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Henry Sturmey rode his first bicycle while at school in Weymouth when in his mid-teens in 1872 and became a keen cyclist. He was a touring enthusiast rather than interested in track racing. Sturmey's first post was an assistant-master at Brixton Hill College, London S.W.
By 1885, the safety bicycles cataloged in Henry Sturmey's Indispensable Handbook to the Safety Bicycle included 7 with lever front-drives, 44 with geared front-drives, and only 9 with chain rear-drives. [4] [5] In that same year, John Kemp Starley (J. K. Starley) came out with the first commercially successful safety bicycle he named the Rover.
All Sturmey-Archer gear hubs use epicyclic (planetary) geartrains of varying complexity. The AW is the simplest, using one set of planetary gears with four planets. The AM uses three compound planets with differently sized cogs machined from a common shaft to engage the gear ring and sun gear separately, while the close-ratio three-speeds, and hubs with four or more speeds, use multiple ...
A bucket-list worthy trip for bike nerds and cycling enthusiasts, the museum boasts a collection of over 800 drool-worthy bikes.
The International Cycling Association (ICA) was the first international body for cycle racing.Founded by Henry Sturmey in 1892 to establish a common definition of amateurism and to organise world championships [1] its role was taken over by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 1900.
The Metz Bicycle Museum, Freehold, New Jersey (closed) [29] New England Muscle Bicycle Museum – Bloomfield, Connecticut (closed) [30] Old Spokes Home, Burlington, Vermont [31] Pedaling History Bicycle Museum, Orchard Park (closed) Three Oaks Bicycle Museum – Three Oaks, Michigan [32] United States Bicycling Hall of Fame, Davis, California
Ocean City will soon be home to a museum celebrating the resort's Black history, including when Duke Ellington, Count Basie and others visited. ... The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a ...
Several Italian museums are offering a solution to the age-old conundrum faced by dog owners – should they go out without their beloved pet or simply stay at home with their four-legged friend?