Velocipede with pawl in the front wheel.Patent number 85439 filed on 15 May 1869 by François Nicolet.This system of pawl and freewheel in the front wheel finally made it possible to do away with the use of leg rests when going downhill.Wind-up rear brake.Front wheel diameter 96 cm.Rear wheel diameter 76 cm...
American Columbia bicycle with front suspension system.Circa 1889Make: Pope Manufacturing Company. With its plate "Columbia Light Roadster Safety - Made by POPE MFG. CO. Patented..."Spoon rod brakeSaddle with large springs.Handlebar height: 112 cmLength: 192 cmUsed tyres. Oxidation F..
Grand-Bi Dwarf Safety Bicycle "Kangaroo".Created in 1884 by Hillman, Herbert & Cooper.The gear ratio generated by the two chains and sprockets allows the 36-inch wheel to perform as well as a 60-inch wheel.Spoon brake.Handlebar height: 114 cmLength: 154 cmOxidation For more information ..
Linley & Biggs "Whippet" type C fully suspended bicycle.Circa 1888.Manufactured by Linley & Biggs in London.Front and rear suspension system.Rear rod brake.Handlebar height: 121 cmLength: 187 cmOxidation. Cracked front wheel tyre. Tears to saddle. For more information or to r..
1880S ORDINARY 52 INCH (BOWN PATENT BEARINGS)52″ Front wheel. 16″ Rear wheel.This ordinary is an older restoration in very good all round condition and ready to ride.You can see more photos and details at The Museum -https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1880s-ordinary-penny-farthing-with-bown-patent-bearings/
1897 Simpson Road RacerOriginal Simpson Lever ChainAdjustable handlebar‘Pacer’ saddle22″ Frame. 28″ WheelsThe Simpson Chain was invented and developed at a time when bicycles used inch pitch block chains with fixed wheel hubs. After its debut in 1895, the company went to great length..
1879 COVENTRY ROTARY TRICYCLE (Superb Original)James Starley patent. Sold by The Tangent & Coventry Tricycle Co48″ Driving Wheel; 22″ Small Wheels LENGTH: 80″. WIDTH: 30″. HEIGHT: 48″ The Coventry Rotary is the most important model in the history of the tricycle. It involved James Starley, its inventor, his..
1819 Hobby Horse (Replica)LENGTH: 62″. WIDTH: 20″. HEIGHT: 47″25″ wooden wheel rims, spokes and hubs & metal band tyres Standover Height: 33″ (adjustable to 30")Few 200-year-old hobby horses have survived. So replicas were built by cycle enthusiasts to enjoy the sensations that would have been experienced by the o..
Even though they were built in just a short period – from 1868 to 1870 – the overwhelming majority of English velocipedes have unknown makers. Such was the enthusiasm for this novel means of transportation that hundreds of engineers, blacksmiths, coach-builders, wheelwrights, sewing machine manufacturers, toolmakers, gunsmiths and the like jumped o..