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Very retro retro

Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Sat Feb 16, 2013 2:01 am

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Re: Very retro retro

Postby scratchman » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:24 am

that's a great photo, good balancing by the the 2 on the left, also note the wheels and tyres are very narrow, was this
normal for that era?
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby stevendavid75 » Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:44 am

Hmmm I wonder how much time they spent walking those bikes up the hills or if they Are tough as nails and just grind the gear... We have it so easy today

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Re: Very retro retro

Postby Mustang » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:20 am

Check the frame of the guy standing side on! They all seem to have fork attatchments ,for carrying?
I guess the camera would have been a considerable size as well?
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby cycles gitane » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:03 am

scratchman wrote:that's a great photo, good balancing by the the 2 on the left, also note the wheels and tyres are very narrow, was this
normal for that era?
The tyres would be solid rubber like the "penny farthings" of a few years earlier.
Mustang wrote:Check the frame of the guy standing side on! They all seem to have fork attatchments ,for carrying?
I guess the camera would have been a considerable size as well?
The pegs on the front fork are for putting your feet on for downhill riding. These bikes would have fixed gearing.

Great photo of touring cyclists.

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Re: Very retro retro

Postby tedsbikes » Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:10 am

cycles gitane wrote:
scratchman wrote:that's a great photo, good balancing by the the 2 on the left, also note the wheels and tyres are very narrow, was this
normal for that era?
The tyres would be solid rubber like the "penny farthings" of a few years earlier.
Mustang wrote:Check the frame of the guy standing side on! They all seem to have fork attatchments ,for carrying?
I guess the camera would have been a considerable size as well?
The pegs on the front fork are for putting your feet on for downhill riding. These bikes would have fixed gearing.

Great photo of touring cyclists.

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Re: Very retro retro

Postby scratchman » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:39 pm

cycles gitane wrote: The tyres would be solid rubber like the "penny farthings" of a few years earlier.

The pegs on the front fork are for putting your feet on for downhill riding. These bikes would have fixed gearing.

Great photo of touring cyclists.

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ah i see, thanks for the info, and I see by the following reply that you steer with your feet, could this be the next big thing for " fixies " or am I so far out of the loop that it's already here :roll:
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby hartleymartin » Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:18 pm

Note how they seem to be able to carry everything in what is literally just a handle-bar bag!

I wish we still made handlebar bags like that.
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Postby Mustang » Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:34 pm

hartleymartin wrote:Note how they seem to be able to carry everything in what is literally just a handle-bar bag!

I wish we still made handlebar bags like that.
Here you go...shorten the straps :lol:
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby frailer5 » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:23 pm

The guy on the right could be posing outside a Surry Hills design studio, before strolling to a lunch with a bunch of other hipsters. In fact he could possibly get away with the garb, as well.
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby trailgumby » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:41 am

Like this?

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Very cool cycle touring, would love to give it a go.

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Re: Very retro retro

Postby barkmadly » Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:24 pm

To add to Cycle Gitanes wisdom (which I am sure he knows), the bikes are colloquially know as Solid Tyred Safetys. The were in existence from the advent of the safety bicycle to the invention of the pneumatic tyre - about five years. As such they are very rare and highly collectable.
There are several in the Farren Collection. I have only seen two others.
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby bicyclepassion » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:59 pm

Any idea where and when this photo was taken?
Solid tyres had been superceded by 1898, so that number on the right of the photo may be a photo number or reference number?
Note small chainwheels, the gearing was typically 2 to one or less, about 50" to 60", as this was what the recently outdated penny farthing was effectively 'geared' to. (No gears, but your get the picture)
I have one of these that weighs close to 50 pounds, I would not like to ride it up hills, or down for that matter.
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Re: Very retro retro

Postby HappyHumber » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:15 pm

bicyclepassion wrote:Any idea where and when this photo was taken?
I swear I have seen the picture linked to from some other blog or site, referring to the men as tourers or cycle tourists. I think it is somewhere in Scandanavia, Norway or Sweden... Possibly supported by the "år"
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