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The first Merlin frame was a mountain bike frame custom-built for the defending National Mountain Bike Champion Joe Murray. [2] In the following year, the company began a strong relationship with frame designer Tom Kellogg, who helped them produce the world's first 3-2.5 titanium alloy road bicycle frame. [ 2 ]
100th Anniversary H-D Dyna Low Rider (FXDL), 2003 2005 Dyna Super Glide Custom Controls of a 2008 Harley-Davidson FXD Superglide Dyna Wideglide TwinCam 88. Design work began on the replacement for the FXR chassis shortly after the first FXR bikes were sold. [10] The Dyna chassis was introduced in 1991 with a limited-production FXDB Sturgis ...
The prototype of the new loop-frame Harley-Davidson was assembled in a 10 ft × 15 ft (3.0 m × 4.6 m) shed in the Davidson family backyard. [11] [12] Most of the major parts, however, were made elsewhere, including some probably fabricated at the West Milwaukee railshops where oldest brother William A. Davidson was toolroom foreman. This ...
In Europe and the USA, steel tubing was the default material until recent times. All the major manufacturers (AJS, Ariel, BSA, Matchless, Norton, Sunbeam, Triumph, Velocette, BMW, DKW, Ducati, Moto-Guzzi, Harley-Davidson and Indian) used steel tubing. Examples. Norton Featherbed frame; Most Ducati Motorcycles; Honda CB750
The 'diamond' frame's central, horizontal top bar forces the rider to swing a leg over the bicycle's seat. A Triumph step-through, ladies', or open frame Dursley Pedersen bicycle circa 1910 A penny-farthing photographed in the Škoda Auto Museum in the Czech Republic A Brompton folding bicycle Bicycle in Victorian Plymouth, England, with a predecessor of the Starley diamond-frame A cantilever ...
A 2008 Specialized Stumpjumper with full suspension A 2008 Specialized S-Works Transition carbon triathlon/time trial bike. In 1995, Specialized launched the Full Force brand. [13] Full Force was a lower-end mountain bike brand sold through sporting goods stores and discount retailers such as Costco. [5] The move angered some Specialized dealers.
The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing motorcycles in 1950. It was considered revolutionary at the time, [2] [3] [full citation needed] and the best handling frame that a racer could have.
2020 full suspension mountain bike. A mountain bike (MTB [1]) or mountain bicycle is a bicycle designed for off-road cycling. Mountain bikes share some similarities with other bicycles, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain, which often makes them heavier, more complex and less efficient on smooth surfaces. [2]