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2. VELOCIPEDES & HOBBY HORSES

The Victorian era was replete with new mechanical inventions. The velocipede was a French invention. But after France and Germany went to war in 1870, Britain took over the manufacture of velocipedes. Blacksmiths, wheelwrights, sewing machine and gun manufacturers – in fact anyone with an engineering workshop – had a go at making velocipedes. This was the start of the British cycle industry…

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Items in this Collection

1800s-Dandy-Horse-with-Lion-Figurehead-05

1800s Hobby Horse with Ship’s Figurehead of a Lion

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Working MetalsUckfieldPicture by Jim Holden

1818/1819 Johnson’s Ladies Walking Machine

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1819 Denis Johnson Hobby Horse replica 43

1819 Denis Johnson Hobby Horse (replica) 

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1819 hobby horse (replica) 1

1819 Hobby Horse (Red Replica)

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1819 Hobby Horse (Replica) 41

1819 Hobby Horse (Replica)

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1819 Hobby Horse Replica 50

1819 Hobby Horse Replica

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1919-Hobby-Horse-04

1819 Hobby Horse Replica

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1839 Macmillan Bicycle Replica 66

1839 Macmillan Bicycle Replica

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1845 Gavin Dalzell Bicycle replica 0

1845 Gavin Dalzell Bicycle (replica)

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1867 & 1868 MICHAUX VELOCIPEDES

1867 & 1868 MICHAUX VELOCIPEDES VIDEO

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1867 Michaux Serpentine 05 copy

1867 Michaux Serpentine Velocipede

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1867 Serpentine Velocipede 2

1867 Serpentine Velocipede

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1868-Michaux-Velocipede-with-Rubber-Tyres

1868 Michaux Velocipede with Rubber Tyres

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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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1868-Sargent-Velocipede-05

1868 Wm Sargent ‘Rink Velocipede’

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1869 English Velocipede 5

1869 English Velocipede

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1869 Velocipede 05

1869 English Velocipede

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1869 Velocipede 80

1869 English Velocipede (32 inch Wheel)

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1869 Velocipede 05

1869 English Velocipede (33″ Front Wheel)

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FOR SALE 1869 Star Velocipede 1

1869 English Velocipede with ‘Star’ steering head transfer

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1869 French Velocipede 05

1869 French Velocipede (Top Quality Manufacture)

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Working MetalsUckfieldPicture by Jim Holden

1869 Horse Head Velocipede

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1869 Michaux velocipede 30

1869 Michaux Velocipede

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1869-Velocipede-01

1869 Velocipede ‘Ephrem Jean’

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1869 velocipede 0

1869 Velocipede (British)

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1869_BONESHAKER

1869 Velocipede (Style of Hennings)

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1869 VELOCIPEDE Barn Find Project 1

1869 VELOCIPEDE Barn Find Project

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1869 Sargent Paris Velocipede 05

1869 Velocipede by Charles Sargent, 73 Champs Elysees, Paris

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FOR SALE 1871-Michaux-Velocipede-Maison-Michaux-Cie-Parisienne-1-1

1869 Velocipede by Compagnie Parisienne (Ancienne Maison Michaux)

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1869-Gray-Velocipede-7

1869 Velocipede by Gray & Co, London

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FOR SALE 1869 LEDWIDGE velocipede Dublin Ireland 1

1869 Velocipede by Ledwidge of Dublin, Ireland

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1869 Velocipede Replica 5

1869 Velocipede Replica (39″ Wheel)

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1869_Andrew_Muir_Velocipede_04

1869 Velocipede. Andrew Muir & Co, Manchester, England

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1869 Velocipede, S & E Ransome, 10 Essex St, Strand, London 06

1869 Velocipede. E.R Ransome, French Velocipede Co 

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1869 W Turner Velocipede 05

1869 W. Turner Velocipede (Coventry Machinists’ Co)

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1869-French-Velocipede-04

1869/1870 French Transitional Velocipede

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1869 French Velocipede 40

1869/1870 French Velocipede

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18691870-French-Velocipede-05-copy

1869/1870 French Velocipede

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1870-Duplex-Transitional-Velocipede-01

1869/1870 Transitional Velocipede with Duplex Tubing

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1869-Velocipede-1

1869/1870 Velocipede (Replica)

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1869 VELOCIPEDE 05

1869/1870 Velocipede for Restoration

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1870 French Transitional Velocipede 67

1870 French Transitional Velocipede with Duplex Backbone

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1870-Stirling-Velocipede-06

1870 Stirling Velocipede (Australian)

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1870 Transitional Velocipede 05

