100 years ago Edward 'Ryko' Reichenback cycled 3000k across the outback over 4 weeks ... That'd be pretty good going by todays standards, he must have been pretty tough. He was 21 at the time ... anyway here is is.

He looks proper tough!

Drew

Why does he have a carburettor hanging from the crossbar I wonder?

Is that what powers that massive spot lamp?

Check out those spindly cranks too.

Why does he have a carburettor hanging from the crossbar I wonder?

I think it's a stove. Primus made one that clamped to the top tube.

Is that what powers that massive spot lamp?

I imagine that's an acetylene lamp, so you're right

Frame bag, truss fork and dirt drops
No new idea is new in reality

Rigid - and a truss fork at that, singlespeed, curvy handlebars.
See how far we've come in 100 years

Edit - damn beaten to it

Did wonder if it was an acetylene pump/reservoir... image search revealed many similar bike lights but none with that 'remote' from the lamp. Still, in the vein of Ben & Ian's posts above, could be the 'next big thing' ; LED lighting? Pah, I've got 1000,000 lumen acetylene!

(And maybe not beyond the bounds of possibility : https://www.flickr.com/photos/cat_littl ... 824087501/
also see http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46193 for a novel way to keep them going when the water in the carbide reservoir ran out )

I wonder whether he's actually got a couple of items bolted on the TT? The bike on the left in the bottom pic clearly has a pipe running from the lamp to something behind the bars.

I think it's a stove. Primus made one that clamped to the top tube

Could be.

No I know where Ive been going wrong Its not waterbottle that I need ... its a flask