1897 Simpson Road RacerOriginal Simpson Lever ChainAdjustable handlebar‘Pacer’ saddle22″ Frame. 28″ WheelsThe Simpson Chain was invented and developed at a time when bicycles used inch pitch block chains with fixed wheel hubs. After its debut in 1895, the company went to great length..
1879 COVENTRY ROTARY TRICYCLE (Superb Original)James Starley patent. Sold by The Tangent & Coventry Tricycle Co48″ Driving Wheel; 22″ Small Wheels LENGTH: 80″. WIDTH: 30″. HEIGHT: 48″ The Coventry Rotary is the most important model in the history of the tricycle. It involved James Starley, its inventor, his..
1819 Hobby Horse (Replica)LENGTH: 62″. WIDTH: 20″. HEIGHT: 47″25″ wooden wheel rims, spokes and hubs & metal band tyres Standover Height: 33″ (adjustable to 30")Few 200-year-old hobby horses have survived. So replicas were built by cycle enthusiasts to enjoy the sensations that would have been experienced by the o..
Even though they were built in just a short period – from 1868 to 1870 – the overwhelming majority of English velocipedes have unknown makers. Such was the enthusiasm for this novel means of transportation that hundreds of engineers, blacksmiths, coach-builders, wheelwrights, sewing machine manufacturers, toolmakers, gunsmiths and the like jumped o..
Taking its name from Phoebus, the Greek God who drove the sun across the heavens each day, Phebus motor vehicles were built between 1899 and 1903 by Noe Boyer & Cie in the Parisian suburb of Suresnes. Initially Phebus offered tricycles fitted with various proprietary engines, one of which was ridden by Charles Jarrott at a breakneck speed of..
1893 Humber Roadster Safety Export Model: Paris, France20.5″ Frame. 28″ Wheels. The example featured here was sold by Humber’s Paris depot, situated at 19 Rue du Quatre-Septembre. It is similar in design to the Humbers ridden by the French racers of the early 1890s, the most famous being Charle..
« Old Hickory » Tonk Manufacturing Co. Chicago Illinois 1897 Ce vélo est fabriqué à partir de couches de noyer laminé cintré. Même la fourche et le boîtier de pédalier sont en bois cintré.Plusieurs fabricants de l’époque ont fait valoir que le bois absorbait la vibration d'une manière que l'acier ne pouvait pas faire.Il n'ét..
1890 ‘Surrey’ Cycle Lamp (Cycledom Ltd) LENGTH: 7″ WIDTH: 4″HEIGHT: 6.5″ Cycledom Ltd was a retailer of new and used bicycles with a shop in Blackfriars St and factories in London and Romford. The name of their top-of-the-line safety bicycle was 'Surrey' so they used the same name for their cycle lamps. ..
The VELOCIPEDE or BONESHAKER bicycle is a rare and unique piece to tranportion collectadleDesigned and manufactured in the United Kinhdon about 1869 museum quality still rideable if brave delivery possible Keith 07968850705
"The K3 Magnette must rank in the history books as the most famous and successful of all the record breaking MGs. With only 33 examples produced durin..