to technological innovation in order to streamline production, increase outputs, and reduce costs. Integration of automated machinery to the bicycle manufacturing process began to increase outputs and cut costs. With the development of a safety cycle industry in eastern Canada, a great amount of supporting industries appeared to supply factories with equipment, materials and parts, while entrepreneurs established wholesale and retail outlets across the country to sell the products. Les bicycles à cadre en croix de sécurité ont joué un rôle essentiel pour provoquer l'industrie de fabrication des bicycles au Canada. Avant 1895 les bicycles étaient assembler en utilisant des morceaux qui étaient importés d'autres pays comme les États-Unis et la Grande Bretagne. En 1888 une explosion de demande des bicycles de sécurité a graduellement changé cette dynamique, car la demande a provoqué la construction des usines à la maison. La production industrielle au Canada a augmenté le nombre de bicycles au pays et a aussi diminué leurs coûts. L'intégration des machines automatisées à commencer à l'est du pays et plusieurs usines responsables de la construction des matérielles dans d'autres domaines ont partagé leurs connaissances avec l'industrie des bicycles. Ils ont aussi partagé de l'équipement, des morceaux et du matériel pendant que les entrepreneurs ont établi des points de ventes au travers le pays pour vendre leurs produits. - Function
-
This bicycle that functions as a means of transportation for a rider. Ce bicycle fonctionne comme un moyen de transport pour un coureur. - Technical
-
One of the innovations of this machine is its “cross frame” design. This was a move away from the curved tubes of the Rover, featuring instead a long diagonal main tube that descended from the steering column to the rear hub. This design was one of the competitors to the diamond frame design, which was sturdier. At the time, frames were being made from either solid steel or fairly heavy tubing, which made these machines quite heavy. Cycle designers were attempting to place the seat and the chain drive somewhere on the bicycle, and the cross accomplishes this because it allowed both to be connected to the main frame, while also lessening weight and balancing the vehicle. This style of framing fell out of favor in the early 1890s, when Mannesmann patented thin walled steel tubing and the diamond frame created a design that was stronger and lighter, making the bikes faster, and the ride much more comfortable. Une des innovations du bicycle est simplement la conception de ça cadre en croix au lieu des tuyaux courbés qui sont visibles sur des marques comme le Rover. Un tuyau diagonal descendait de la colonne de direction jusqu'au moyeu. Typiquement les cadres étaient construits avec en acier ou avec un tuyau très épais qui rendait les bicycles extrêmement pesants. Les fabricants avaient aussi la tâche de trouver ou mettre la commande par chaine ainsi que la selle de la bicyclette. La cadre en croix a accompli la mission, car elle a permis au manufacturier des fixés au cadre tout en diminuant le poids de la machine et aussi en augmentant l'équilibre du véhicule et du coureur. Cette méthode de fabrication de bicycle est devenue en compétition avec la cadre en diamant qui avait plus de robustesse, mais a perdu son allure dans les années 1890s. Mannesmann a breveté un tuyau qui avait seulement une paroi en acier à l'intérieur et il a jumelé le tuyau avec un cadre en diamant qui a rendu le bicycle plus fort et léger pour permettre un voyage plus rapide et confortable. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- PEDALS/ PT. OF FRONT BRAKE
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK (NOT ORIGINAL)/ HANDLEBARS, FRONT BRAKE ASSEMBLY, LAMP BRACKET, FRONT FORK CROWN AND CRANK - CHROMED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bicycle, circa 1885, Artifact no. 1981.0221, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0221.001/
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