Ride on mowers

[dave]

On the forum there is a bit about ride on mowers made from bicycles.
I must hold my hands up. The one in a garden in Essex was made by me and is a Qualcast side wheel mower and a Rayleigh Shopper bicycle with a bit of welding and a bit of cut and shut on the
frame. It was made for a bit of fun and we have had a million miles of fun with it.
There are photos of a fairly inebriate chair person driving/riding it down the field
at one of the Weeley weekends being helped? by trusty mad. And before you all ask Yes it
works fairly well down my lawn but it is hard work coming up the slope.
Dave.

[alan]

Hello Dave

Thank you for the additional information regarding the bicycle ride on mower, I think more people should make machines like this as it’s immense fun. I’ll add to the article that the mower does indeed work and it provided hours of enjoyment.

The VHGMC article was spurred on by the 1888 report about ‘A Bicycle Lawn Mower’ being exhibited at the 1888 New York State Fair and if anyone is wondering it is a genuine article and the mower did indeed exist – even if we did post the article on the 1st April!

Thanks for the extra information.

Alan

Article reference: https://vhgmc.co.uk/2017/04/homemade-or-serious-ideas/

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