merde alors@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoUS military bicycle with machine-gun, 1897 ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
arrow-up1242arrow-down1imageUS military bicycle with machine-gun, 1897 ADlemmy.worldmerde alors@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: forgottenweapons@lemmy.world
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minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoLol why did they put wheels on the wheels?
minus-square__nobodynowhere@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 days ago2 wheels = fall over 4 wheels = no fall over
minus-squareAmanduh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoProbably for easy moving for a place like a museum?
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoBut it has wheels for easy moving.
minus-squareAmanduh@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-squareanton@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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.