Like the Creature from the Black Lagoon, this Ariel ‘Featherweight’ X Frame strides out of the River Ouse to take its rightful place in bicycle history. George Morris of the Referee Cycle Co patented most permutations of X Frame bicycle. He had an arrangement with Charles Sangster of Components Ltd to make and sell …
1934 MOCHET VELOCAR ‘FAMILIAL’ I bought this pedal-powered Mochet velocar in deepest France. In this video you can see me taking it for a short test run before delivering it to its new owner. (I have to find it!) The body is made of plywood and hardboard and is very delicate. As you can see …
Before cycle racing became the world’s primary sport in the 1890s, ’trick cycling’ was all the rage in the United States. Before he became world champion cyclist, a young Major Taylor started out as a trick cyclist. Another trick cyclist was Leonard Harmon Bliss, who was 6ft 3 inches tall and a heavyweight – at his peak …
This is a promotional youtube video I made 6 years ago. A friend mentioned recently that he enjoyed watching me riding a velocipede, and I admitted that I had to cut the film at that spot as I was trying to ride as slowly as possible past my iPhone camera propped up with stones on …
1937 BSA T74 PILED ARMS TANDEM with Watsonian Model 8 Two-seater Juvenile Sidecar. Plus a unique Watsonian pedal car. This is one of my favourite exhibits at the Online Bicycle Museum, click here to take a look
