MakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoHitler visits the International Automobile Exhibition in Berlin, 1937.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1106arrow-down16
arrow-up1100arrow-down1imageHitler visits the International Automobile Exhibition in Berlin, 1937.lemmy.worldMakunaHatata@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squarebstixlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agoIt’s bicycle with a helping engine, but it’s not electric. The thing that looks like a battery is the fuel tank. The engine is the metal attachment left and below of the center of the back wheel. Random fact: The first motorized vehicle to drive across the USA was a bicycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Wyman
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 months agoIt is probably a 60ccm “Saxonette” engine. Here is an article (both in German) with some bikes from that era equipped with that engine.
It’s bicycle with a helping engine, but it’s not electric.
The thing that looks like a battery is the fuel tank. The engine is the metal attachment left and below of the center of the back wheel.
Random fact: The first motorized vehicle to drive across the USA was a bicycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Wyman
It is probably a 60ccm “Saxonette” engine. Here is an article (both in German) with some bikes from that era equipped with that engine.