Pedersen bicycle

The Pedersen is a 1890 by the Dane Mikael Pedersen ( 1855-1929 ) developed bike, 1893 (30 September 1893) was filed in England for a patent. The German patent dates of 20 March 1894.

Mikael Pedersen was not satisfied with the seating comfort at that time bicycles and therefore developed his own braided saddle, which was hung like a hammock. To this saddle, swinging sideways, he built the frame only of triangles. With minimal weight he reached by an extremely high stability. The rigging of the saddle to the rear dropout is done today by a wire rope, long spokes were previously used for this purpose. Already at the beginning of the 20th century built Mikael Pedersen Pedersen one with a weight of 5.1 kg. Since the wheels were produced from 1893 to 1920 then in Mikael Pedersen Location Dursley ( Gloucestershire, England), they are also called Dursley - Pedersen.

The production of such a framework is due to the many solder joints, considerably more expensive than using a bicycle in a conventional design, as well as the special saddle (now made ​​of leather ). Why were and are Pedersen's usually more expensive than conventional bicycles. Since the early 1980s, the Pedersenräder be recreated again. The Today in Ebeltoft (Denmark ) live blacksmith Jesper Solling in Christiania started so, the mid-1980s also began Michael Kemper Pedersenfahrräder to build his factory is now in Erkelenz -Gram bush near Aachen.

Pedersenräder are usually manufactured to customer specifications. So there are many different sizes, from small children - Pedersen with 20 "tires up to the size. There are also Pedersen tandems or Tridems.