1895-96(6) F.F. Ide Special: For Track and Fast Road Work!

[New Mexico Brant]

I love this!

 

[Blue Streak]

I wish I had a this in better resolution for everyone.

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[Miq]

@New Mexico Brant have you weighed your Special yet? Does it really come in around 23#? I’d like to add it to the list we keep of lightweights’ weights.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

@New Mexico Brant have you weighed your Special yet? Does it really come in around 23#? I’d like to add it to the list we keep of lightweights’ weights.

I have not but can do this tomorrow. It is extremely light. The Robert Dean tires add much more weight than period originals would be. I will weigh those separately along with some original 1890’s Morgan & Wright tires for comparison.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Kind of seems counterintuitive that an arm that would bend (or stretch) would deliver greater torque forces, (but static mechanics were never my strength, let alone dynamics).

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Lovely detail with patent and company script on the Ide cranks: