Oscar has a BA degree in English Literature and Film Studies and has close to a decade of cycling industry experience, initially working in a variety of roles at Evans Cycles before joining Carbon Bike Repair. His favourite rides are epic road or gravel routes, and he has also caught the bikepacking bug hard after completing the King Alfred’s Way and West Kernow Way. He’s since been indoctrinated into gravel riding and more recently has taken to the dark art of mountain biking. He has been an avid cyclist since his teenage years, initially catching the road cycling bug and riding for a local club. Oscar Huckle is a technical writer at BikeRadar. Presta valves will close automatically, but the sprung Schrader valves are usually held open by a pin in the pump valve attachment (this means you don’t need any extra effort when pumping to overcome the pressure exerted by the spring). If it wasn’t there, the pump would just shoot open again. To prevent the pressure in the tyre leaking back out, the second check valve at the base of the pump closes. You extend the pump again, the check valve opens to refill the chamber with air and you repeat the process. That pressure increases until it exceeds that inside the tyre.Īt this point, a second one-way valve will allow air to flow from the pressurised pump chamber into the tyre. On a pump’s downstroke, a check valve (that allows air flow in one direction) seals the piston chamber, resulting in air being pressurised as the pump is compressed. This ‘overpressure’ forces air into the tyre, increasing its pressure too.Ī pump is just a manually actuated piston. The operating principle is simple you increase the pressure inside the pump until it exceeds that inside the tyre. Nick Clark / Our MediaĪ pump gets the air into your tyre. What do you think? Are both bikes legit or is Fonda right about that big, stinking rat? Post your thoughts on the E3 Spark Plugs Facebook Fan Page.Some pumps feature rubberised handles for improved grip. Officials with Profiles in History, the world’s largest auctioneer and dealer of original Hollywood memorabilia, won’t name the highest bidder and there’s no word yet as to what’s next in this real-life plot twist. He confirms rumors that three of the four Easy Rider bikes were stolen and sold for parts before the film’s release and claims he personally built Eisenberg’s bike from the wreckage of the fourth, which was nearly destroyed during shooting of the movie’s fiery closing scene. Haggerty admits he authenticated both bikes but swore to members of the media that the one sold this past weekend is the one and only legitimate Captain America. And to prove it, he’s got his own certificate of authenticity from none other than Haggerty. Not so, says Gordon Granger, a Texas fans who says HE owns the chopper actually used in the Dennis Hopper-directed film. According to an auction brochure, multiple bikes were built in preparation for the film, but the $1.3 million prize is the only one that survives. Eisenberg based his decision on the word of Dan Haggerty (of Grizzly Adams fame) who had a bit part in Easy Rider and helped work on the motorcycles used in the film, and who authenticated the bike.
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The American flag-emblazoned panhead was sold by LA Realtor and movie memorabilia collector Michael Eisenberg, who purchased it earlier this year and apparently aimed straight for a quick profit. Unconvinced of the chopper’s authenticity, Fonda had unsuccessfully tried to stop the auction. “There’s a big rat stinking someplace in this,” Fonda says. But the counterculture icon says something just ain’t right.
The $1.3 million selling price for the bike purportedly ridden by Fonda in the film is the highest auction price ever realized for a motorcycle to date.
Now, he’s unloading on the Los Angeles-based auction house Profiles in History, over the recent sale of the Captain America Harley-Davidson motorcycle featured in the 1969 film Easy Rider – a longtime cinematic favorite of ours here at E3 Spark Plugs. But was the bike legit?Īctor and motorcycle enthusiast Peter Fonda has never been one to hold back. Peter Fonda’s Captain America Harley-Davidson recently fetched a record-breaking $1.35 million at auction.
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