--- title: "A Bicycle Built On An Italian Renaissance Tech Base" url: https://daily.dev/posts/a-bicycle-built-on-an-italian-renaissance-tech-base-adm9ntlme source_url: https://hackaday.com/2026/05/26/a-bicycle-built-on-an-italian-renaissance-tech-base type: article source: "Hackaday" published: 2026-05-27T05:07:36.902Z updated: 2026-05-27T05:07:54.151Z tags: ["mechanical-engineering"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Bicycle Built On An Italian Renaissance Tech Base **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The How To Make Everything YouTube channel built a bicycle using only Renaissance-era technology and designs from Leonardo DaVinci's sketchbooks. The wooden bike features period-appropriate ball bearings, a drum brake derived directly from DaVinci's notes, and a hand-made chain also based on his designs. While the chain proved to be a weak point preventing the bike from reaching riding speed, the project successfully demonstrates what a Renaissance-era bicycle might have looked like, drawing parallels to the early 19th-century hobby-horse proto-bicycle. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Building A Bicycle Dropper Seat Post](https://daily.dev/posts/building-a-bicycle-dropper-seat-post-6hz4d6elc) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Historic Engineering Wonders: Photos That Reveal How They Pulled It Off](https://daily.dev/posts/historic-engineering-wonders-photos-that-reveal-how-they-pulled-it-off-lthxjstdo) · Hacker News · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mechanical-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/mechanical-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-bicycle-built-on-an-italian-renaissance-tech-base-adm9ntlme)