Whippet (bicycle)

Whippet was a brand of safety bicycle designed by C. M. Linley and manufactured by Linley and Briggs in London.[1] Examples exist from 1885 and 1888.[2] They are notable for their use of springs to suspend the frame.[3][4][5] An early external derailleur, that enabled two gear ratios, was available only on Whippet bicycles. | pages = 58–61[6][7]

1885 Whippet safety bicycle

References
  1. "No. 35. 'Whippet' safety bicycle". Grace's Guide. 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  2. "Whippet Safety Bicycle". The Science Museum. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  3. Herlihy, David V. (2004). Bicycle: History. Yale University Press. pp. 246. ISBN 0-300-10418-9. The popular Whippet incorporated a series of external springs suspending the entire frame.
  4. Wiebe E. Bijker (1997). Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change. The MIT Press. p. 73. Even the successful "Whippet" with its many movable parts needed more attention than an ordinary bicycle.
  5. Tony Hadland & Hans-Erhard Lessing (2014). Bicycle Design, An Illustrated History. MIT Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-262-02675-8. The Whippet bicycle of the mid 1880s had the whole section of the frame carrying the handlebars, the seat, and the cranks sprung as a single unit.
  6. Berto, Frank J.; Ron Shepherd; et al. (2008) [2000]. The Dancing Chain: History and Development of the Derailleur Bicycle (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA, USA: Cycle Publishing/Van der Plas Publications. pp. 58–61. ISBN 978-1-892495-59-4. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  7. Berto, Frank J.; et al. (2016) [2000]. The Dancing Chain: History and Development of the Derailleur Bicycle (5th ed.). San Francisco, CA, USA: Cycle Publishing/Van der Plas Publications. ISBN 978-1-892495-77-8. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
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