This group celebrates the early years of Bettmann & Co and the Triumph Cycle Co. It’s PRE-1939 TRIUMPH BICYCLES ONLY. …and I suppose the occasional early Triumph motorcycle picture too The first company was started by Siegfried Bettman in 1886, with funding provided by the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Co. Mauritz Johann Schulte became Bettmann’s partner […]
“The ‘Lea-Francis’ built for MEN is essentially a gentleman’s bicycle. Our aim has ever been to embody every good point which our long experience teaches us is of practical value, and that we have succeeded is, we think, amply proved by the liberal patronage accorded us by prominent members of the Aristocracy, the Professions, and
Lea-Francis Bicycles, Motorcycles & Cars Read More »
This is an intro to the Facebook group for early vintage leather tool bags and accessories. Despite collecting them for many years, I have no expertise in this field, so please share your own items, catalogue illustrations & advertisements (dated where possible), pictures from facebook & the internet (including a link or info to show
Early leather tool bags and accessories Read More »
George Gilbert was one of the pioneers of the British cycle industry and the Centaur Cycle Co was one of the world’s leading bicycle manufacturers. This Facebook group is dedicated to the memory and appreciation of this top manufacturer of quality bicycles (and later motorcycles) between 1876 and 1910. The first bicycles sold by George
Cycle racing in Victorian times, and into the first decade of the 20th century, was as popular a sport as football is now. Leading figures campaigned in cycle races around the world, and were the celebrities of the era. From 1886 onwards, with the introduction of the chain-driven ‘safety bicycle’, cycle manufacturers strived to make
The bastide Club – bicycle Racing History pre-1930 Track Path Road Racers Read More »
I managed to buy this 1892 bicycle receipt in France. It mentions the model as K.O.S which is the ‘King Of Scorchers.’ In 1894, George Hendee, founder of Indian Motorcycles, bought a batch of ‘King Of Scorchers’ bicycles from Centaur, and rebadged them as the ‘Silver King’ for his first year of cycle sales. You
King of Scorchers Read More »
There are perhaps some few firms in the trade who occupy larger factories than the Centaur Company, and turn out a larger number of machines per annum, but there is not one which has done more towards the development of the modern bicycle, or which has consistently held its place in the very front of
1911 Centaur ‘Lightweight’ Roadster Read More »
Ten years ago I saw a 1903 Ladies Sunbeam on ebay and managed to get the phone number of the seller. His name was Ben. As well as buying that, I bought most of his collection, including a 1903 Gents’ Sunbeam, which had been languishing in his lounge for ten years partially restored. Tony Child
1903 Royal Sunbeam for Gentlemen Read More »
“Robert William Edlin… built the first bicycle for J. B. Dunlop in 1888. The pneumatic tyre industry started in Edlin’s small cycle business in Belfast, where Edlin, Finlay Sinclair and John B. Dunlop made the first pneumatic tyred bicycle, c. October 1888. This was followed by racing machines in 1889. By November 1889, Dunlop, Edlin
DUNLOP: The Oldest Pneumatic Tyre Bicycle Read More »
BIGGEST MONSTROSITY: The Vim Tyres Tricycle, photographed in Brighton.“In no industry, perhaps, have manufacturers so sought to bring their particular wares to the notice of the public by such novel and startling devices as in cycle-making. Such intense earnestness for something entirely new and attractive has been the cause of many curious creations in cycledom…
Tyres: Biggest Monstrosity Read More »
