Paul Rinkowski
Paul Rinkowski (born April 24, 1915 - March 14, 1986 ) was a recumbent pioneer from Leipzig.
Between 1946 and 1985 he developed numerous special bicycles, especially recumbents and racing bikes .
The main stages:
- 1946 - Deep seat bike with full body drive
- 1950 - Recumbent bike in modern short design with full body drive, from 1952 only pedal drive
- 1956 - track racing bike (recumbent)
- around 1960 - fully developed short-term berth
- 1961 - Camping bike with 14 inch wheels
- 1960s - motorization of recumbent bikes
- 1971 - first four-wheeler for children
- 1980 - second series of short recumbent bikes
- 1984 - four-wheeled recumbent bike
- between 1970 and 1985 - numerous, as yet unexplored racing bikes and concepts for record-breaking machines.
In addition to the already widely published bicycle developments, Rinkowski has made significant contributions to the development of extremely smooth-running bicycle tires. From 1946 he built all the bicycle tires he used himself. He used a wide variety of materials and achieved a previously unknown low rolling resistance , especially with the radial tires with steel cord . Rinkowski built measuring devices himself. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a manufacturer of racing tires for the GDR cycling elite for world championships, the Olympic Games, etc. He produced 50 to 60 racing tires by hand every year.
Rinkowski was the owner of several patents, which he could not exploit under the conditions of the GDR planned economy.
The major part of the estate is kept by Tilman Wagenknecht, Erfurt. Two of the bicycles are in the holdings of the Dresden Transport Museum , one in the holdings of the Deutsches Technik Museum Berlin .
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| SURNAME | Rinkowski, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German recumbent pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1915 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1986 |