Ice cycle explained

An ice cycle, ice bike, or icycle is a bicycle adapted for use on ice, usually by replacing the front wheel with an ice skate.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Versions exist with and without additional skates to provide lateral stability,[1] [2] that have been based on upright and recumbent bikes,[6] and that have been used for racing.[3] [6] Ice cycles have been in use since at least the 1890s,[7] and theory predicts that a bicycle with a front skate can exhibit riderless self-stability similar to the same bicycle with a front wheel.[8] At least one example has been made with both the front and the rear wheels replaced by skates.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Icyclists. Steve Casimiro. November 11, 2014. Adventure Journal. 2015-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20151125225703/http://adventure-journal.com/2014/11/the-daily-bike-the-icyclists/. November 25, 2015.
  2. Ice Bikes Add Appeal to Winter RidingForget fat bikes, there's a new winter cycling craze. Milly Hurford. December 29, 2014. Bicycling. 2015-11-15.
  3. Web site: New Ice-cycle Gives Cycling Thrills on Lakes in Winter (Apr, 1934). April 1934. Modern Mechanix. 2015-11-15.
  4. News: In Buffalo, ice bikes are a cool ride. Kevin Paul Dupont. December 27, 2014. Boston Globe. 2015-11-15.
  5. Web site: Shifting Gears, A Cycling History of Badger Bicycling. November 4, 2015. November 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126045244/http://www.myhistorymuseum.org/shifting_gears.html. November 26, 2015.
  6. Web site: Imperial alumnus skates towards success with new invention. Rosemary Peters. August 22, 2013. Imperial College London. 2015-11-15.
  7. Web site: Ice Bicycle. 1896. Online Bike Museum. 2015-11-15.
  8. . J. D. G. Kooijman . J. P. Meijaard . J. M. Papadopoulos . A. Ruina . A. L. Schwab . A bicycle can be self-stable without gyroscopic or caster effects . 332 . 6027 . 339–342 . 10.1126/science.1201959 . April 15, 2011. 2011Sci...332..339K. 2015-11-15. 21493856.
  9. Web site: The History of Ice Biking and Winter Cycling: Swedish Iscykel. Icebike.org. 2015-11-15.

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