{"id":50850,"date":"2017-10-10T19:36:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T17:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/1910-durkopp-brennabor-germania\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T14:13:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:13:54","slug":"1910-durkopp-brennabor-germania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museonicolis.com\/en\/1910-durkopp-brennabor-germania\/","title":{"rendered":"Durkopp-Brennabor, 1910, touring bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durkopp-Brennabor, touring bicycle, 1910, Germany<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The main characteristic of the\u00a0Durkopp<\/strong>\u00a0is with no doubt its natural<\/strong> rubber<\/strong> tires, strategically pierced to avoid the nightmare of every cyclist: a flat tire.<\/p>\n

Rocks, dumps and nails couldn\u2019t stop even the most fearful \u00a0cyclist.<\/p>\n

Innovations don\u2019t stop here: the frame is reinforced<\/strong> with<\/strong> oblique<\/strong> tubes<\/strong> and provided safety even for larger cyclists.
\nThere was also the \u201ccounterpedaling\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0to brake effortlessly with the rear tire, while on the front there was a traditional spoon<\/strong> brake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The \u201ctouring<\/strong> cycling<\/strong>\u201d was in fashion a century ago and every detail of your vehicle was finely made, as you can see from the acetylene<\/strong> headlamp<\/strong> or the peculiar<\/strong> bell<\/strong>, operated by a cable that made it ring thanks to the friction on the tire.<\/p>\n

Technical notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red natural rubber tires<\/p>\n

Frame with reinforcing tubes (as a precautionary measure, if the cyclist weighed over 150 kilos)<\/p>\n

Spoon brake on the front tire<\/p>\n

Counterpedal brake on the rear tire<\/p>\n

SEMPER acetylene headlamp<\/p>\n

Villo bell operated by friction<\/p>\n

Some components are from\u00a0BRENNABOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks to Enrica Leardini and Ashley Frazza for the photos.<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\r\n \r\n