Trail's End Bicycle Museum Builds a Boneshaker

Trail's End Bicycle Museum Builds a Boneshaker

Trail's End

Trail's End Bicycle Museum Builds a Boneshaker

The boneshaker was the first commercially successful bicycle and the beginning of the evolution of the modern bike. Boneshakers were the first bicycles to reach South Africa, arriving in Cape Town in the early 1860s. The Trail’s End Bicycle Museum would not be complete without a Boneshaker and after failing to get our hands on one of the last remaining ones in South Africa, we decided to make an exact replica instead.

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Trail's End Bicycle Museum Builds a Boneshaker

Trail's End

Trail’s End is a unique experience in Grabouw in the Overberg region of South Africa, less than an hour's drive from Cape Town International Airport. Listed as the country's first bike hotel, Trail’s End provides guests and visitors with direct access to world-class MTB, trail running and hiking...

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