Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 This is not to be taken too seriously. My daughter (11) is doing a history assignment for school. In brief, she needs to choose a particular object and show in pictures how it looked like years ago (in history) and how it has developed to what it currently looks like. Quite wisely, she chose the bicycle and asked me to assist with printing a few images. My question is - in your opinion, what does the bicycle look like that represents a 2023 (current) version of the bicycle?
Shebeen Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 a VERY good reference for how little (or much) things have changed is the 19th century designs on Bicycle Playing cards. joker wasn't so aero on his fixie, but it does have a double diamond frame. Zebra, throttles and Fork-it 2 1
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Start with velocipede through to penny farthing to european steel frame to Giant TCR. after that you go into marginal gains If you want to portray aero TT bikes you have a more interesting project Fork-it 1
RobertWhitehead Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) Old - Penny-Farthing high wheel - https://clickamericana.com/topics/culture-and-lifestyle/sports/high-wheel-bicycles-penny-farthing-victorian-1890s New - Trek Top Fuel 9.9 dual sus full carbon - https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/mountain-bikes/cross-country-mountain-bikes/top-fuel/top-fuel-9-9/p/28091/ My opinion 😎 Edited February 8, 2023 by RobertWhitehead Skarramoesh Fork-it 1
Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Author Posted February 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Start with velocipede through to penny farthing to european steel frame to Giant TCR. after that you go into marginal gains If you want to portray aero TT bikes you have a more interesting project Fortunately she only has to do a 'then and now' comparison. Would have been very interesting to do a 'through the years' project. TheoG and DieselnDust 2
Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Author Posted February 8, 2023 4 minutes ago, RobertWhitehead said: Old - Penny-Farthing high wheel - https://clickamericana.com/topics/culture-and-lifestyle/sports/high-wheel-bicycles-penny-farthing-victorian-1890s New - Trek Top Fuel 9.9 dual sus full carbon - https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/mountain-bikes/cross-country-mountain-bikes/top-fuel/top-fuel-9-9/p/28091/ My opinion 😎 Love the images of the penny-farthing! Thank you! The Trek on the other hand is a beast!
117 Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 A flyer here, but an e-bike would be the trick to go with. Modern, tech advanced, great gains in design and strength of the components, efficient gains on the propulsion systems too. A good looker (in my book) in this case is the Trek E-xe If its a roadie, a number of the Canyon's blur my view 🥰 and if its a mtb, then a Spez Epic evo fills that gap for me (because they just look the part - not going on actual performance) ChrisF, Frosty and Fork-it 3
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Just now, 117 said: A flyer here, but an e-bike would be the trick to go with. Modern, tech advanced, great gains in design and strength of the components, efficient gains on the propulsion systems too. A good looker (in my book) in this case is the Trek E-xe If its a roadie, a number of the Canyon's blur my view 🥰 and if its a mtb, then a Spez Epic evo fills that gap for me (because they just look the part - not going on actual performance) Project is for bicycle comparison not mopeds Fork-it, gerriemtb, throttles and 5 others 8
NotSoBigBen Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Project is for bicycle comparison not mopeds Edited February 8, 2023 by NotSoBigBen throttles, DieselnDust, Robbie Stewart and 1 other 2 2
117 Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 7 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Project is for bicycle comparison not mopeds Well technically they did start off without a pedal system and ended up with an electric motor, so I guess its from balance frames to mopeds then. The stuff in between those we call bicycles I guess? Fork-it 1
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, 117 said: Well technically they did start off without a pedal system and ended up with an electric motor, so I guess its from balance frames to mopeds then. The stuff in between those we call bicycles I guess? they had smokey two strokes motors too and still do when you want to pay a reasonable amount of money for a moped Fork-it 1
betaboy Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 It technically has advanced in leaps but the core factor is you are still the engine unless you’re into E-scapism! 😂 Fork-it 1
Ispeed_V Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 Google is your friend. Bicycle Evolution - numerous comparative pics
The Ouzo Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 42 minutes ago, Jono said: this... excuse me while I have some alone time Fork-it, gerriemtb, Zebra and 2 others 5
Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Author Posted February 8, 2023 3 minutes ago, FondTF2 said: Google is your friend. Bicycle Evolution - numerous comparative pics Thanks!
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