HISTORY: The wooden bicycle wheel was introduced by A.C Fairbanks, with patents 1893-1897. He was an American banjo maker, and the rim was actually a variation of the wooden rim used inside a banjo’s metal outer casing. You can see it here on the inside of my 1886 Fairbanks & Cole banjo. A.C Fairbanks set …
Tubular tyres on 1910 No 4 Aero Special Path Racer, with Fairbanks wooden sprint rims. Read More »
Click on the link below to go to our online store to download the free ‘History of the Crossframe’ Bookazine. As you might guess we have had a long term love affair with Cross frame Bicycles and would love to share some of our knowledge with you. We are also out and about in the …
In Victorian and Edwardian times, women were ostracised for riding bicycles, criticised for designing more suitable riding costumes and lampooned by a male-dominated press. Before cars and motorcycles took over in the the early 1900s, cycle racing was the world’s biggest sport. But female racing champions were written out of history. Ordinary women who rode …
I started this Facebook Group in 2016 as a group for passenger-carrying bicycles and tricycles. But it soon developed into a more general group for bikes and trikes, including motorised versions. In the early 1900s, cyclists were the first motorcyclists. The turn of the 20th century was an exciting time to be a cycle enthusiast …
‘The history of the modern circus is deeply rooted in horsemanship. The first modern circuses, which took place during the 18th century, were primarily demonstrations of tricks performed on a horse, first by former soldiers who learned such skills during military training, and later by talented men and women trained from a young age to …
I started this in 2016 as a group for passenger-carrying bicycles and tricycles. But it soon developed into a more general group for bikes and trikes, including motorised versions. In the early 1900s, cyclists were the first motorcyclists. The turn of the 20th century was an exciting time to be a cycle enthusiast – cyclists …
THE FACEBOOK GROUP is for pre-1920 BSA’s only: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pre1920sBSAFITTINGSBICYCLES 1. For bicycles made of BSA Fittings by other cycle firms. 2. For the first generation of quality-made BSA bicycles (1910-1920) HISTORY: BSA made Otto bicycles in 1880, followed by a variety of other bicycles and tricycles, until October 1885, when they decided to give up …
Though primarily a bicycle group, many enthusiasts have learned about the company’s bicycles as a result of owning Royal Enfield motor cycles, particularly in India where the Bullet 350cc and 500cc is still manufactured. I rode a Royal Enfield Bullet many times myself when I travelled around India in the 1990s. So I’ve included Royal …
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 …
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 »
