Original Wright Brothers-built bicycle, 1 of only 5 known to exist, National Air & Space Museum. I’m intrigued and inspired by those handlebars and the negative stem.
by bill_lite
Original Wright Brothers-built bicycle, 1 of only 5 known to exist, National Air & Space Museum. I’m intrigued and inspired by those handlebars and the negative stem.
by bill_lite
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u/Otterland – as our official historian of bicycle mechanics: any commentary on what they were trying to achieve with the seatpost and negative stem?
Early adopters of gravel tyres? 😅
The folks over at Analog Cycles have some thoughts about those stems…
Such as in their description for their Wright Stem:
https://analogcycles.com/products/analog-wright-stem
…and, I think I remember it coming up in some of their articles:
https://analogcycles.com/pages/true-facts
Clearly assembled by a Walmart employee who mixed up the stem and the seatpost
/s
Are the rims made of wood?