Category: Old Bikes
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1914 Bianchi Military Folding Bicycle ‘Model 1912’ (World War 1)
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum For price and purchase, please click here.. . ‘Modello Militare Brevettato (Tipo per Truppa)’ The history of Bianchi is also an essential part of the history of Italy. The Bersaglieri were already well-established as cycle troops. Before WWI began, Bianchi, with production figures of 45,000 bicycles, […]
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1913 Meredith Bastide ‘Stayer’ (Pace following bicycle)
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum 1913 Meredith Bastide ‘Stayer’ (Pace following bicycle) 23.5″ (59cm) Frame Front wheel 24″. Rear wheel 26″ (Wooden Constrictors with tubular tyres) Brooks Champion B17 saddle This Bastide Stayer was reputed to have been owned by Leon Meredith, who raced similar machines. He brought Bastides to Britain, […]
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1911 Magnat Debon ‘Modele B de Route’
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum For price and purchase, please click here… MAGNAT DEBON HISTORY Watchmaker and inventor Joseph Séraphin MAGNAT and mechanical engineer Louis Auguste DEBON formed their company in Grenoble around 1892 to build bicycles. They patented numerous cycle innovations for brakes and gears, and for a ‘balanced and anti-vibration’ […]
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1911 Costa Military Folding Bicycle (Italian)
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum I started researching military cycling history in 2011. At first all my research material was piled up in cardboard boxes. But when i was approached by a publisher to write the book that became ‘BAD TEETH NO BAR: A History of Military Bicycles in the Great War’, […]
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1910 BSA Racer built from ‘A’ Pattern Fittings
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum c1910 BSA Path/Road Racer built from ‘A’ Pattern Fittings Expanding Handlebar Stem with Forward Lug French ‘Cycles BSA’ Headbadge Sloping Top Tube (1″ Drop) 21″ Frame (32″ Standover Height) 28″ Wheels 44 1/2″ Wheelbase Sometime in 2014, my friend Alain was at an antique fair in […]
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1910 Velo Porteur ‘Goods’
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum The origin and invention of the Bowden Cable is open to some dispute, confusion and popular myth. The invention of the Bowden cable has been popularly attributed to Sir Frank Bowden, founder and owner of the Raleigh Cycle Co who, circa 1902, was reputed to have started replacing […]
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1910 Velo De Dion Bouton ‘Modele Luxe Demi-course’
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum For price and purchase, please click here… I’ve bought and sold various de Dion Bouton bicycles over the past 12 years. They are such beautiful bicycles that an attraction to the marque is not surprising. In 2011, I attended a veteran cycle ride and cycle jumble […]
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1909 Peugeot Bicyclette Course with sloping top tube
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum For price and purchase, please click here… Peugeot’s racing team was one of the most successful of all time. In the early 1900s, it was led by Hippolyte Aucouturier (above), winner of the 1903 Paris–Roubaix and Bordeaux–Paris races. Peugot won the Tour de France six times up […]
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1903 L’Acatene Metropole a 2 Vitesses ‘Model 351’
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum One of the earliest European bevel geared bicycles was the French Omega, also known under the brand name L’Acatene of the Metropole company. The Acatene-Metropole was on the market from 1896 onwards and influenced the British market when Humber presented their own chainless model in 1897 under […]
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1903 Bicyclette Manufrance Hirondelle
Click here to view at The Online Bicycle Museum The Manufrance company was started in 1885, and the first catalogue was published in 1889. This was France’s first mail order company with an annual catalogue, which was known as la Manu. It offered a wide range of products, the most famous being guns, bicycles and sewing […]
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