With a top speed of 10 miles per hour, this revolutionary machine featured a wooden bicycle frame, a single-cylinder engine, a steerable front wheel, a rear-wheel drive system and a simple handlebar for steering, marking a breakthrough in motorcycle construction. 1900s: The turn of the ...
For those living in rural areas, a scooter is a great way to make relatively short trips. They’re easier to ride than a motorcycle, and the body panels ensure that clothes aren’t likely to be splashed with mud and road dirt. The front panel of the Vespa. Photo courtesy of Kyle ...
Photo: A ball mouse detects movements by using a wheel with spokes to break a light beam. On one side of the wheel, there's an LED (light emitter) that generates an infrared beam. On the other side, there's a photoelectric cell (light detector) that receives the beam. As the heavy...
At the end of one of the Canterbury’s vast and oppressive halls decked with somberly lit lanterns and black and green mold was a wooden door slightly ajar. Past this door was a quarters and inside sat the captain of the ship, a man old and depressed and a man so into his books tha...
The Worx WX-R Vorteq had the distinction of being the most expensive bike to make a showing at the Tokyo velodrome. Developed by UK-based Worx and Formula One engineers Vorteq, it’s designed for sprint races and features extra-deep tube profiles with a low frontal area. The bike is ri...
When Daniel Cyr began playing with mono wheel designs in the 1990s, he would have certainly known about the double-ringed German wheel, but probably not the Einreifen, which had long dwindled into obscurity. Cyr claims to have been inspired to create the Cyr wheel after seeing a large hula...
immediately," said Dr. Gilman. "When you cut roots that are circling or are descending (that is, growing down the side of the pot) the new roots come out horizontal to the surface of the soil, straight away from the trunk and you get an orientation like spokes of the wheel from the...
In general, more spokes are better. The spokes can be arranged in different patterns on the wheel. For example they can have a three or four cross pattern. Additionally, they can have an interleaved pattern that adds to strength and stability. The spokes are attached to the tire rim ...
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Wheels were added to the bottom of the unit so it can be wheeled outside. The grinding operation will be messy, so it will need to be done outside. Everything is screwed together with long drywall screws to make a really rigid frame. ...