Railcycle Rail Bike Flanged Wheels Guide Forster Mellin

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Up for sale is a set of two Flanged Wheels and two books about Railbikes and Railcycles. The first book is titled Railbike and was written by Bob Mellin. It explains the sport of railbiking and shows examples of the many different types of bikes that people have built. It discusses safety and historical aspects as well. The second book is titled Rail Riders and was written by Ron Forester. He also discusses the sport and provides detailed building plans and instructions. The wheels are made out of blue polyurethane and were purchased from Ron Forster. The first is a SF-100 Single Flange Outrigger Wheel and the second is a DF-200 Double Flange Guide Wheel. The following information is from Ron Forster's web site //6%22_WHEEL.html RAIL BIKE WHEELS MADE FROM 100% POLYURETHANE "Wheels can work with the plans found in the RAILRIDERS manual, or most other plans."5" Diameter, 2 bearings per wheelInside Diameter - .665 DF-200 inside running service is 2 1/2 inches wide.SF-100 running surface is 4 1/2 inches wide. "There are sometimes obstacles on a railroad track, especially abandoned rails. TheDF-200 was designed to handle most of the problems a guide wheel encounters. The angles are cut so as to ride over the bolts and nuts one finds on the outside of the tracks. As a train rides over the rail the top surface gets wider , the read more
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