Hi Folks,
This is a useless thread just for the sake of curiosity.
I ran into this page that had some great illustrations of cycles for the water from the time of the industrial revolution.
i had a unicle idea like that, one day ill build it
Add some art and you’d have a kinetic sculpture!
If youhad two wheels that werebig enough on the same axis, you could have the pedaller ride below the center of gravity and that would eliminate the need for the third wheel. ?? Maybe.
You are definitely right.
The third wheel prevents the rider from flipping like in the dicycle in defect, however. It acts kind of like the tail of a helicopter.
If you just had two wheels paddling the rider down low, there’d be no way to steer. Maye a rudder system…just lik ethe tail of a helicopter.