General Information

Serial #

7168580006

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL ALLOY FRAME, RIMS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC REFECTORS, SEAT COVER, HAND GRIPS & SHIFT GRIPS, CABLE COVERINGS, PARTS/ RUBBER TIRES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

198.0 cm

Width

65.0 cm

Height

96.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Procycle

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Ville de St-Georges

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED BUT GENERALLY MID-LATE 1990S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF SPECIALIZED PRODUCT PRODUCED BY DIVISION OF CANADA'S LARGEST BICYCLE MFR.; QUETZAL (DIVISION OF PROCYCLE) IS CURRENTLY ONE OF MOST ACTIVE BUILDERS OF RECUMBENT BICYCLES IN CANADA.

Function

PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION OR RECREATIONAL VEHICLE FOR 1 PERSON.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF RECUMBENT BICYCLE, DESIGNED ON LOW HORIZONTAL AXIS WITH RIDER IN RECLINING POSITION & PEDALS LOCATED WELL FORWARD OF SEAT. RECUMBENT FIRST APPEARED IN FRANCE IN 1914 & HAS PERSISTED THROUGHOUT CENTURY. ALTHOUGH DESIGN PROVIDES FORIMPROVED PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, & LOWER WIND RESISTANCE, IT HAS NEVER CAUGHT ON COMMERCIALLY. FROM 1960S TO 1980S NUMBER OF MODELS OF RECUMBENT HAVE COME & GONE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

YELLOW & WHITE DECAL ON HEAD TUBE WITH STYLIZED "M" (FOR MIKADO) & FABRIQUE AU/MADE IN/ CANADA"/ WHITE LETTERED DECALS READING "Quetzal Technology" WITH LOGO; BLUE, YELLOW, & BLACK LETTERED DECAL READING "C-35X3"; WHITE, BLUE, & YELLOW LETTERED DECAL READING "Mikado", ALL ON EITHER SIDE OF TUBE/ ON TUBE TOP, WHITE LABEL READING "21 SPEED/ VITESSES x 5 OVERDRIVE/MULTIPLES/ = 105 SPEED/VITESSES"/ LABEL UNDER CHAIN STAY WITH BAR CODE & BLACK "7168580006"/ DECAL ON FRONT FORKS READS "FULL/ CHROMO/ FORK"/ WHITE LETTERING ONSHIFT CONTROLS READS "400/SRT/FFS" & SRT 400-71" ON RIGHT & "SRT 400-32" ON LEFT/ RAISED "GRIP SHIFT" ON HAND GRIPS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

FRAME PAINTED METALLIC RED/ BLACK PAINTED HANDLEBARS/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ RED, WHITE, YELLOW REFLECTORS/ BLACK SEAT COVER, CABLE COVERINGS, HAND GRIPS & SHIFT GRIPS, CABLE COVERINGS, PARTS/ BLACK TIRES

Decoration

BLACK SYNTHETIC APPLIQUE STRIP WITH RED & WHITE CANADIAN FLAG & WHITE "FABRIQUE AU CANADA/ MADE IN CANADA"/ LABEL ON ONE OF SEAT POSTS HAS RED & WHITE CANADIAN FLAG & READS "MADE IN/ CANADA"/ LOGO ON BACK OF SEAT COVER CONSISTS OF MULTICOLOURED LONG TAILED BIRD SITTING IN WHITE "Q"/ ON TUBE TOP, WHITE LETTERED DECAL READING "FRESH AIR/ EXPERIENCE"; WHITE LABEL READING "MAXIMUM LOAD/ 220 POUNDS/ POIDS MAXIMUM/ 100 KG/220 LBS"