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Veteran bicycles for sale
Velocipedes, ordinaries and early safety bicycles, many in original paint. Bicycles started everything that followed: the spoked wheel, the pneumatic tyre and the idea of personal freedom on the road.
c.1871 · Starley Brothers
46-inch Transitional Starley Bicycle
From the company James Starley founded with his sons in 1870, at the start of the British bicycle industry.
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1869 Compagnie Parisienne Velocipede
Frame number 2635, from the company that grew out of Pierre Michaux’s workshop.
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54-inch Number 3 Ordinary by Rudge and Co.
A 54-inch high-wheeler with its original saddle and patented ball-bearing bottom bracket.
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Geared Ordinary with Pneumatic Tyres
A rare survivor from the very end of the penny-farthing era, in original grey paint.
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When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road.Arthur Conan Doyle
Previously sold
Recently found new custodians
1890 Coventry Machinists’ Co. Model C Safety Bicycle
Sold through the company’s Paris depot, with its French transfer and hand-painted box lines.
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c.1896 “Alert” Lever-Operated Bicycle
Pneumatic gear change worked from pumps in the handlebars. A museum-standard survivor.
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c.1870 Transitional Velocipede with Sprung Seat
An unusual early transitional machine with a coil-sprung saddle and tension-spoked wheel.
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c.1869 French Velocipede
A finely made diagonal-frame velocipede with bronze pedals and its original saddle pan.
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c.1869 French Velocipede with Sprung Steering Head
A later design with an open spring around the steering head, leading into the transitional period.
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