It took me over a year to get this 1897 Triumph from the previous owner, but I eventually managed, in 2013, However, I was faced with a dilemma. It was in wonderful preserved original condition but its front tyre was perished which made the bicycle unrideable. It’s a 30″ size and tyres in that size […]
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Frame No 12873 is the oldest known surviving Triumph safety bicycle. The chaincase is leather. At the time, this was one of the most expensive ladies’ bicycles in the world. The first photo is from 2012 at Brighton Pier, a few months after getting the Triumph from a friend in France. The other photos are
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The Silverlight is one of the most iconic bicycles of its era due to its unorthodox frame design. It was also the first bicycle manufactured with silver brazing. Frame no SL1326 was sold on 25/6/48 to a Mr West of Worthing. The overwhelming majority of postwar lightweight bicycles have been restored. This example is not
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The photo above shows an old velocipede at the junction of Parnell and Sackville Streets in Dublin around 1911. Though many bicycles were imported from Britain, Ireland did have its own cycle industry from the time of the very first bicycles. As you can see below in this extract from ‘English Mechanic’ of May 28,
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Chainless bicycles were popular in America, where they were supplied by a variety of manufacturers, with Columbia the leading exponent. France’s leading brand was Metropole. The Belgian FN chainless was also very well constructed, and Durkopp copied that system to produce their own chainless gear for the German market. Quadrant made a chainless bicycle in
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