Treadle Drive Bicycle Thread

[Barnegatbicycles]

Have a picture of another one but can't find it at the moment.

 

[mike cates]

There is a photo on the cover of Pryor Dodge's book The Bicycle but can't remember the model or maker.
I personally have seen an IDE bicycle in a museum.
These two are very similar to the Thompson and Hercules already mentioned.
Sorry I don't have photos of either but thought I'd contribute to this thread.
Your video posted of the Kirkpatrick McMillan treadle machine of circa 1839 that used swinging treadles and linkages that pulled on crank arms fitted to the rear wheel hub.
There is also the treadle driven Star and Facile high wheel safety bicycles of the 1880's.
I've seen photos of early, almost farm implement-like, wheeled machines that used treadle drive mechanisms as well and were powered by one or more people.
There was a lot that was presented to the US Patent Office that were never produced in numbers and it is so curious as to what inventors came up with.

Good tread to start Brant.
Mike Cates, CA.

 

[Andrew Gorman]

Don't forget the glideacycle. Hard to google these days because there is a commercial product with the same name, but no treadles:

Just bought my SECOND Glidacycle | Classic Balloon Tire Bicycles 1933-1965

I just bought my Second 1937 Glidacycle! Ive read there's only 10-13 of these around. Now I own 2. I just need a triple step 24" front wheel if anyone has a spare to help me get this rolling!

thecabe.com

 

[Andrew Gorman]

They keep coming back! Here's a current carbon fiber machine:

HOME PAGE

nubikemfg.com

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

Finally from the depths of my phone I found what I was looking for.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Thank you for this one Matt @Barnegatbicycles !

The below photograph is: from the Cycling Photographica Collection of Lorne Shields, Toronto, ON, Canada. Appreciation is extended to Mr. Shields for allowing use of this image to further research "The Austin Centreless" treadle bicycle.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Some 1896 U.S. treadle drive systems that were patented: P. N. Stover; T. Kerker; W. E. Watkins, A. Pettinati, J. Rau:

 

[New Mexico Brant]

1897 U.S. Treadle drive patents:
W.S. Austin Feb 2, 1897, this is the the builder in the photo image @Barnegatbicycles posted in #15 of this thread.
J. Harrison March 2, 1897
J.C. Raymond
I.F. Alger

 

[New Mexico Brant]

The McCall treadle drive deserves it's own page, it appears to be a precursor to the Glide-a-cycle:

 

[New Mexico Brant]

1897 U.S. Treadle patents continued:
G.T. Booth & W. Scott Dec. 7, 1897
H. Schafer Dec. 14, 1897