merde alors to Fuck CarsEnglish • 3 days agoUS military bicycle with machine-gun, 1897 ADimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]noncredibledefenseforgottenweaponshistoryartifacts
arrow-up1242arrow-down1imageUS military bicycle with machine-gun, 1897 ADmerde alors to Fuck CarsEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]noncredibledefenseforgottenweaponshistoryartifacts
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•3 days agoLol why did they put wheels on the wheels?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 days ago2 wheels = fall over 4 wheels = no fall over
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoProbably for easy moving for a place like a museum?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoThose wheels ARE good for moving, but only moving. Once it’s stopped it needs some help to stay upright, and a place like a museum might use a mechanism such as in the picture so they can move the exhibit when needed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 days agoMaybe to reduce wear on the original mechanism.
Lol why did they put wheels on the wheels?
2 wheels = fall over
4 wheels = no fall over
Probably for easy moving for a place like a museum?
But it has wheels for easy moving.
Those wheels ARE good for moving, but only moving. Once it’s stopped it needs some help to stay upright, and a place like a museum might use a mechanism such as in the picture so they can move the exhibit when needed.
Maybe to reduce wear on the original mechanism.