Ice cycle

Icycle, a bicycle designed for riding on ice, at the History Museum at the Castle in Appleton, Wisconsin.

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]^[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]

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Front skate of Icycle
Rear wheel of Icycle
Icetrack bike

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^ ^a ^b Steve Casimiro (November 11, 2014). "The Icyclists" . Adventure Journal. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ ^a ^b Milly Hurford (December 29, 2014). "Ice Bikes Add Appeal to Winter RidingForget fat bikes, there's a new winter cycling craze" . Bicycling . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ ^a ^b "New Ice-cycle Gives Cycling Thrills on Lakes in Winter (Apr, 1934)" . Modern Mechanix . April 1934 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ Kevin Paul Dupont (December 27, 2014). "In Buffalo, ice bikes are a cool ride" . Boston Globe . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ "Shifting Gears, A Cycling History of Badger Bicycling" . November 4, 2015. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015 . Retrieved November 25, 2015 .
^ ^a ^b Rosemary Peters (August 22, 2013). "Imperial alumnus skates towards success with new invention" . Imperial College London . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ "Ice Bicycle" . Online Bike Museum. 1896 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ J. D. G. Kooijman; J. P. Meijaard; J. M. Papadopoulos; A. Ruina; A. L. Schwab (April 15, 2011). "A bicycle can be self-stable without gyrosocpic or caster effects" (PDF) . Science . 332 (6027): 339?342. Bibcode : 2011Sci...332..339K . doi : 10.1126/science.1201959 . PMID 21493856 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .
^ "The History of Ice Biking and Winter Cycling: Swedish Iscykel" . Icebike.org . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[AJ-1] Steve Casimiro (November 11, 2014). "The Icyclists" . Adventure Journal. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[BM-2] Milly Hurford (December 29, 2014). "Ice Bikes Add Appeal to Winter RidingForget fat bikes, there's a new winter cycling craze" . Bicycling . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[MM-3] "New Ice-cycle Gives Cycling Thrills on Lakes in Winter (Apr, 1934)" . Modern Mechanix . April 1934 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[4] Kevin Paul Dupont (December 27, 2014). "In Buffalo, ice bikes are a cool ride" . Boston Globe . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[5] "Shifting Gears, A Cycling History of Badger Bicycling" . November 4, 2015. Archived from the original on November 26, 2015 . Retrieved November 25, 2015 .

[IC-6] Rosemary Peters (August 22, 2013). "Imperial alumnus skates towards success with new invention" . Imperial College London . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[7] "Ice Bicycle" . Online Bike Museum. 1896 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[KMPRS-8] J. D. G. Kooijman; J. P. Meijaard; J. M. Papadopoulos; A. Ruina; A. L. Schwab (April 15, 2011). "A bicycle can be self-stable without gyrosocpic or caster effects" (PDF) . Science . 332 (6027): 339?342. Bibcode : 2011Sci...332..339K . doi : 10.1126/science.1201959 . PMID 21493856 . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

[9] "The History of Ice Biking and Winter Cycling: Swedish Iscykel" . Icebike.org . Retrieved 2015-11-15 .

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