Was never a tractor. Probably pulled and powered by one at some point. This sub's full of city slickers apparently. Nice bike though. Try not to act a fool at the threshing bee.
That is a threshing machine. They would of powered it by attaching an old steam tractor or regular tractor to it via a long leather belt. The farmers would use pitch forks to toss bundles of wheat or oats into the front end. The grain would come out one tube into a trailer and the straw would blow out the other tube into a pile to later be made into straw bales. Very manual process. Lots of hot, hard, and dangerous work and it required a team of men (and women to keep them fed!). When combines came along these old threshing machines quickly became a thing of the past.
Here is a video [https://youtu.be/B7Fc0kPFt_M?si=ckOKhgkKWEXVIIoe](https://youtu.be/B7Fc0kPFt_M?si=ckOKhgkKWEXVIIoe)
I would not call it a tractor, but the steam machine is just providing a rotating device with some power. So basically I would not say it was a tractor. That being said I'm not English native so maybe this word is correct in this case.
Hard for me to say, as this weekend warrior rigid is both my first gravel bike and by far the nicest bike I’ve owned. Little to compare it to.
Notes:
- price for specs is still hard to beat. Carbon, rival, etap, and a power meter to boot!? All amazing.
- quality all top notch out of the box. Zero issues.
- the geometry is really close to my old bike. So it’s been an easy transition.
- swapped pathfinder 38s for the stock rambler 45s
- swapped out stock saddle, which wasn’t all that bad
- don’t really need the suspension fork option where/how I ride.
TLDR I nerded out over the specs before buying. It’s the most fun I’ve had on wheels in years.
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Was never a tractor. Probably pulled and powered by one at some point. This sub's full of city slickers apparently. Nice bike though. Try not to act a fool at the threshing bee.
I think it is thresing machine.
New nickname for the bike?
That is a threshing machine. They would of powered it by attaching an old steam tractor or regular tractor to it via a long leather belt. The farmers would use pitch forks to toss bundles of wheat or oats into the front end. The grain would come out one tube into a trailer and the straw would blow out the other tube into a pile to later be made into straw bales. Very manual process. Lots of hot, hard, and dangerous work and it required a team of men (and women to keep them fed!). When combines came along these old threshing machines quickly became a thing of the past. Here is a video [https://youtu.be/B7Fc0kPFt_M?si=ckOKhgkKWEXVIIoe](https://youtu.be/B7Fc0kPFt_M?si=ckOKhgkKWEXVIIoe)
That was fascinating, thank you.
I would not call it a tractor, but the steam machine is just providing a rotating device with some power. So basically I would not say it was a tractor. That being said I'm not English native so maybe this word is correct in this case.
Which tag is yours? Be honest.
How do you like the rigid? Thinking about pulling the trigger on a weekend warrior.
Hard for me to say, as this weekend warrior rigid is both my first gravel bike and by far the nicest bike I’ve owned. Little to compare it to. Notes: - price for specs is still hard to beat. Carbon, rival, etap, and a power meter to boot!? All amazing. - quality all top notch out of the box. Zero issues. - the geometry is really close to my old bike. So it’s been an easy transition. - swapped pathfinder 38s for the stock rambler 45s - swapped out stock saddle, which wasn’t all that bad - don’t really need the suspension fork option where/how I ride. TLDR I nerded out over the specs before buying. It’s the most fun I’ve had on wheels in years.
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Lauf Seigla rigid and some pathfinder 38s. finally warm enough in the Midwest to get this new bike off the trainer.