Ice cycle
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File:Icycle.jpg
Icycle, a bicycle designed for riding on ice, at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Icycle museum placard, at the History Museum at the Castle.
An ice cycle, ice bike, or icycle is a bicycle adapted for use on ice, usually by replacing the front wheel with an ice skate.[1][2][3][4][3][5] Versions exist with and without additional skates to provide lateral stability,[1][2] that have been based on upright and recumbent bikes,[6] and that have been used for racing.[3][6] Ice cycles have been in use since at least the 1890s,[7] and theory predicts that a bicycle with a front skate can exhibit riderless self-stability similar to the same bicycle with a front wheel.[8] At least one example has been made with both the front and the rear wheels replaced by skates.[9]
Gallery
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Icycle front detail.jpg
Front skate of Icycle
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Icycle rear detail.jpg
Rear wheel of Icycle
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Icetrack bike.jpg
Icetrack bike
See also
References
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