Moveable platform, Bicycle
The aluminum prototype for this futuristic bicycle was handmade by the MG Auto Company in England in 1946 and incorporated an ingenious dynamo that stored the downhill energy and released it on uphill runs. It was prohibitively expensive for consumer production, but in 1960 Bowden contracted with Bomard Industries in Michigan to produce this more mechanically conventional, one-speed version of the dynamic, organic design in fiberglass, a new design material. Ultimately the endeavor was too costly for Bomard Industries, as well, and the firm went out of business after manufacturing only 522 examples.
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Benjamin G. Bowden
Spacelander Bicycle, Prototype designed 1946; Manufactured 1960
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