Antique unicycle help needed

[Patrick Mullaney]

Hi I do estate clean outs and have had some fun bikes in the past but the unicycle stumps me. Any idea for a Maker would be great. The seat is a persons embossed on both sides and the pedals look like persons rat trap type 1 ?

It has some signs of pinstriping to forks and appears to be all original not a made up cycle.

 

[jkent]

Can you get a better shot of the bottom of the fork where the wheel mounts to the fork.
At first glance it looks home made. But the bottom of the fork actually looks different than a standard fork. Pedals alone are worth some coin...
Thanks, JKent

 

[Patrick Mullaney]

I will take a better photo looking up the frame

 

[redline1968]

Looks more like a tricycle front fork converted to a unicycle. Pedals added for better grip.

 

[Patrick Mullaney]

Here is the underside of the fork. It is a solid circular fork end. So maybe the tricycle theory is correct.

I will probably sell as a unicycle with nice parts.

 

[tripple3]

@TR6SC

 

[TR6SC]

There's no such thing as caster or trail in unicycles. Unicycles with a curved fork tend to be some cycle modified to be a unicycle. Ever since the Highwheel there have been modifications to create a unicycle. Who is to say what is officially a "Unicycle?" It probably is a converted trike as redline1968 said, but now it is a unicycle. Those cranks are a bit short also.

@TR6SC

 

[TR6SC]

UNICYCLE 8 foots tall. Converts to 5 foots by removing a section of pole and chain. Easy!!