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 …
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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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
1903 METEOR ROVER No 2 LIGHT ROADSTER. The handlebar is from the Rover Road Racer, but fitted with inverted brake levers, with Bowden cables to rim brakes. It still has its original Brooks B19 saddle. Just a few pics for reference after it arrived yesterday; now on its way into the workshop to be stripped …
I bought a 1914 Ladies Golden Sunbeam from a chap in N. Ireland in 2016. His photos weren’t brilliant, but i could see nice transfers on it. When it arrived i was pleasantly surprised to find a wartime front lamp with it, which still had its partially blacked-out lens. As you can see, I featured …
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Before World War One, Britain led the world in the manufacture of quality bicycles. So, if you were in the market for a quality three-speed gent’s bicycle, and money was no object, which one would you buy? Here’s a comparison of bicycles on offer from some of the leading manufacturers, from the cheapest to the …
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 …
