Baader crank wheel
The crank wheel from Baader has long been considered the first and oldest two-wheeler with cranks. The inventor is Oberbergrat Joseph von Baader , who is said to have used the crank wheel in 1825 for messenger services between Munich and Nymphenburg . According to Paul von Salvisberg , the master blacksmith Heigl in Nymphenburg was only supposed to have attached cranks to the wheel in 1862 at the suggestion of the "Bureau Officer of the Royal Court Master's Staff", Karl Keck. Keck is said to have come up with the idea without "any other suggestion". The original was in the National Museum in Munich until the end of the 1890s .
literature
- Wolfgang Gronen, Walter Lemke: History of cycling. Fuchs-Druck und Verlag, Hausham 1987.
- Paul von Salvisberg : Cycling in pictures and words. Munich 1897 (Reprinted by Olms 1980, ISBN 978-3-487-08216-5 )