Cogent High Wheeler Built in Wolverhampton about 1887 by Clarke Cogent works found in a attic of a house in Newport SHROPSHIRE The front wheel has a Brown 's Aeolus adjustable ball bearing Hollow forks Steering head is Andrew,s Hillman Patent With adjustable top screw and straight handle bars
1896 Ritter Road SkatesWheelbase of each skate: 8.5″Wheel Diameter: 6″Length of top of each skate: 11.5″Manufactured by the Road Skate Co, 271 Oxford St, London Every year throughout the late 19th century and early years of the 20th century, more amazing ‘novelties’ on wheels made their debut. Engineeri..
The velocipede bicycle came in and went out of fashion in the course of just a few years. Such was its popularity in its prime in Britain that it created a new industry, and proved to the new manufacturers that there was a great public demand for a means of independent wheeled transportation. But the manufacturers also realised that the velocipe..
NOW SOLD! A bicycle from the the well known Canadian maker of agricultural tractors and machinery. Dating from c.1896 and may have been sold via the UK depot. 54/55 Bunhill Row - London - E.C (see advert in the images. ). This particualer model No.34 has rear suspension fitted in the form of a flat steel plate behind the cranks linking the re..
1888 Quadrant No 8 Gentleman’s Tricycle 40″ Rear wheels. 26″ Front wheelLENGTH: 70″WIDTH: 39.5″HEIGHT: 42″The Quadrant No 8 Gents' Tricycle was the top machine of its era. Its light weight made it suitable for racing, and many successes were recorded in 1886 after the tricycle made its debut. ..
A very rare bicycle that uses the 'crossframe' design of the first safety bicycles, with open steering. The original specification for the ‘New Rapid No 4’ in 1892 was cushion tyres. This example is an older restoration, and though its hubs are original they have been built into Westwood rims with 28″ pneumatic tyres. It is missing its pedal rub..