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DESIGNS: TALL BIKES (28" Frames or Taller)

1 1900s Very Tall 32 inch frame Roadster 34 copy

In the early days of the cycle industry, the customer was the king. Manufacturers’ catalogues presented a variety of models to provide a choice of frame styles as well as options such as wheel sizes and gears. However, a customer could choose any specification they wished. Companies would build a bicycle from scratch according to their requirements. The most common ‘special order’ was frame size. A 26 or 28 inch frame was usually the largest shown as an option in catalogues. But, if a customer was even taller, they could request an even larger machine…

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Items in this Collection

1896 Helical Premier 28 Frame 05

1896/1897 Helical Premier (Tall 28″ Frame)

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1897 ‘THE AMERICA’ 28 Tall Truss Frame 5

1897 THE AMERICA Tall Truss Frame

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1900 BSA FITTINGS RACER Double top tube 5 copy

1900 High Frame Machine with Double Top Tube built entirely of BSA Fittings

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1900 ROYAL ENFIELD with Band Brake 00

1900 Royal Enfield with Eadie Band Brake

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

1900s Very tall Roadster 32″ frame 30″ wheels

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1903 Columbia Spring Fork Chainless 2 copy

1903 Columbia Spring Fork Chainless (Nickel frame)

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1906-Centaur-Featherweight-05

1904 Centaur Featherweight Tall 28″ Frame

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chainless_trussframe_02

1904 Columbia 28″ Cushion Arch-bar Chainless Roadster with Hartford Tire Coaster Brake

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1907-Royal-Enfield-Girder-Tall-Frame-83

1907 Royal Enfield Standard Girder Tall Frame

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1909 Lea-Francis Men’s Cycle 05

1909 Lea-Francis Men’s Cycle (Tall 28″ Frame Size)

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FOR SALE 1909 Lea Francis Men’s Cycle 40

1909 Lea-Francis Men’s Cycle (with Dursley Pedersen 3-speed gear)

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1910 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen 05

1910 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen (Green, Tall 28″ frame)

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1911_BSA_Light_Roadster_05

1911 BSA Light Roadster (28″ Frame)

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1911 Royal Premier 30″ Helical Truss Frame 05 copy

1911 Royal Premier Helical Truss Frame 30″ frame 30″ wheels

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1911 Royal Rover Roadster 0

1911 Royal Rover Roadster (Green enamel, 28″ frame)

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1912-Imperial-Triumph-29-Inch-Frame-04

1912 Imperial Triumph Tall 29″ Frame with Band Brake

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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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1913 James 28 Constabulary Bicycle 95

1913 James 28″ Police Constabulary Bicycle

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1912-BSA-All-Weather-1

1914 BSA All-Weather Special Order 28″ Frame

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1914-Swift-Cheylesmore-Tall-2822-Frame-88

1914 Swift ‘Cheylesmore’ Tall 28″ Frame

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1917 Raleigh Superbe X Frame 5

1917 Raleigh Superbe X Frame (Tall 28″ Frame)

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1918-golden-sunbeam-2822-frame-66

1918 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen (Tall 28″ Frame)

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1918 Humber Roadster with 29 inch Tall frame 2

1918 Standard Humber with Tall 29 inch frame (WW1 Military fittings)

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1919-Sunbeam-28-inch-01

1919 Royal Sunbeam for Gentlemen 28″ Frame

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1915-Royal-Sunbeam-30

1920 All-Black Royal Sunbeam for Gentlemen (28″ Frame)

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FOR SALE 1920s-BSA-Gents-Heavy-Roadster-74

1920s BSA Gents Heavy Roadster – Tall 30.5″ Frame

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FOR SALE 1924 Golden Sunbeam 30 inch frame 5

1924 Golden Sunbeam for (Very Tall) Gentlemen: 30″ Frame

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1926 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen 0

1926 Golden Sunbeam for Gentlemen (28″ Frame)

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1928-JG-Grose-Roadster-88

1928 JG Grose Boxer 28″ Frame Roadster

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1929-RALEIGH-3022-X-FRAME-66

1929 Raleigh Modele Superbe 30″ X Frame – The World’s Tallest Cross Frame

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1930s-Roadster-32-inch-frame-05

1930s Very Tall Roadster – 32.25″ frame size

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1932-Royal-Sunbeam-Tall-Frame-52

1932 All Black Royal Sunbeam for Gentlemen 28″ TALL FRAME

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1932_BSA_05

1932 BSA Gent’s 28″ Roadster with Double Top Tube

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1936 Golden Sunbeam 05

1936 Golden Sunbeam 28″ Tall frame with Double Top Tube

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1 1936 New Hudson 28 inch Tall frame 06 copy

1936 New Hudson All-Weather Tourist (28″ Tall Frame)

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1937 Raleigh TALLEST 30 inch X Frame 05

1937 Raleigh X Frame – 30″ Tallest Frame Size

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1970s_Tall_Bike_20

1970s Tall Bike with Sidecar

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