Derringer Cycle {motorcycle 1920}

http://www.retronaut.co/2011/11/derringer-cycle/ ^

[djone]

“The ‘Inspired by Board Track Racing – the high-speed, high-risk sport of the 1920s – industrial designer Adrian Van Anz set out to create his own version of the pared-down, souped up cycles that roared around those storied wooden motordromes.’.”

[djone]

Thanks

[gonzo]

"...My Father told me stories about going to the State Fair and watching these riders going up and down the wooden walls..."

OK - now I'm officially older that dirt, and old enough to be your father.

I remember seeing them too. It was amazing ................................... FRegards

[djone]

Your'e right!

[djone]

uuhhh me too...

[martin_fierro]

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[djone]

put it here

[djone]

N.U. T. MC

[djone]

N.U. T. MC

[djone]

Vaaroooom

[djone]

re

[Fresh Wind]

That thing looks like a Whizzer.

[Fresh Wind]

[calex59]

You are talking about something different than board track racing. The riders you saw were inside a big barrel and rode up the walls. A board track, which were popular events up into the 50s at least, was an actual race track about a half mile long, the corners were banked and the track, oddly enough, was constructed of boards. It was a very dangerous type of racing and Harley Davidson bikes were pretty much king for a long while. I used to know an old guy who raced board tracks back in the 30s and all of his top front teeth had been knocked out due to an accident on the track, he flew forward and smashed his face into the handle bars. Didn’t stop him from racing though.

[Okieshooter]

[trebb]

Can’t see how the chain tensioner works. Looks odd like there is no spring. Maybe you set it before you rode.

Looks like it was one that just needed periodic adjustment to take up slack as the chain stretched - simple, in that it requires fewer parts, but effective enough.

[gonzo]

Beautiful pics of old bikes, though. Loverly ................................... FRegards