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- Trick Bicycle Rider Ralph Temple, 1887 - Ralph Temple was a champion trick bicyclist. He performed acrobatic feats while riding atop a moving high wheeler. Temple also raced against other cyclists when not entertaining audiences. This cabinet card shows Temple with a number of cycling medals on his vest.
- 1887
- Collections - Artifact
Trick Bicycle Rider Ralph Temple, 1887
Ralph Temple was a champion trick bicyclist. He performed acrobatic feats while riding atop a moving high wheeler. Temple also raced against other cyclists when not entertaining audiences. This cabinet card shows Temple with a number of cycling medals on his vest.
- Man with a Safety Bicycle, circa 1895 - Innovators in the 1890s sought to improve on the safety bicycle. Some ideas, like the pneumatic tire, succeeded; but others did not catch on. This photograph shows a safety with a large-diameter front chain sprocket. Though it provided a high gear ratio (one turn of the crank producing multiple turns of the rear wheel) useful for racing, this fixed-gear design failed to entice everyday cyclists.
- circa 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Man with a Safety Bicycle, circa 1895
Innovators in the 1890s sought to improve on the safety bicycle. Some ideas, like the pneumatic tire, succeeded; but others did not catch on. This photograph shows a safety with a large-diameter front chain sprocket. Though it provided a high gear ratio (one turn of the crank producing multiple turns of the rear wheel) useful for racing, this fixed-gear design failed to entice everyday cyclists.
- Trick Cyclist Nicholas Kaufmann, Rochester, New York, 1884 - Nicholas Kaufmann was a world famous trick bicyclist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this 1884 photograph, Kaufmann balances on a monocycle -- one of many wheeled props he used to entertain audiences. He won numerous medals for his mastery of the bicycle. A showman as well as an athlete, he later traveled the theater circuit and managed other bicycle acts.
- 1884
- Collections - Artifact
Trick Cyclist Nicholas Kaufmann, Rochester, New York, 1884
Nicholas Kaufmann was a world famous trick bicyclist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In this 1884 photograph, Kaufmann balances on a monocycle -- one of many wheeled props he used to entertain audiences. He won numerous medals for his mastery of the bicycle. A showman as well as an athlete, he later traveled the theater circuit and managed other bicycle acts.
- William D. Wilmot, "Fancy Bicyclist," 1879-1885 - Some high-wheel cyclists raced. Some leisurely toured the countryside. William D. Wilmot entertained. Known as a fancy bicyclist, Wilmot and his partner performed amazing feats in the 1880s. The duo balanced, did handstands, and climbed over each other on a moving 50- or 54-inch high wheeler. Wilmot also astounded audiences doing a singles act.
- 1879-1885
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William D. Wilmot, "Fancy Bicyclist," 1879-1885
Some high-wheel cyclists raced. Some leisurely toured the countryside. William D. Wilmot entertained. Known as a fancy bicyclist, Wilmot and his partner performed amazing feats in the 1880s. The duo balanced, did handstands, and climbed over each other on a moving 50- or 54-inch high wheeler. Wilmot also astounded audiences doing a singles act.