'Boneshaker' bicycle

Made:
1869
maker:
Killingworth William Hedges
Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869 Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869 Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869

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Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869
Science Museum Group Collection
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Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Front driver "French" bicycle or boneshaker made in 1869. Bicycle made by W. Killingworth Hedges at the Erith Iron Works, Kent in 1869. It was a copy of the first bicycle driven by cranks attached to the front wheel built by Michaux in Paris in 1861.

Details

Category:
Road Transport
Object Number:
1900-35
Measurements:
overall (estimate): 1000 x 2000 x 500 mm
type:
bicycle
credit:
Killingworth Hedges

Parts

'Boneshaker' Bicycle

'Boneshaker' Bicycle

Front driven 'French' bicycle or 'boneshaker' made in 1869

Measurements:
overall: 1370 mm x 720 mm x 1770 mm, 27 kg
Object Number:
1900-35 Pt1
type:
bicycle
Lamp from 'boneshaker' bicycle

Lamp from 'boneshaker' bicycle

Lamp from Front driven 'French' bicycle or 'boneshaker', 1900-35 Pt1. The lamp was purchased by W. Killingworth Hedges (maker of the bicycle) in 1870.

Object Number:
1900-35 Pt2
type:
cycle lamp