Apparently, this 1933 bicycle photographed in a café at the top of the Tourmalet climb in France is a two speed. Pedal forwards for high gear, backwards for low gear with two cogs running two separate freewheels. HammerSchmidt eat your heart out.Thursday, August 6, 2009
One step forward, two steps back
Deep form the heart of North Central Colorado, Rossitron sends us this:
Apparently, this 1933 bicycle photographed in a café at the top of the Tourmalet climb in France is a two speed. Pedal forwards for high gear, backwards for low gear with two cogs running two separate freewheels. HammerSchmidt eat your heart out.
Apparently, this 1933 bicycle photographed in a café at the top of the Tourmalet climb in France is a two speed. Pedal forwards for high gear, backwards for low gear with two cogs running two separate freewheels. HammerSchmidt eat your heart out.
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Retro-direct drive. Uber easy to do, and I've known a few guys who have built these up. Give it a try. Kent's bike blog has some good content on how it's done.
Cheers.
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