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Building a Safety Bicycle — Chain Drive, Equal Wheels, and Personal Freedom
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Building a Safety Bicycle — Chain Drive, Equal Wheels, and Personal Freedom

The bicycle that everyone rides today was settled in the 1880s and is still called, in the trade, the safety bicycle — to distinguish it from the terrifying high penny-farthing it replaced. Two equal wheels, a diamond frame, a chain driving the rear wheel, and soon air-filled tyres made cycling safe, fast, and available to ordinary people.

Each feature solves a problem. Equal wheels and a low frame mean you can put a foot down and cannot be pitched over the handlebars. The chain and gearing let a small wheel travel fast without the giant front wheel of the penny-farthing. The diamond frame, built of brazed steel tubes, is astonishingly light and strong for its weight. And Dunlop's pneumatic rubber tyres turned a bone-shaking ride into a smooth one.

The safety bicycle was more than transport. Cheap, simple, and needing no horse or fuel, it gave working people and especially women a freedom of movement they had never had — which is why it is often credited with as much social change as mechanical.

Дунд шат
Several days for a full build

Зааварчилгаа

1

Understand the safety design

The safety bicycle has two equal-sized wheels, a low diamond frame, and a chain driving the rear wheel. Together these let the rider reach the ground with a foot and avoid being thrown over the front — the dangers that made the tall penny-farthing so risky.
2

Braze the diamond frame

Cut steel tubes to length and braze them into the classic diamond: head tube, top tube, down tube, seat tube, and the rear triangle of seat-stays and chain-stays. Brazed thin-wall steel tube is light yet stiff, which is why the diamond frame has never been bettered for simple bicycles.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Бүтээцийн ган хоолойБүтээцийн ган хоолой4 метр

Шаардлагатай багаж:

Хатуу гагнуурын бамбарХатуу гагнуурын бамбар
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Build the wheels

Lace steel spokes between a central hub and a steel rim, then tension them evenly so the wheel runs true. A tensioned wire-spoked wheel is extraordinarily light for the load it carries — the spokes work in tension, hanging the hub from the rim.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Ган хигээсГан хигээс72 ширхэг
Дугуйн хүрээ (алюминий)Дугуйн хүрээ (алюминий)2 ширхэг

Шаардлагатай багаж:

Хигээсний түлхүүрХигээсний түлхүүр
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Fit pneumatic tyres

Mount air-filled rubber tyres on the rims. Dunlop's pneumatic tyre, made possible by vulcanised rubber, cushions the ride over rough roads and grips far better than the solid tyres it replaced — the single biggest comfort improvement of the era.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Резинэн дугуй (тэвх)Резинэн дугуй (тэвх)2 ширхэг
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Build the chain drive

Fit a large chainwheel at the pedals and a smaller sprocket at the rear hub, joined by a roller chain. The ratio between them gears the bicycle so that equal-sized wheels can still travel fast for each turn of the pedals.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Роликт гинжРоликт гинж1 ширхэг
Гинжний одГинжний од1 багц
Гинжний одГинжний од1 багц
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Fit the bottom bracket and cranks

Mount the pedal axle in the bottom bracket on smooth bearings, then fit the cranks and pedals. Good bearings here turn the rider's effort into motion with little loss, so the bicycle rolls easily.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Бөмбөлгөн холхивчБөмбөлгөн холхивч1 багц
7

Set up the steering

Fit the front fork through the head tube on headset bearings and clamp on the handlebars. The fork's slight forward rake gives the steering a self-centring trail that makes the bicycle want to balance itself once moving.

Энэ алхмын материал:

БариулБариул1 ширхэг
8

Fit brakes

Add brakes that press pads against the wheel rims, operated by levers on the handlebars. Reliable braking matters far more on the fast, low safety bicycle than it did on slower machines, so set them to grip firmly and evenly.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Тоормосны суппортТоормосны суппорт2 ширхэг
9

Fit the saddle

Mount a sprung leather saddle on a seatpost and set its height so the rider's leg is almost straight at the bottom of the pedal stroke. Correct saddle height is the difference between an efficient ride and a painful one.

Энэ алхмын материал:

Арьсан эмээлАрьсан эмээл1 ширхэг
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Assemble and true

Bring it all together: wheels in the frame, chain on, brakes and steering connected. True the wheels by adjusting spoke tension until they spin without wobble, and adjust every bearing so it turns freely but without play.

Шаардлагатай багаж:

Хоолойн түлхүүрХоолойн түлхүүр
11

Test and tune

Ride gently at first, checking that the brakes bite, the steering is steady, and nothing rubs or rattles. Fine-tune the saddle, bars, and bearings. A well-set-up safety bicycle feels stable and almost steers itself at speed.

Шаардлагатай багаж:

Хоолойн түлхүүрХоолойн түлхүүр
12

Appreciate the freedom it gave

Pedal away on a machine that needs no horse, no fuel, and no rails. Cheap and simple, the safety bicycle gave ordinary people — and famously women — independent mobility for the first time, reshaping society as much as it reshaped travel.

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