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Two plates. Tricycle

Humber tricycle

Humber Tricycle

Starley 'Salvo' Tricycle with bar frame, 1880

'Salvo' tricycle, with bar frame and handle grip

circa 1880

Tricycle with rear steering wheel

Tricycle with Rear Steering Wheel

Tricycle with front steering wheel

Tricycle with Front Steering Wheel

Singer tricycle with one rear wheel driven by link work, 1879

Singer Tricycle, 1879

1879

Lady's Humber-Cripper type tricycle, c. 1889

Lady's Humber-Cripper Type Tricycle, c. 1889

circa 1889

Bayliss-Thomas tricycle, c. 1879

Bayliss-Thomas Tricycle

1879

Doubleday and Humber tricycle, 1878

Doubleday and Humber Tricycle

1878-1880

Coventry front drive, rear steering tricycle, c. 1877

'Coventry' Rear Steering Tricycle

1877-1880

Singer tricycle c. 1888 (no saddle). An early example of the handle-bar steered, chain-driven type of machine still in made today. There is a differential drum on the rear axle. This differential allows the wheels to rotate at different speeds when cornering.

'Singer' Tricycle

1888

Omnicycle tricycle, built to T. Butler's patent of 1879

Omnicycle Tricycle

1879

Front steering tandem tricycle

Front Steering Tandem Tricycle

Dublin single rear wheel treadle-driven tricycle, 1876

'Dublin' Treadle-Driven Tricycle, 1876

1876

Three wheeled tricycle for invalids, c. 1960, by Harding, English

Three wheeled tricycle for invalids

1955-1965

Skeeter hand propelled tricycle, 1966

Skeeter Hand Propelled Tricycle

1966

Omnicycle pedal tricycle, c. 1884

Omnicycle Pedal Tricycle, c. 1884

circa 1884

Coventry lever tricycle, patented by J. and J.K. Starley in 1876

'Coventry' Lever Tricycle

1876-1878

Tandem tricycle, (two wheel steering at front)

Tandem Tricycle

Wooden wheeled horizontal treadle-drive tricycle, c. 1850

Wooden Wheeled Horizontal Treadle-Drive Tricycle

1850

Tricycle with front driving wheel, late 19th century

Tricycle with front driving wheel, late 19th century

Postman's lever-operated delivery tricycle

Postman's Lever-Operated Delivery Tricycle