VINTAGE BICYCLE PHOTOS

[stretch]

maybe not turn of the century, but it could be 30's. if you look at the groud behind the bike, you can barely make out tire tracks. the bike also appears to have double step wheels, presta valves, the stem bolt is not on top of the stem, like in most older bikes, the chain doesnt look like a skiptooth or block chain, and if you look closely at the bottom of the wheels, you can see the tire is flattened from the centrifugal force and speed of the bike.

 

[schwinnmesa]

I remember seeing a picture of my hometown from the 1800s and there were power lines. Who knows how old that picture is. :|

maybe not turn of the century, but it could be 30's. if you look at the groud behind the bike, you can barely make out tire tracks. the bike also appears to have double step wheels, presta valves, the stem bolt is not on top of the stem, like in most older bikes, the chain doesnt look like a skiptooth or block chain, and if you look closely at the bottom of the wheels, you can see the tire is flattened from the centrifugal force and speed of the bike.

Good observations!

It's back!! Does anybody believe this photo? The terrain and the attitude of the equipment do not match. The spokes are pretty much standstill, to be that clear on old low speed film. :?

Yeah, that guy on the bike must be going REALLY fast for him to lean that much. It also appears that there is no dust flying up.

 

[62hotrod]

thought i would add a few more old B&W HOTROD,,,,

 

[jmagruder10]

I picked this photo up yesterday . It is a Tandem Track bike from around 1890 - 1910 On the back it has some autographs. It looks small in the picture , but it is a 8x11 .
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc18 ... r10/p1.jpg

Back

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc18 ... r10/p2.jpg

 

[deorman]

I picked this photo up yesterday . It is a Tandem Track bike from around 1890 - 1910 On the back it has some autographs. It looks small in the picture , but it is a 8x11 .

Back

 

[pvwacko]

Over thanksgiving I found a 1930s family video that had some kids riding their bikes. These stills were pulled from a dvd so unfortunatly they aren't great quality. I guess one of the uncles worked for JVC back in the day and had an early video recorder. Looked really cool in motion so maybe someday I'll figure out how to post clips from a dvd to the site.

 

[KingCurtzel]

Didn't have time to check thgough the whole thread to see if this had been poated yet but thought you guys would like this one.

 

[stretch]

i do believe it was posted, but its good to see it, especially if you know that drawing in the background is by BDR (ed "big daddy" roth). :mrgreen:

 

[udallcustombikes]

I got this pic of my great-great-grandfather from my grandmother at Thanksgiving. He died in 1917 so the pic is earlier than that. I guess I know where I get it from. Any clues on the bike?

 

[jaydub]

This picture was taken about 1967 or so ....My brother and two sisters..and me on the Trike..Enjoy.

 

[Mr_Christopher]

Re: early bicycle photos

This is a picture of my Dad in the mid 1940's He's on the bike on the left.

I realize this was posted 2 years ago but to have a picture like this of your father is priceless. Very cool photo.

Chris

 

[herr_rudolf]

When Herr Rudolf was just a little Rudolfje...

Does this count?

1977(?)
Me learning how to ride a bike on the 'family's-learn-how-to-ride-a-bike'-bicycle. I fell and injured my head. It's still a miracle that I I've learned how to ride I bike cause I remember screaming that I won't climb on that evil yellow thing ever again. Too bad you won't see me fall, only me on my mom's lap, crying... Don't know who has that metalic yellow gilsbike at the moment. Would love to have it right now... Oh, and that cocky kid riding towards the camera at the end of the footage is my big sis. She has never learn how to ride but just did it! After she came ou tof the hospital my dad said:
I've bought you a bicycle so now you can ride a bike when you get home. Well, sho got home, climbed on the bike and just rode off!



The next video is a more obscure example of a bike that was really a bike I could called 'my own'. Well, not this particullary one cause it's my girlfriends... But I had the same, though in metalic blue. It had high handle bars and a black bananaseat. Two nonfunctional chrome springs right under the handlebars. The wheels were 20" I supose and the tires had thin white lines. I would really like to find out what the make was. The text on the chainguard read 'Super Deluxe'... I guess it was the modelname.



That baby is my kidbrother by the way...

 

[aka_locojoe]

The home movies are great.

 

[mastronaut]

A few I found surfing....

 

[Dan Jose]

Isn't this bike the rare an infamous first company made chopper, the Huffy penguin?!! Are my eyes deceiving me?

 

[deorman]

The tires, the haircut, the cheapo Huffy SR knock-off,... could be me. :lol:

 

[herr_rudolf]

Another video of me (and my sis) my dad shot back in 1977.

This time I'm riding my 'Liliput'. A three-wheeler I got from 'Sinterklaas'. (Saint Nicolas, a Dutch tradition where kids get presents from an old guy in a red (holy) suit, and that much later-on became Santa Clause in the US...) I loved that little green threewheeler. It had a steering wheel and a 'stickshift' that was in fact the (only) brake. My best friend had one in red and the two of us used to ride these in a 'two-wheel-motion' when we bumped one of the front wheels up in the air whenever we could. I now notice it had a 'luxury' leather seat in a color that I definately would've hated back in those days. Later-on my dad fitted a numberplate from an old Ford we didn't have anymore.

I love my dad for being an amateur filmer back when I was a little kid...


(oh, I've just noticed that I used the bumper a LOT...)

 

[Dan Jose]

Another video of me (and my sis) my dad shot back in 1977.

This time I'm riding my 'Liliput'. A three-wheeler I got from 'Sinterklaas'. (Saint Nicolas, a Dutch tradition where kids get presents from an old guy in a red (holy) suit, and that much later-on became Santa Clause in the US...) I loved that little green threewheeler. It had a steering wheel and a 'stickshift' that was in fact the (only) brake. My best friend had one in red and the two of us used to ride these in a 'two-wheel-motion' when we bumped one of the front wheels up in the air whenever we could. I now notice it had a 'luxury' leather seat in a color that I definately would've hated back in those days. Later-on my dad fitted a numberplate from an old Ford we didn't have anymore.

I love my dad for being an amateur filmer back when I was a little kid...


(oh, I've just noticed that I used the bumper a LOT...)

That was nice.

 

[450redrider]

Found these in one of my old books

 

[Gold Street Customs]

Another video of me (and my sis) my dad shot back in 1977.

This time I'm riding my 'Liliput'. A three-wheeler I got from 'Sinterklaas'. (Saint Nicolas, a Dutch tradition where kids get presents from an old guy in a red (holy) suit, and that much later-on became Santa Clause in the US...) I loved that little green threewheeler. It had a steering wheel and a 'stickshift' that was in fact the (only) brake. My best friend had one in red and the two of us used to ride these in a 'two-wheel-motion' when we bumped one of the front wheels up in the air whenever we could. I now notice it had a 'luxury' leather seat in a color that I definately would've hated back in those days. Later-on my dad fitted a numberplate from an old Ford we didn't have anymore.

I love my dad for being an amateur filmer back when I was a little kid...


(oh, I've just noticed that I used the bumper a LOT...)

You so need to build an adult sized one 8) 8)