(Telegram Cycle Mfg Co). 21″ Frame. 28″ Wheels. For sale £1600/ US $1950 + worldwide shipping. This 127-year-old bicycle is a remarkable survivor, with beautiful original unrestored paintwork. The Telegram frame bag fell apart and needs gluing and reassembling. And the rear wheel is warped and cracked. So it’s more of a display piece than […]
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1936 SWIFT ROYAL TOURIST LADY’S MODEL with Original Paint. This Swift of Birmingham ladies’ bicycle is fully accessorised and in first class condition. The transfers (decals) appear to be original, as does the paintwork. It’s fitted with a period tennis racket and holder, and there are some tennis balls in the saddlebag. You can visit
Anyone for Tennis? Read More »
I purchased this WW2 bicycle in 2007 for the princley sum of £10. It has been in storage since. There’s a nice head transfer (decal) and it may be the sole survivor of this obscure brand. But you can see the reason I bought and held on to what is otherwise an unassuming machine –
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….with Spring Wheels. I found this bicycle stored in a barn in France in 2012, alongside an American military bicycle, both used during WW1. It took several years to find the spring wheels, which were used because of a German rubber shortage (Britain controlled the world rubber trade, from Malaya and Ceylon). You can see
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In July 2011, a TV production company in Los Angeles enquired about one of my WW2 BSA Airborne paratrooper bicycles, which they wanted to feature on a new TV show they were making called ‘Combat Cash’. After some discussion, they suggested that instead of buying it they’d fly me to LA with the bike for
WW2 BSA Airborne paratrooper bicycle TV Read More »
A genuine c115-year-old racing machine! https://auction.onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk
1905 BSA Fittings Track Racer Read More »
The first year of the safety bicycle. 2nd Pattern ‘Mudguard Frame’ (patented June, 1886). This rare historic bicycle came my way in 2019. It has some innovative features that did not appear on other bicycles until some years later. I need to replace the wheels, switch the chainwheel to the other side, fit a rear
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Last month an old friend visited me to deliver a bike I’d sold for him. He mentioned the one bike he fancied for his collection was a Triumph Moller. Mine is dearly cherished (now fitted with a sidecar) so I said I’d let him know if I came across another one. I’d like to take
1936 Triumph Moller Another one sees the light of day Read More »
The Killer family were well established in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. But which of them owned the cycle shop with a Raleigh agency at 20 North End? As you can see, their name is on the shop transfer (decal) on my 1904 Raleigh X Frame Scorcher. https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1904-raleigh-x-frame…/
Bicycle Detectives do you know the Killer? Read More »
1904 Quadrant Special in the long shadows of winter morning sun https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1904-quadrant-special…/
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