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SMITTY

April 24, 2010 08:42PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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On motorcars, handcars the wheels are tapered. On a velocipede the front and rear wheels are concave and the outrigger wheel is tapered.

You can purchase the tapered wheels from The HARSCO Corporation, I don't have a number.

I have seen homemade Velocipedes with wooden wheels with homemade treads made from steel sheet that looked real authentic.

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