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[CONCEPT, 1870] The Velocipede, Second in the 'Powered by Animals Series' (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by scottwood@lemmy.world to c/weirdwheels@lemmy.world

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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would it work?

[–] scottwood@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nope, it will never work. You have two dogs, and no dog is the exact same speed as the other, so you will never go in a straight line. That is, if both of the dogs want to run that day. Otherwise, one of the dogs would experience what a shirt does in a washing machine.

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Having a live axle between the two drive wheels and one way bearings connecting the dog wheels to said axle solves that problem.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wierd how sled dogs can run together at the same speed. It's like they can be trained or something to work like teams or something.

[–] scottwood@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You assume these are trained, knowing the Victorians they would be house pets.