Hitler visits the International Automobile Exhibition in Berlin, 1937. (lemmy.world)

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[-] harry315@feddit.de 10 points 4 months ago

What's this vehicle? Looks like an e-bike, if I didn't knew better

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 25 points 4 months ago

It's bicycle with a helping engine, but it's not electric.

The thing that looks like a battery is the fuel tank. The engine is the metal attachment left and below of the center of the back wheel.

Random fact: The first motorized vehicle to drive across the USA was a bicycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_A._Wyman

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It is probably a 60ccm "Saxonette" engine. Here is an article (both in German) with some bikes from that era equipped with that engine.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

…A bicycle…?

[-] charade_you_are@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

It's only got one wheel so I'm going with unicycle

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I am assuming this is a whoosh im not getting

It’s half out of frame? Have you not developed object permanence?

[-] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Could just be a fan of artist René Magritte

[-] charade_you_are@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

More like I was tired and probably a bit drunk and I wrote something stupid on Lemmy. Kill me. I've never heard of object permanence before but I think I understood it well enough at an early age when I drew dinosaurs and their heads continued off page because I didn't like drawing them.