BICYCLE COLLECTORS SPRING AUCTION – 21-31 March, 2023
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Hub Cycle Co Nebo Handlebar Clock
The Nebo Handlebar Clock was an upmarket accessory that could be fitted to bicycles or motorcycles. Here you can see it installed on the 1906 Raleigh X Frame 3-speed Gentlemen’s Tricycle, which was the most expensive cycle of its day. It was priced at £29, compared to the Raleigh X Frame Gents’ bicycle at £17
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c1922 Constrictor Brakes, as fitted to Bastides
“You will notice that the three brakes illustrated have a central movement action of which we were the originators in this country. Today we possess several patents with our French manufacturers in connection with these brakes.” – The CONSTRICTOR TYRE Co, Forest Gate, London, E7
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c1949 TRIUMPH JUNIOR TRICYCLE
16″ Wheels with Solid Tyres The first Triumph tricycle was not made by the Triumph Cycle Co, but by Warman & Laxon. That company built bicycles and tricycles in 1879, whereas S Bettmann registered the Triumph name in 1889. As a keen Triumph enthusiast, I was very happy to find this c1949 Triumph Junior tricycle
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A Gene Autry Family is a Happy Family
DAILY EXERCISE: Sometimes when we’re stressed we need a ‘feelgood’ story. I must apologise in advance that this isn’t an exciting story of derring do. I didn’t ride 100 miles on a penny farthing, or build an incredible machine from a pile of old steel, or some other remarkable feat. My daily exercise is much
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Kinky Hovis
Which is more outrageous? A kinky sex festival in Tunbridge Wells? Or replacing the iconic Hovis advert’s low-gravity carrier with an electric bike?
Swift Letter Opener
…a relic from the past. It doesn’t work with emails
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Some photos suggest…
Some photos suggest a story just itching to be told…
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1878 Dan Rudge rotary tricycle News Article
“Those London busmen can strike to their hearts’ content. I’ve got my 1878 Dan Rudge rotary tricycle to get me to Wandsworth and back…” says veteran bicycle enthusiast Peter Fitzgerald of Woodland Way, Brighton, as he sets off for the annual rally of the Southern Veteran Cycle Club. (Newspaper article from 1958) Click on this
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1869/1870 Velocipede Compagnie Parisienne
(Ancienne Maison Michaux). This 150-year-old bicycle has been preserved in remarkably good original condition. It is unrestored with much of its first paint intact on the metal and the wood. As you can see, its frame number 2635 is stamped not only on the frame and fork but also on both wheel hubs. You can
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