Recently from long term storage. This cross frame safety bicycle dates to c.1885. Solid 3/4 rubber tyres on the original crescent section rims. Intriguingly the frame appears to have been 'done up' a long time ago and decorated in the paintwork and transfer of Paris Cycles - London in the style of the companies 'Galibier' frame. Whether a past owne..
Cogent High Wheeler Built in Wolverhampton about 1887 by Clarke Cogent works found in a attic of a house in Newport SHROPSHIRE The front wheel has a Brown 's Aeolus adjustable ball bearing Hollow forks Steering head is Andrew,s Hillman Patent With adjustable top screw and straight handle bars
This rare high wheel victorian tricycle was manufactured by Richardson Ellson & Co of Lower Ford Street, Coventry, Warwickshire, from c.1881-83. Having been part of a significant large bicycle collection in the UK - the ‘Coventry Zephyr’ high-wheel tricycle is now for sale. 48" inch driving wheels with a rear steering trailing wheel, it was res..
This intriguing machine was discovered in 1975 as a backbone, forks and front handlebars in the yard of a Peterborough scrap-dealer by renowned bicycle collector; John Malseed, rest of the parts had disappeared so John set about using the remaining parts as pattern's to complete it. A lovely photo shows John with the spine and backbone after he fir..
1893 Humber Pattern Road Racer21″ Frame28 x 2.20″ wheel rims with 29″ Pneumatic Tyres The Humber Pattern safety featured here is similar in design to the Humbers ridden by the French racers of the early 1890s, the most famous being Charles Terront, who was photographed with a Humber Road Racer on the Paris-Brest-Paris..
1896 Ritter Road SkatesWheelbase of each skate: 8.5″Wheel Diameter: 6″Length of top of each skate: 11.5″Manufactured by the Road Skate Co, 271 Oxford St, London Every year throughout the late 19th century and early years of the 20th century, more amazing ‘novelties’ on wheels made their debut. Engineeri..
The velocipede bicycle came in and went out of fashion in the course of just a few years. Such was its popularity in its prime in Britain that it created a new industry, and proved to the new manufacturers that there was a great public demand for a means of independent wheeled transportation. But the manufacturers also realised that the velocipe..
(NOW SOLD) A bicycle from the the well known Canadian maker of agricultural tractors and machinery. Dating from c.1896 and may have been sold via the UK depot. 54/55 Bunhill Row - London - E.C (see advert in the images. ). We currently have two of these rare bicycle in stock including one with rear suspension.This is a Model 3 and has a ..
NOW SOLD! A bicycle from the the well known Canadian maker of agricultural tractors and machinery. Dating from c.1896 and may have been sold via the UK depot. 54/55 Bunhill Row - London - E.C (see advert in the images. ). This particualer model No.34 has rear suspension fitted in the form of a flat steel plate behind the cranks linking the re..
NOW SOLD! A very original example of these rare and ingenious bicycles. Made by the Overman Wheel Company of Boston - Mass - USA. An attempt to design a bicycle with front suspension before the pneumatic tyre had been invented and vehicles and bicycles still had solid tyres. Overman where probably the largest makers of bicycle in the US a..