Monday, 26 July 2010

Front-wheel drive bike spotted near pink castle

Spotted some different stuff while out riding yesterday.

Not sure how this handles round bends
Freshly-painted pink castle


Not sure when the invasion started
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  1. Affer27 July 2010 at 12:56

    That's a fascinating bike! It looks like just the front wheel of that bogey steers, and the back one (ie the middle wheel) drives. So it should handle just like a bike with a trailer....bet it doesn't though! Do you know who made it?

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    1. Anonymous9 April 2014 at 11:47

      It was made by Billy Slinger of Settle in 1902 and it rides very well the engine is hugh (5hp De Dion) for a bike of that date and it'll 30 to 40 mph, single speed and no clutch! It'll be at the Pioneer Run on Sunday 13th March 2014

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  2. El Diente28 July 2010 at 20:31

    Its called the "Slinger" and was built by a postman,Mr Slinger, in 1901. Evidently he bought a new-fangled 5hp De Dion water cooled motor and redesigned his bicycle to cope - the twin front wheels were to carry the extra weight. Its now in a private collection, but was displayed at the Grampian transport museum last weekend, which is where I saw it.

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