1888 Humber Cripper Tricycle with Automatic Steering Front plunger brake with its connecting rod concealed in the head tube 40″ Rear Wheels & 22″ Front wheel with solid tyres Humber did not patent their tricycle design, with the result that dozens of manufacturers copied it after it was introduced, and the generic term for any tricycle of […]
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1898 Orient Rear-steering Tandem 22″ Frame (rear); 20″ frame (front). 28″ Wooden wheels with tubeless tyres This tandem was a state-of-the-art machine in its day. 122 years down the line it’s a rare survivor. I bought it in California and it has now returned to the USA, to become part of the collection of a friend
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1895 Maywood Double Diamond Duplex tubing and open frame chainwheel design Cash Buyers’ Union 23.5” Frame. 28″ Wheels with solid tyres ‘Double diamond’ frames, also known as ‘open frames’ or duplex tubes, were in vogue in Britain around 1889 and 1890. Rudge made the best-selling model with this feature. The concept copied the design of tricycles,
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1892 Humber No 14 Roadster Safety 21.5” Frame. 30″ front wheel. 28″ rear wheel. Solid tyres. Frame no 21446 Humber no 21446 is in wonderful preserved condition. I replaced the grips but everything else is original and it’s lovely to ride. It has earned the nickname ‘The Number Humber’ because 21446 is stamped in at least eight
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1890 Royal Singer Safety 20.5” Frame. 28″ Equal Wheels with solid tyres. Frame No 80222/28 I’ve sold various c1890 Singers over the years. Singer was one of the world’s top cycle makers at the time and they sold many of this model. What saw this one apart was the remains of its steering head transfer (decal). They
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1928 Favor with split down tube & duplex chain stays 22” Frame. 28″ Wheels French bicycle design before and after World War 1 was very innovative, and various companies experimented with unusual frame designs. I can not see any practical purpose for Favor’s use of duplex tubing on this lightweight touring bicycle, apart from standing
1898 Knoll’s Spring Frame Bicycle with Pierce spring fork 28″ Wooden wheels with chain tread tubeless tyres Perhaps the strangest thing about this rare bicycle is that despite its name, it is not actually a spring frame! The frame is rigid, there’s no pivot, and it doesn’t flex when ridden. Perhaps that’s why a Pierce
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19” Frame. 28” Wheels. Cushion tyres Yost patent folding handlebar Duplex down tube Joseph L Yost was a major player in the American cycle industry in the late 1880s and early 1890s. His various companies included Springfield Bicycle Mfg Co, where he built a geared high wheeler. His next company was Lozier & Yost. After splitting from Lozier, he founded
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with Quadrant’s patent Suspension Saddle Spring Lamplugh & Brown ‘Long Distance’ saddle Sprung steering head Lever operated Rear spoon brake 22″ Frame. 30″ Front Wheel. 26″ Rear Wheel. Solid tyres The Quadrant Tricycle Co was one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the early days of cycling, introducing many innovations in bicycles and tricycles. The ‘Dwarf Safety’ featured
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21” Frame. 28″ Wheels with pneumatic tyres This rare safety bicycle survived with enough of its distinctive head transfer (decal) intact to identify it as a ‘Star. This example was actually Sharratt & Lisle’s 1892 model with minor updates. It still had slotted pedals and an upward sloping top tube like the older models, but the wheels were now
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