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Rover 'Safety' bicycle, 1885

Road Transport

1885

Triumph Palm Beach, gent's bicycle, 23" frame, 196

Road Transport

1964

Arrow Spyce mountain bicycle

Road Transport

1997

Bicycle made by James Harrison

Road Transport

1934-1987

Stenton Glider Tandem Bicycle

Road Transport

1930-1935

Penny Farthing Bicycle

Road Transport

'Chopper' bicycle

Road Transport

1978

Johnny Berry Bicycle

Road Transport

1951

Raleigh, Trent, lady's bicycle, 21" frame, 1962.

Road Transport

1962

Pemberton Arrow Bicycle

Road Transport

Tri-ang Bicycle

Road Transport

Berry & Bentley Track Bicycle

Road Transport

1934

Herety Touring Bicycle

Road Transport

1983

Dolan Precursor Bicycle

Road Transport

2009

Co-operative Wholesale Society Bicycle

Road Transport

1935

Lu-Min-Um Safety Bicycle

Road Transport

Berry Touring Bicycle

Road Transport

1973

Peugeot Track Bicycle

Road Transport

bicycle, 'Rudge', 21" lady's frame, 1956.

Road Transport

1956

Triumph, lady's bicycle, 21 1/2" frame, 1958.

Road Transport

1958

Jack Sibbit Touring Bicycle

Road Transport

1938

Johnny Berry Bicycle

Road Transport

1951

'Thrasher' Touring Bicycle

Road Transport

1914

Sibbit Tandem Bicycle

Road Transport

Childrens' hire bicycle

Road Transport

1996

Town Hybrid Bicycle

Road Transport

1994

Hopper, lady's bicycle, 21 1/2" frame, 1948.

Road Transport

1948

Johnny Berry Touring Bicycle

Road Transport

1974

Lawson 'Bicyclette', 1879

Road Transport

1879

LotusSport bicycle, by Lotus Engineering Limited,

Road Transport

1992

English-built 'boneshaker' bicycle

Road Transport

1865-1870

Nylon bicycle

Computing & Data Processing

2011

Grout 'Tension' bicycle, 1871. This could easily be mistaken as simply an early example of James Stanley’s ordinary bicycle (aka the penny-farthing), however this has a significant difference. The large wheel uses the W. H. J. Grout patent of 1870 making this a ‘Tension’ bicycle. The tension of the spokes can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the screws at the end of the spokes, improving the rider’s control of the bicycle. The tension patent was also used in tricycles which boasted the capability of easily riding up hills while other riders with non-tension tricycles had to dismount and push.

'Tension' bicycle

Road Transport

1871

'Boneshaker' bicycle

Road Transport

1869

Camden cycle, occupational therapy device, Northampton, England 1930-1970

Orthopaedics

1930-70

Jack Sibbit Racing Bicycle

Road Transport

1932-1937

Marston Golden Sunbeam bicycle, 1906-1907 fitted with 2-speed epicyclic gear patent 6683/1904

Golden Sunbeam bicycle

Road Transport

1906-1907

'Boneshaker' bicycle

Road Transport

1868

Raleigh, lady's bicycle, 23" frame, 1954.

Road Transport

1954

Bicycle Frame and Wheel

Road Transport

1932-1937

Phillips, girls's bicycle, 18" frame, 1952.

Road Transport

1952

Humber pattern safety bicycle of 1888. (Saddle re-made by Brooks in 1961.)

Humber pattern 'safety' bicycle

Road Transport

1888

Safety bicycle 1890, with Singer bent front fork and cushion tyres (saddle re-made by Brooks 1961)

Singer safety bicycle

Road Transport

1888-1890

Chainless Quadrant bicycle driven by Lloyd's cross roller gear, 1898

'Quadrant' shaft driven bicycle, 1897-1899

Road Transport

1897-1899

Velocipede bicycle, by Michaux, Paris France, 1865-1868. Owned and ridden by James Moore to win reputedly first formal bicycle race, in Parc de St.-Cloud, Paris, 31 May 1868.

Velocipede bicycle, owned and ridden by James Moore to win first formal bicycle race

Road Transport

1865-1868

Early Sunbeam sports bicycle

Road Transport

1933

Elswick, Safety, gent's bicycle, 23" frame, 1979.

Road Transport

1979

Rover bicycle of 1903/1904.

Rover bicycle, c 1903

Road Transport

1903-1904

Rudge-Whitworth roadster bicycle, light tourist model, 1936

Rudge-Whitworth roadster bicycle, light tourist mo

Road Transport

1936

Moulton bicycle, 1962, sectioned (without handlebars or saddle)

Moulton bicycle, sectioned frame

Road Transport

1962