Originally Posted by bbattle
The original Ingo bike, 1935
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Notice the eccentric rear hub. You got the bike rolling then "pumped" the platform to turn the rear wheel.
Our metalwork class has one of those up on the wall.
You can get going pretty fast, but it's alot of work.
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