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HISTORY: EARLY BICYCLE SADDLES

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Bicycle saddles were an extension of the horse saddle industry. Top early British saddlemakers included J.B Brooks, Middlemore and Lampugh.

After the invention of the cycle saddle itself, one the most important subsequent innovations was the saddle clamp, or boss. The diameter of seat pillars became wider in 1895 because a new style of saddle clamp (or ‘boss’) was introduced in 1895, which is the style that is still in use today…

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Items in this Collection

1868-Michaux-Velocipede-with-Rubber-Tyres

1868 Michaux Velocipede with Rubber Tyres

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FOR SALE 1889 Quadrant Safety with Spring Wheel & Saddle 4

1889 Quadrant Safety with Spring Wheel & Saddle 

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1889 Quadrant Solid tyre Safety with Spring Saddle 5 copy

1889 Quadrant Solid tyre Safety with Suspension Saddle Spring

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1886-JB-brooks-saddle-patent-23

1889-1898 J.B Brooks Saddle Patents

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1890 Iver Johnson No 1 Diamond Safety 05

1890 Iver Johnson ‘No 1’ Diamond Safety

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1890_Raleigh_40-copy

1890 Middlemore Hammock Saddle

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1890s Arab Spring Saddle Support with Leather Top 1

1890s Harrington ‘Arab Spring’ Saddle Support with Leather Top

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1891_Hickory_40

1892 Kirkpatrick Saddle

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1892 Quadrant Springframe 1

1892 Quadrant Model 17 Safety with Spring wheel & Saddle

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1893_Victoria_05

1894 Josselyn Tilting Saddle

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1895_CRYPTO_BANTAM_601

1895 Lamplugh Saddle

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FOR SALE 1897 Humber Coventry Light Roadster 04 copy

1897 Humber Coventry Light Roadster

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christy_anatomical_saddle_9

1898 Chisty Anatomical Saddle

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1896_New_Hudson_04

1898 New Hudson ‘Special Popular’ Lady’s Safety

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1896_New_Hudson_35

1898 Woods Patent Wire Cycle Saddle

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1900 BSA Fittings Machine

1900 BSA Fittings Machine (Brakes: Bowden rear; thumb lever front)

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1902_BSA_57

1900 Pattisson Hygienic Gent’s Saddle

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1900s-Very-Tall-32-inch-frame-Roadster-34

1900s Very tall Roadster 32″ frame 30″ wheels

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1901_Lea_Francis_01

1901 Lea Francis ‘No 3 for Gentlemen’

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1902_BSA_10

1902 Haviland ‘Victoria’ BSA Spring Frame Roadster

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1899-Elswick-Truss-Frame-50

1903 The Gentleman’s Elswick ‘Truss-Frame’ Roadster

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1904 PEUGEOT enfant X FRAME 64

1904 Peugeot Enfant – Wooden Cross frame

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1905 Rudge Whitworth 05

1905 No 2 Aero Special Rudge-Whitworth

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1906 Dursley Pedersen 74

1907 Dursley Pedersen Cantilever Standard 3 Speed

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1910 Dursley Pedersen Cantilever Standard 05

1910 Dursley Pedersen Cantilever Standard (3-speed)

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1913 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen Green 28 inch frame 05

1913 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen, Green Enamel, 28″ Tall frame

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1914-Golden-Sunbeam-for-Ladies-ONLINE-BICYCLE-MUSEUM-05

1914 All Black Golden Sunbeam for Ladies

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1914 Dursley Pedersen Lady’s Royal Roadster 67

1914 Dursley Pedersen Lady’s Royal Roadster

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1914-Brooks-catalogue-031

1914 WW1 Brooks Military ‘No 3’ Saddle

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1936 Triumph Moller Auto Cycle & Sidecar 5

1936 Triumph Moller Auto Cycle

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1950s-Buckaroo-Pinto-Horse-Bronco-Saddle-10

1950s Buckaroo Pinto Horse & Bronco Saddle

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