Wcben
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Hi all, I've posted some rather lousy pictures of my Racycle before but now here's some better ones! I've also been able to find out a lot more about her since I've gotten her out of the poor storage situation she's been in for a few years. I've owned her for about 25 years, many years ago the handlebars were misplaced....(thats a horror story in itself), they were original wood drop bars! She is a cushion frame with a rather different set of springer forks!
To start, here she is sitting on her stand from the Elmira Cycle Stand Co. (cast Iron) of the same general vintage:
Next is a close up of the forks, the steel wheel will soon be replaced by a wood one again:
Then a detail of the Cushion:
Now a detail of the bottom bracket from the reverse of the Chainwheel:
A close up of the dropout showing the end pivot:
Followed by an "exploded" cushion:
To explain what's seen with the cushion; on the left is the upper assembly and pivot, just to the right of that is the main body, here you can see the upper spring (there is another spring inside the body that loads on the bottom collar, to the right of that is the bottom collar, this slides over the small section of the main body, notice the keyway on the small section of the main body, the bottom collar registers in that keyway, last to the left is the bottom cap, this also registers in the keyway and, basically retains the bottom collar. The bottom collar screws into the top of the rear triangle and the top pivot (all the way to the left registers in the frame just below the seat tube joint. (sorry most terms may be incorrect but I just wanted to describe how it assembles). This cushion is different from the more commonly known Pierce in that with the Pierce, you changed the single spring to compensate for the weight of the rider, whereas with the dual spring set-up, no spring change was required. I am a relatively big guy and it is a comfortable rider!
Last for now, a detail shot of the side of the saddle it reads "Rubberneck, Chicago IL":
So glad to have found others on here who are into Racycles and, I can learn from! Please feel free to ask any questions.
To start, here she is sitting on her stand from the Elmira Cycle Stand Co. (cast Iron) of the same general vintage:
Next is a close up of the forks, the steel wheel will soon be replaced by a wood one again:
Then a detail of the Cushion:
Now a detail of the bottom bracket from the reverse of the Chainwheel:
A close up of the dropout showing the end pivot:
Followed by an "exploded" cushion:
To explain what's seen with the cushion; on the left is the upper assembly and pivot, just to the right of that is the main body, here you can see the upper spring (there is another spring inside the body that loads on the bottom collar, to the right of that is the bottom collar, this slides over the small section of the main body, notice the keyway on the small section of the main body, the bottom collar registers in that keyway, last to the left is the bottom cap, this also registers in the keyway and, basically retains the bottom collar. The bottom collar screws into the top of the rear triangle and the top pivot (all the way to the left registers in the frame just below the seat tube joint. (sorry most terms may be incorrect but I just wanted to describe how it assembles). This cushion is different from the more commonly known Pierce in that with the Pierce, you changed the single spring to compensate for the weight of the rider, whereas with the dual spring set-up, no spring change was required. I am a relatively big guy and it is a comfortable rider!
Last for now, a detail shot of the side of the saddle it reads "Rubberneck, Chicago IL":
So glad to have found others on here who are into Racycles and, I can learn from! Please feel free to ask any questions.
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