Ice cycle
An ice cycle, ice bike, or icycle is a bicycle adapted for use on ice, usually by replacing the front wheel with an ice skate.[1][2][3][3][4][5] Versions exist with and without additional skates to provide lateral stability,[1][2] that have been based on upright and recumbent bikes,[6] and that have been used for racing.[3][6] Ice cycles have been in use since at least the 1890s,[7] and theory predicts that a bicycle with a front skate can exhibit riderless self-stability similar to the same bicycle with a front wheel.[8] At least one example has been made with both the front and the rear wheels replaced by skates.[9]
Gallery
- Front skate of Icycle
- Rear wheel of Icycle
- Icetrack bike
gollark: Fiiine, I guess I'll wait for the next 5-min drop.
gollark: What, in five seconds?
gollark: 35 seconds.
gollark: Well, I'm not going to wait until my magi(s) are off cooldown.
gollark: It'll be going to the AP soon so I can pick something up during the hourly drop.
References
- Steve Casimiro (November 11, 2014). "The Icyclists". Adventure Journal. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- Milly Hurford (December 29, 2014). "Ice Bikes Add Appeal to Winter RidingForget fat bikes, there's a new winter cycling craze". Bicycling. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- "New Ice-cycle Gives Cycling Thrills on Lakes in Winter (Apr, 1934)". Modern Mechanix. April 1934. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- Kevin Paul Dupont (December 27, 2014). "In Buffalo, ice bikes are a cool ride". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- "Shifting Gears, A Cycling History of Badger Bicycling". November 4, 2015. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
- Rosemary Peters (August 22, 2013). "Imperial alumnus skates towards success with new invention". Imperial College London. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- "Ice Bicycle". Online Bike Museum. 1896. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- J. D. G. Kooijman, J. P. Meijaard, J. M. Papadopoulos, A. Ruina, and A. L. Schwab (April 15, 2011). "A bicycle can be self-stable without gyrosocpic or caster effects" (PDF). Science. 332 (6027): 339–342. Bibcode:2011Sci...332..339K. doi:10.1126/science.1201959. PMID 21493856. Retrieved 2015-11-15.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- "The History of Ice Biking and Winter Cycling: Swedish Iscykel". Icebike.org. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
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