Eagle Bicycle, 1891
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The Eagle Bicycle Manufacturing Company built this high-wheel safety in 1891. The Connecticut company copied other manufacturers by placing the small wheel up front and the large drive wheel in back -- preventing the dreaded "header." Still, it was difficult to mount; cyclists had to swing their leg over the large wheel. Low-mount safeties with equal-sized wheels solved this problem.
The Eagle Bicycle Manufacturing Company built this high-wheel safety in 1891. The Connecticut company copied other manufacturers by placing the small wheel up front and the large drive wheel in back -- preventing the dreaded "header." Still, it was difficult to mount; cyclists had to swing their leg over the large wheel. Low-mount safeties with equal-sized wheels solved this problem.
Artifact
Bicycle
Date Made
1891
Keywords

On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Collections Gallery
Object ID
29.2103.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Chromium
Leather
Wood (Plant material)
Dimensions
Height: 58.5 in
Width: 26.25 in
Length: 73.25 in
Wheelbase: 36 in
Inscriptions
Plate on steering post just above front wheel fork marked: THE / EAGLE BICYCLE / MFG. CO. / EAGLE / PATENTED / OCT. 2ND 1883 / APRIL 1887.