1904 ROYAL ENFIELD Tricycle Forecar Based on Royal Enfield’s ‘Large Carrier Tricycle No 1’ Chassis 26″ Wheels As you can see from the photos, a lot of care has gone into the factory construction of this passenger-carrying forecar. Although the rolling chassis of the Royal Enfield ‘Large Carrier Tricycle No 1’ was usually fitted to commercial […]
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1897 BSA Fittings Machine with Simpson Lever Chain 24.5” Frame. 28″ Wheels The 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 lengths to publicise it as an improvement on existing chain technology, employing famous racing
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1888 Humber Cripper Tricycle with Automatic Steering Front plunger brake with its connecting rod concealed in the head tube 40″ Rear Wheels & 22″ Front wheel with solid tyres Humber did not patent their tricycle design, with the result that dozens of manufacturers copied it after it was introduced, and the generic term for any tricycle of
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1890 Hillman Herbert & Cooper ‘CATFORD’ PREMIER ‘Model C’ Cross frame Safety aka The ‘Holbein No 1’ 22” Frame. 30″ Front Wheel. 28″ Rear Wheel Montague Holbein was the leading road racer in the early days of the sport. British cyclists dominated, and they took the first four places in the inaugural Bordeaux-Paris road race in 1891. Holbein
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1869 Velocipede by Charles Sargent, 73 Champs Elysees, Paris 35″ Front Wheel. 31″ Rear Wheel Charles Sargent was one of the French pioneers of velocipede manufacture, and his company had an enviable reputation. It’s reported that the original prototype velocipede commissioned by Michaux was built by Sargent. As Michaux did not take out a patent for it,
1868 Wm Sargent ‘Rink Velocipede’ 37″ Front Wheel. 31.5″ Rear Wheel. Frame No 45 With frame number #45, this Wm Sargent ‘rink velocipede’ is from the company’s first year of production, made in December 1868. Their range included machines of varying quality and price, and this style would have been a basic model at a cheaper price. Without coasting
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1927 Velo Leo Chardon 22” Frame. 28″ Wheels This unique and very strane design of cycle frame was the brainchild of a small cycle maker in France, Leo Chardon. I managed to buy it in France and it now belongs to a friend who is opening a museum on the west coast of America. You
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1890 Iver Johnson ‘No 1’ Diamond Safety Manufactured by Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Sold by John P Lovell Arms Co, Boston, Mass 30” Wheels. Frame No 995 1890 and 1891 Lovell Diamond safety bicycles had open steering heads, and the badge is on the top tube. 1892 models were similar except for the integral steering using ball bearings,
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1898 Orient Rear-steering Tandem 22″ Frame (rear); 20″ frame (front). 28″ Wooden wheels with tubeless tyres This tandem was a state-of-the-art machine in its day. 122 years down the line it’s a rare survivor. I bought it in California and it has now returned to the USA, to become part of the collection of a friend
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1914 Dursley Pedersen Lady’s Royal Roadster Three-Speed Dursley Pedersen Gear Ladies’ Size C Green enamel paintwork Standover height (Top of saddle to ground) 39″ 28″ Wheels Frame No 7135C Original Dursley Pedersen rear Carrier rack with small wicker basket. Handlebar carrier clip (for raincoat, etc); Lucas LSD ‘No 67’ bell; Bluebell’s narrow inflator pump Original
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