The Online Bicycle Museum

HISTORY: INNOVATIONS & ATTITUDES

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The Victorian era was a time of incredible innovation, shaping the modern world. Cycle enthusiasts throughout the country could be found tinkering in their workshops, applying their initiative to find ways to improve the bicycles they had purchased. Patents were issued for all sort of improvements, many of which found their way to the market…

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Items in this Collection

FOR SALE FREE BOOK – Origins of the Cross Frame

* FREE BOOK: Origins of the Cross Frame

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* Welcome, fellow enthusiasts …to the Online Bicycle Museum

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1867 & 1868 MICHAUX VELOCIPEDES

1867 & 1868 MICHAUX VELOCIPEDES VIDEO

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1866 Jospeh Cox Velocipede King’s Lynn 20

1868 Velocipede: Maker Joseph Cox of King’s Lynn

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1871 Ariel Ordinary (Starley & Hillman patent) 0

1871 Ariel Ordinary (Starley & Hillman patent) Replica with Tangent spoked wheels

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1871 ARIEL – the first penny farthing 16 copy

1871 James Starley Ariel (Replica of the first penny farthing)

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1871 Starley Ariel (Replica)

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1873 Ariel – the first penny farthing 1

1873 James Starley ‘Ariel’ Penny Farthing

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1874 James Starley ‘Queen of Hearts’ Sewing Machine

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1874-1906: BICYCLES IN MAGAZINES

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1880s Mergomobile Wooden Bicycle 4 copy copy

1880 Mergomobile Wooden Bicycle

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1884 KANGAROO Dwarf Safety Bicycle

1884 KANGAROO Dwarf Safety Bicycle VIDEO

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1884 Kangaroo safety bicycle 3 copy

1884 KANGAROO Safety Bicycle (Blue, replica)

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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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1890 Cycle Manufacturer Printer’s Block

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Advertisement, Bicycle Bugle or Buglet

1890 Henry Keat & Sons Buglet. Prize for Oundle Cycling Club, presented by W.R Heighton

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1890 Raleigh Catalogue

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1890s RACING SCRAPBOOK

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1890s RACING SCRAPBOOK

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1890s RACING SCRAPBOOK

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1890s RACING SCRAPBOOK (USA)

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1893 HICKORY WHEEL Co CATALOGUE

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1894 Yost Mfg Co Falcon ‘No 1’

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1894: ACROSS ASIA ON A BICYCLE

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1894/1895 GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN

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1895 OVERLAND MAGAZINE: A MODERN CENTAUR

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1896 CYCLING WORLD ILLUSTRATED

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1896 GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN

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1896 MUNSEY: THE WORLD AWHEEL

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1896 OVERLAND MAGAZINE: ADVERTISING POSTERS

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1896 Simpson Chain D-I-Y Kit

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1896 Stearns: The Yellow Fellow Yearbook

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1896 THE WHEEL 21st August

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1896 THE WHEEL 28th August

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1896: DANGERS & BENEFITS of the BICYCLE

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1897 Arnold & Daniel Catalogue: Cycling Outfits

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1897 BSA Fittings Machine Simpson Lever Chain 05

1897 BSA Fittings Machine with Simpson Lever Chain

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1897 CYCLING MAGAZINE

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1897 CYCLING WORLD ILLUSTRATED

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1897 Fowler Truss Frame – Catalogue

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1897: LEARNING TO RIDE

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1899 Hatherley Cycle Stand 0

1899 Hatherley Folding Cycle Stand

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1899 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE

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1899 STRAND MAGAZINE: REMARKABLE CYCLES

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1899 STRAND MAGAZINE: WANTED – A BICYCLE

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1900 BSA Fittings Catalogue (British)

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1900 BSA Fittings Catalogue (French)

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1900 WORLD WIDE MAGAZINE: A Cycle Tour in Kashmir

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SUBMERSIBLE WATER BICYCLE

1900s SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE WATER BICYCLE VIDEO

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1901 Peugeot Capitaine Gerard Catalogue

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1901 THE BICYCLING WORLD

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1902 MOTOR CYCLING (May 21st)

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1902 MOTOR CYCLING (Nov 12th)

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1903 LA VIE AU GRAND AIR

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1904: THE ADVENTURE of the SOLITARY CYCLIST

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1 1905 BSA Springframe 3-speed

1907 BSA Spring Frame Roadster (3-speed)

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1908 RACING SCRAPBOOK

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1910 CYCLIST SCOUTS TRAINING (BOY SCOUTS)

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1920s Cycle Racing, Maidstone, Kent

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FOR SALE 1930s Chandeze curly cranks 1

1930 Chandeze curly cranks (as fitted to Selbach bicycles)

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1970s Cycle Meter Competitive Trainer (1901 Design) 1 copy

1970s Cycle Meter Competitive Trainer (1901 Design)

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AWHEEL on LAND & WATER

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CYCLING HUMOUR: 1929 A Book of Nursery Rhymes Re-Nursed by Raleigh

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CYCLING HUMOUR: MEMBERS of the FROLIC CLUB

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CYCLING HUMOUR: STRANGE BUT TRUE

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LET’S HAVE A RIDE ON YOUR BICYCLE

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Mechanical Cogitations

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MEN’S CYCLING OUTFITS

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ROAD SAFETY: DANGER BOARDS

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ROADS in GREAT BRITAIN

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THE BRIGHTON ROAD

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THE CHAINWHEEL DATABASE

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The Cycle in Warfare

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THE CYCLE RICKSHAW-EARLY PASSENGER VEHICLES

THE CYCLE RICKSHAW: EARLY PASSENGER VEHICLES VIDEO

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THE CYCLE TRADE in the 1890s

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Pedalling Dreams- The Raleigh Story

THE RALEIGH STORY VIDEO

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The Safety Bicycle

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VIDEO: A History of the Chainless Bicycle VIDEO

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War Illustrated

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