Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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. Fork-it, Zebra and throttles 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertWhitehead Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
117 Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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) Frosty, ChrisF and Fork-it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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, bikebloke, gerriemtb and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted February 8, 2023 Share 6 minutes ago, DieselnDust said: Project is for bicycle comparison not mopeds Edited February 8, 2023 by NotSoBigBen DieselnDust, Robbie Stewart, Fork-it and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
117 Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Posted February 8, 2023 Share this... nonky, TheoG and Fork-it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betaboy Posted February 8, 2023 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ispeed_V Posted February 8, 2023 Share Google is your friend. Bicycle Evolution - numerous comparative pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted February 8, 2023 Share 42 minutes ago, Jono said: this... excuse me while I have some alone time Fork-it, Zebra, gerriemtb and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fork-it Posted February 8, 2023 Share 3 minutes ago, FondTF2 said: Google is your friend. Bicycle Evolution - numerous comparative pics Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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