VINTAGE BICYCLE PHOTOS

[ej599]

Who needs a helmet with a haircut like that? I hope those kids got more than 1 lollipop.

[cashman]

Here are a couple of pics of a famous board track racer.


This was Bobby Walthour. He was from Atlanta and was one of the top boardtrack and distance racers in the early 1900's. It was written that he trained for races by riding a fixed gear bike down hill. His brother Palmer, founded the Walthour and Hood Company in Atlanta in 1907. Walthour and Hood distributed bicycles and parts among other things until the late 1980's. They distributed their own brand of bikes under the name of Walco for years.



Here is Bobby riding a big gear bike behind an early motorcycle. That thing sure ain't no Honda 50. This is probably a different shot of a pic posted earlier in this thread. Thanks!!!

[MagicRat]

That looks more like a tractor,I couldnt even begin to guess the brand.Kinda looks home made.

[Upper Class White Trash]

found this after searching the brothers.
some cool old pics
http://www.sixdaybicyclerace.com/photo_seven.htm

[skoda]

[balloon man]

Heres My dad in 1942 in the old neighborhood in chicago.

[sensor]

wow those are great skoda and balloon man! gotta love the aerocycle

[JoeyMac]

those images are from "The Noblest Invention: An Illustrated History of the Bicycle." Great read.

[socal_jack]

Came across a bunch of photos on a San Diego historical site awhile ago, took me awhile to find them again, mostly Excelsiors and such but some nice ones. I'll post a few but there's abunch of others at this link

http://www.sandiegohistory.org/collections/motorcycles/motorcyclesb.htm

San Diego motorcycle patrolman Freshour on Excelsior, circa 1915


Roy O'Hare on Excelsior Sweetwater track 7/21/1912


Urquhart posing in studio on Indian motorcycle


Cleveland motorcycles and Emblem Bicycles on display at Balboa Park show, 1920

[skoda]

gotta love the aerocycle

Yes, you really do.

[ej599]

Does anybody have a picture or a link to Eddie Munster's stingray?

[nogoodnic42]

[ej599]

Reviving the thread
with the undead.

[schwinnmesa]

lol Sweet.

[tomb]

""The Suspended Monorail Bicycle: 1892.
This is the front cover photo of "New Movement in Cities" a book on urban transport written by expert Brian Richards. He is riding on what is now identified as the Hotchkiss Bicycle Railway, which runs from Mount Holly to Smithville in New Jersey, USA. It was invented by Arthur E Hotchkiss, and built in 1892. According to one source, the idea was that you hired a bicycle and cycled along the girder track to your destination; there were a number of bicycle depots along the route. Why this would be better than cycling along a paved path I do not know. I also don't know what Mr Richards opinion of this system was, but I doubt very much if it was seriously proposed as a solution to our transport problems.

An interesting point is that the monorail bicycles were bidirectional, so they did not have to be laboriously lifted off the girder and turned around. There were handlebars at each end, for support rather than steering, and the saddle presumably swivelled."

from here:
http://www.dself.dsl.pipex.com/MUSEUM/TRANSPORT/oddbike/oddbike.htm