Rudimentary medieval bicycle unearthed

[echelon_john]

This is amazing.

http://viola.bz/medieval-knights-steel-bike-from-chateau-gaillard-castle/

What's more amazing is the sheer volume of art produced on the subject throughout history.

[MattTuck]

I'm adopting this as my crest.

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6408/159877177.ff/0_9549b_2f53332c_XL.jpg

[William]

This is amazing.

http://viola.bz/medieval-knights-steel-bike-from-chateau-gaillard-castle/

What's more amazing is the sheer volume of art produced on the subject throughout history.


I also hear that they unearthed a very early version of Photoshop as well.;)




William

[echelon_john]

It's so old it's called Drawingshop 1.0

I also hear that they unearthed a very early version of Photoshop as well.;)




William

[maxdog]

That's more amazing than the Cardiff Giant.

[BumbleBeeDave]

Somebody spent an awful lot of time putting this all together and it shows. Fantastic presentation.

BTW, the Cardiff Giant is an exhibit now at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown. I had seen pics of it in books, but had never expected it . . . my first visit to the Farmer's Museum and I walked into this tent expecting to see a tractor, but instead it was the real deal!

Also, when you see it in the, ah, flesh you'll see why they named it the Cardiff, er, "Giant" . . . :rolleyes:

BBD

[John Price]

Wait. So, Leonardo didn't invent the bicycle ????

:^)

[rwsaunders]

Somebody's graduate thesis...:cool:

[RkyMtn]

This is SPECTACULAR!!! Thank you so much for sharing this, John! History rewrites itself again!

I vote this Best Thread of January 2013!!!

[ultraman6970]

If i put picture of my crest in here I might be banned for life from here :D

[PaulE]

The drivetrain is on the wrong side of the bike in most but not all of the pictures in that link. I guess that changed the second time the modern safety bicycle was invented.

[RkyMtn]

The drivetrain is on the wrong side of the bike in most but not all of the pictures in that link. I guess that changed the second time the modern safety bicycle was invented.

The bikes were made in England, so of course the gearing is on the "wrong" side.

[Louis]

In Velox Libertas

How about "In Vino Veritas" instead? :beer:

[William]

I'm adopting this as my crest.

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6408/159877177.ff/0_9549b_2f53332c_XL.jpg

It would make a great head tube badge.:cool:



William