1870 Transitional Velocipede

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1870 Velocipede Boneshaker Tricycle 5

1870 Velocipede Boneshaker Tricycle

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1869_Velocipede_Tricycle_Replica_29

1870 Velocipede Tricycle (Replica)

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1870 VELOCIPEDE 05

1870 Velocipede, English Style

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1870s Boys’ Propellor Tricycle 05

1870s Boys’ Propellor Tricycle (A. Christian Patent)

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1870s-1880s-METAL-VELOCIPEDE-TRICYCLE

1870s French Metal Velocipede Tricycle

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Velocipede-32

1870s- 20th Century Blacksmith built Velocipede

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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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FOR SALE 1871 Coventry Machinists Co SPIDER 2

1871 Coventry Machinists’ Co Spider (Replica)

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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-Ariel-penny-farthing-21

1871 Starley Ariel (Replica)

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1872-Youths-Transitional-Velocipede-40-inch-05

1872 Youth’s 40″ Transitional Velocipede

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1870s Boys’ Velocipede Tricycle 1

1874 Boys’ Velocipede Tricycle

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1876 Coventry Machinists Gentleman’s Roadster 0

1876 Coventry Machinists’ Gentleman’s Roadster

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1870s Wood Velocipede 05

1877 Boys’ Wooden Velocipede Bicycle

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1878 Hydes & Wigfull STANLEY penny farthing 0

1878 Hydes & Wigfull STANLEY penny farthing

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1880s Original English Ordinary 18

1880 Humber Ordinary (with hub lamp)

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1880s Mergomobile Wooden Bicycle 4 copy copy

1880 Mergomobile Wooden Bicycle

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1880s Horse Tricycle 1

1880s Horse Tricycle with Wooden Wheels (French)

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1887 Ordinary (Penny Farthing) 1

1880s Ordinary (Penny Farthing) with 52” Wheel

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1870-Boys-Velocipede-24-inch-01

1882 Boys’ Wooden Velocipede (W.A Heath Patent)

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1882 Humber Marriott & Cooper Ordinary 0

1882 Humber Marriott & Cooper Ordinary (Frame No 1813)

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1880 Joseph Lucas ‘King Of The Road’ Hub Lamp 20

1882 Joseph Lucas ‘King Of The Road’ Hub Lamp

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1893 Surrey Machinisat Co INVINCIBLE 1

1883 Surrey Machinists ‘Invincible’ Light Roadster Ordinary 

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1884 Ellis & Co FACILE 5

1884 Ellis & Co FACILE Lever-operated ‘Safety Bicycle’

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1884 Hillman Herbert Cooper PREMIER DHF 4

1884 Hillman Herbert Cooper PREMIER DHF

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1884 Kangaroo safety bicycle 3 copy

1884 KANGAROO Safety Bicycle (Blue, replica)

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1884 KANGAROO Safety Bicycle (Replica) 1 copy

1884 KANGAROO Safety Bicycle (Replica)

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FOR SALE Screenshot

1884 Singer ‘British Challenge’ Ordinary (DHF with 53″ wheel)

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1880s Challis bell penny farthing 8 copy

1890 Challis Bell (for Ordinary)

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FOR SALE 1890s Bicycle Clock (Penny farthing on top) 1

1890s Bicycle Clock (Penny farthing on top)

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FOR SALE 1890s Ordinary (Penny farthing) Trick Cyclist 1

1890s Ordinary (Penny farthing) Trick Cyclist 32″ Wheel

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1890s Rover Rational Tandem replica 5

1890s Rover Rational tandem (Period replica)

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1894 Crypto No 3 Bantam 0

1894 Crypto FD Safety ‘Bantam’ No. 3

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1895 Crypto Bantam’ F.D Safety 5

1895 Crypto Bantam F.D Safety

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1897 Crypto Alpha Bantam 5 copy

1895 Crypto Bantam No 3 Geared Ordinary (Alpha)

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1896 Crypto Bantamette 5

1896 Crypto Bantamette

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1900 Fob Watch. Penny Farthing engraved on case

1900 Fob Watch. Penny Farthing engraved on case

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1901 CRYPTO Tandem Tricycle 28

1901 Crypto X Frame Tandem Tricycle with trailer

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Pegasus Velocipede 05

1950s Pegasus Home-built ‘Velocipede’

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VELOCIPEDES ONLINE BICYCLE MUSEUM

A FRENCH VELOCIPEDE: OLD BONES VIDEO

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