On yer bike!

[PADDY]

Found this while looking for pictures of leather jackets for a thread on outerwear

Bigger file here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29051501@N08/4463581930/sizes/l/

This is great reference material, thanks!!

 

[esteban68]

Not sure Paddy if they have been rechromed? but not by me, the rear hub/wheel is probably a replacement as the original was I believe a single speed....here's a link to the model in a 1939 Raleigh catalogue
http://sheldonbrown.com/retroraleighs/catalogs/1939/pages/10.htm

 

[PADDY]

I'm just re-reading this whole thread again, as it's a gem-of-a-read for cyclists!! What fantastic photos here from the 30's, very inspiring!!

I'm just back from Amsterdam (Holland) and there are just 1000's of cyclists in that city. Saw a few nice Brook's Saddles too, though they are 'very trusting' leaving the bike tied up with that saddle attached (£100 plus for a Brooks leather saddle - so very stealable).

Next campaign might just be a cycle through the Netherlands!! a la 1930's...of course.

While looking for images of 1930's cycle tourists to help identify a jacket in another thread I came across a page on the Adelaide touring Cyclists site with some fantastic photos taken by Ernest Capell, British Best All Rounder in 1934. There are photos from 1936 tours of Austria and Switzerland, and some 1932/33 photos taken in England.

Some examples from the Austrian tour:

The Swiss tour:

English photos:

 

[esteban68]

If yopu really like old bikes etc Paddy try this link to the golden age of 'British' cycling plus a few 'foreign' machines http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/
The 1955 James Fothergill and the 1949 Webster of Chesterfield(built in my home town) are mine in the readers bikes section.

 

[PADDY]

Thanks for that link.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

This is all rather neat, I am now going to have to get out my Raleigh and ride it!

 

[TidiousTed]

Some guys do their cycling with a bit more style than others

Tweed helmets from LaCoste. WANT ONE!!!

 

[Aviator]

http://www.50cycles.com/images/prod...le-carensac-tweed-cycle-helmet-1290783411.jpg
Here's a good looking tweed helmet, as well.

http://www.50cycles.com/product.htm?product=carensac-tweed-helmet

 

[esteban68]

We didn't let the weather put us off! 22 members of the Veteran Cycle Club turned up for the ride Sunday, but most are more interested in old bikes than wearing period cycling gear.
We started in Fareham, and took in a lot of the historic Naval establishments and Palmerston Forts down through Gosport and then back again. Easy 25 miles, rained pretty much all day. [huh]

David and I with our plus fours acting as sails on Lee-on-Solent seafront!
David is riding a splendid '37 Claud Butler, me on a rather more humble '33 BSA Sports.

And we are stood facing these monsters!
http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/museum.html

A few brave souls riding along Stokes Bay to the cafe stop.

My faithful BSA and Lucas acetylene lamp. (Works a treat, when I can get carbide for it.)

Soaked but happy! Last ride I did with the club was July, and it was so hot the tarmac was melting :eusa_doh:

Mike what jacket is that you're wqearing it looks kinda like a 'tankers' jacket...I've seen similar ones in B&W pics from the late 40's.

 

[DanielJones]

I think what he is wearing is a reproduction of the US M-41 jacket from WWII. Totally fits the look he was going for on that ride.

Cheers!

Dan

 

[DanielJones]

Some guys do their cycling with a bit more style than others

[/SIZE]Tweed helmets from LaCoste. WANT ONE!!!

Dig on that one too. Here is an article on it.
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/07/lacoste-helmet.php

Cheers!

Dan

 

[PADDY]

The Netherlands is famous for cycling and if you ever go to Amsterdam, then you'd better watch out for cyclists, as there are literally 1000's of them..!!
Just to show that 'cycling is for ALL,' here is a picture of one of our very own Loungers, cycling around Holland..!! so BIKE UP FOLKS..!!! wherever in this big world you are living.

The 20's and 30's were a Golden Age for cycling with lots of Clubs being started up to get folk fit and on the roads and mobile..! Some of these Clubs still exist today.

 

[Jish1969]

Not nearly as old as some of the bikes posted here, but its approaching 50 years. My 1970 Schwinn Paramount tourer, Reynolds 531 tubing and mostly Campagnolo Record group. I fashioned the panniers out of some NOS military musette bags and they are holding up very well...

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[PADDY]

Nice panniers!! Well Done.

 

[esteban68]

Nice machine Jish, here's my c 1965 EG Bates tourer in original trim, it's since been updated slightly with c1974 components that were high end and far more reliable (and much lighter);

 

[esteban68]

and a few more;

Ditto Paddy, dig out yer old bike and ride it! most fun you'll ever have as an adult with yer clothes on!

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Some nice looking Helmets here

http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/items/_W...torcycle helmet&_fromfsb=0&_trksid=m270.l1313

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

Last Weekends Cargo Bike Ride in Sydney

[video=youtube;RUg5DjkY_GQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUg5DjkY_GQ[/video]

 

[lolly_loisides]

^^^^^^^
That's near the old Sydney Showgrounds isn't it. I used to live in Surry Hills (about 5 minutes) from there *sigh* I miss living in Sydney.

 

[PADDY]

Frost-Bite Season is definitely 'here' in the UK..!! Been out on a cycle today on the 'old girl,' and it was 'hairy' at times on some of the route with ice, like sheet glass covering the track!! I was just all over the place (and that's my excuse for having a strong coffee laced with Cointreau on my desk as I type this up!!).
There were parts I just had to dismount and walk, but such are the hurdles of cycling at this time of year in Northern Europe.
The old girl stood up well to the beasting I gave her & my decision to pump some of that 'green gunge' stuff into the pneumatic tyres, seems to have worked in combatting thorns on the ground which have been a right pain in puncturing the rubber nearly every ride.
Today was also good for reviewing my winter kit, as there were parts of me that just basically froze!! But, as ever, a very enjoyable afternoon's cycle ride on a vintage bike that is still going strong
Quick change, shower, glad-rags donned and whoooshhhhh out-the-door!! as a gorgeous 1930's Art Deco cinema awaits me this evening. Going for my yearly dose of Jimmy & Donna at Christmas.

Apologies for the quality, but only had my cell phone on me & it's a case of , self timer, push timer button, run like hell, compose oneself, hope it's pointing in the general direction. A case of 'Point, push & pray!!"

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