Swing Bike Explained
The Swing Bike is a brand of bicycle which allowed for steering at both the front wheel and the rear wheel.[1] [2] The design was patented by Ralph Belden in 1974,[3] brought to market in 1975, and discontinued by 1978.[4]
A swingbike or swing bike (common noun) has been genericized to come to mean any bike with a second steering axis in front of the saddle.[5] [6] A new bicycle by the same name has been launched by Americas Bike Co. in San Diego, California.[7]
The original Swing Bike was in the wheelie bike style,[8] and the Swing Bike company also offered a normally-steered BMX bike in 1977.[9] An early working name for the Swing Bike as Pivicycle.[10]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Swing Bike (original advertisement) . August 1976 . . 2012-07-19.
- Web site: The Swing Bike Rider . 2012 . 2012-07-19.
- Web site: United States Patent #3,801,130: BICYCLE WITH PIVOTABLE REAR WHEEL . A two wheeled, rider propelled vehicle having both wheels pivotably mounted upon a medial principal frame.. 2012-07-19.
- Web site: Swing Bike: The Wackiest Thing on Two Wheels . Bob Hufford . July 11, 2010 . 2012-07-19.
- News: Hockley County celebrates Settlers Day . Kyle Drennan rides his swing bike in the Hockley County Celebration parade in Levelland Saturday. . July 14, 2012 . Stephen Spillman . . 2012-07-19.
- Web site: Swing bike . This is George Aitken riding his swing bike in the Canada Day parade in Cambridge, Ontario. . Bicycle Forest . 2012-07-19.
- News: Wheels for swingers . Americas Bike Co. is banking on its hinged design to catch on with riders. . December 13, 2007 . Jerry Hirsch . . 2012-07-19.
- Web site: Swing Bike Brochure . 2012-07-19.
- Web site: Swing Bike BMX Bike . 2012-07-19.
- Web site: Early Swing Bike (Pivicycle) Magazine Reference! . American Bicyclist and Motorcyclist . 1971 . 2012-07-19.
