Whippet (bicycle)

1885 Whippet safety bicycle

Whippet was a brand of safety bicycle designed by C. M. Linley and manufactured by Linley and Briggs.[1] Examples exist from 1885 and 1888.[2] They are notable for their use of springs to suspend the frame.[3][4][5] An early external derailleur, that enabled two gear ratios, was available only on Whippet bicycles.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 35. 'Whippet' safety bicycle". Grace's Guide. 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Whippet Safety Bicycle". The Science Museum. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
  3. ↑ Herlihy, David V. (2004). Bicycle: History. Yale University Press. p. 246. ISBN 0-300-10418-9. The popular Whippet incorporated a series of external springs suspending the entire frame.
  4. ↑ Wiebe E. Bijker (1997). Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change. The MIT Press. p. 73. Even the successful "Whippet" with its many movable parts needed more attention than an ordinary bicycle.
  5. ↑ Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing (2014). Bicycle Design, An Illustrated History. MIT Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-262-02675-8. The Whippet bicycle of the mid 1880s had the whole section of the frame carrying the handlebars, the seat, and the cranks sprung as a single unit.
  6. ↑ Berto, Frank; Tony Hadland, Jan Heine, Raymond Henry, Gordon Selby, Ron Shepherd, Walter Ulreich (2009). The Dancing Chain: history and development of the derailleur bicycle, Third Edition. San Francisco, CA, USA: Van der Plas Publications/Cycle Publications. pp. 58–61. ISBN 1-892495-41-4.
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