Re: steam -pacer-race- bikes
Posted by: C Benson (IP Logged)
Date: May 15, 2003 11:50AM
<HTML>Another piece of history to look at,,,Both Locomobile and Stanley made steam ''pacers'',a steam bike for pacing the cycle racing of the day,, [dont forget Charles Metz an Fred Mariott were both competition riders]] ,,The Loco had 2 boilers,/cause they didnt use superheat,an steam consumtion was way up,,,,the engines were off to one side a bit ,,counter'd by the watertank on the other side,,,,,14'' boiler I assume,,,and Mason eng' for Loco,,,an' #1 Stanley for the Stanley of course,,,,BOTH these engines are to be found/an had,,,easier than most other auto related stuff,,,,I have passed up several in the last 3 years,,,Those early boilers were the lo pressure jobs,,lt wt,, shell ,040 copper 2 layers of wire,,,,, DOES someone know the pressures of these?? How much more was the hoop bound Stranley boiler good for as opposed to the Loco's rivitted construction,,,XXXXX Leo Reagan's Loco would top out about 48mph,[Lakeville Ct., 1955]] ,,so same eng' in bike should go,,,,,70??,,,I havent had my coffee yet so dont assume theres any GOOD intellegence around here yet this mornin, an' George has the ability with numbers that I only dream of,,,,,Just thot the idea of amother carefully done replica could be fun,,, if [an only] if well done ,,and fill another void in steam history,,,, Even if its contrary to the Stanley Museums quest for purity at the expense of having fun an raisin hell !! Cheers,,Ben in Maine,,,///ps we just traded snow furries for black flies,,,but here on the hill,,, they cant fly that high,,cb</HTML>