Bicycle Design That Flopped
Hey! Bikes are everywhere, now cars are here... let's combine the two!
Thus thought a certain Herre Holger Møller in a moment of misguided inspiration. His "Autocykel" never caught on. The design of the upright bicycle just couldn't be improved upon.
8 thinking out louds:
There are some contemporaries who would have disagreed with your last statement, such as Charles Mochet: http://microcarmuseum.com/tour/images/velo-velocar.jpg
His handlebars used a universal joint to actuate the fork, just as the wheel in your picture shows. Some of these bikes were still in operation sixty or seventy years after their construction, from what I've read.
Great image, though! Thanks!
I think we should all wear nautical outfits on our bikes.
Very jaunty.
Uncomfortable position of the Pedals too far forward for relaxed Cycling to much effort.
However it seems to work very well for a Recumbent when you are in the Lying down position more efficient use of the Pedals less Tiring than that Design.
I was on the Critical Mass in Dublin on Friday 26th and there was a Chap with a Recumbent Bike and he was going quite quickly without much effort,I was impressed.
Hey Michael - have a look here - How does royalty pick up there offspring these days?? In a Rolls Royce?? No!!
here's our crown prince picking up his 2 kids from kindergarten on a cargo bike! - just like every other sane copenhagener.
Maybe you can find a better photo for the blog?
http://www.dr.dk/DR1/Dokumentar/2010/Kongehuset_indefra/Nyheder/20100302131123.htm
@Lasse: I want the Dutch and the Danes to be less alike!!! :-p
Yes it's too much! ;-) - although I must say that my own crown prince looks less styled and there for it seems more convincing that he actually DOES pick up his kids this way everyday - not just for the photographers. No offense intended.
Just because it's dumb, doesn't mean it won't keep coming back every few years. I seem to remember the US brand Schwinn had a steering wheel on a kids' bike in the 1960's, and then there's this:
http://velospace.org/node/1436
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