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
References
- ^ "Swing Bike (original advertisement)". Boys' Life. August 1976. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "The Swing Bike Rider". 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
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"United States Patent #3,801,130: BICYCLE WITH PIVOTABLE REAR WHEEL". Retrieved 2012-07-19.
A two wheeled, rider propelled vehicle having both wheels pivotably mounted upon a medial principal frame.
- ^ Bob Hufford (July 11, 2010). "Swing Bike: The Wackiest Thing on Two Wheels". Retrieved 2012-07-19.
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^ Stephen Spillman (July 14, 2012).
"Hockley County celebrates Settlers Day".
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
Kyle Drennan rides his swing bike in the Hockley County Celebration parade in Levelland Saturday.
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"Swing bike". Bicycle Forest. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
This is George Aitken riding his swing bike in the Canada Day parade in Cambridge, Ontario.
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^ Jerry Hirsch (December 13, 2007).
"Wheels for swingers".
Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
Americas Bike Co. is banking on its hinged design to catch on with riders.
- ^ "Swing Bike Brochure". Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "Swing Bike BMX Bike". Retrieved 2012-07-19.
- ^ "Early Swing Bike (Pivicycle) Magazine Reference!". American Bicyclist and Motorcyclist. 1971. Retrieved 2012-07-19.
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