Cycling Collection (#96)

Sunbeam M. C. C. Run
A muddy scene during the Old Crocks motor cycle run, organised by the Sunbeam M.C.C. one of Britains oldest motorcycle clubs (founded 1924)

Hobby Horse / Bone-Shaker
The racer of 1818: ( Dandy or Hobby Horse ) & the racer of 1869: ( Bone-shaker )

Tom Hughes and Bike
Tom Hughes with the bicycle he purchased in 1887

Cycling Cats Good Night
A ginger tom with a Cheshire cat grin whizzes by on a penny farthing with 3 kittens in tow as he wishes us Good Night from a banner. Probably the final slide of the evening

Motor Cycle Tanks 2
MOTOR CYCLE TANKS - 2 The fuel tank is the most distinctive feature of the machine, each manufacturer adopting his own colour and style. Here are 16 of them

Motor Cycle Tanks 1
MOTOR CYCLE TANKS - 1 The fuel tank is the most distinctive feature of the machine, each manufacturer adopting his own colour and style. Here are 16 of them

Tourist Tropy Motorbikes
Two competitors in the Tourist Trophy race fight it out amid the hills of the Isle of Man

Boy Riding Motor Bike
In those carefree days before crash helmets were made compulsory, a boy rides his motor-bike through a hilly countryside

Boy and Motor Cycle
The finest of all hobbies - a boy tinkers with his motor bike

Hascombe Fair Cyclists
A cycling race at Hascombe Fair, Surrey, England

Cycling Parade
A parade of cycling Girl Guides pass King Carol and Princess Ileana of Romania

BSA 1914
An unnamed BSA model

Matchless M / Bike Advert
Advertisement for the Matchless Model M/3

Steam Powered Motorbike
An American steam-powered motor-cycle

London to Cape Ride
Mr. C.F. Williams and Captain Hay, shown setting off on their ambitious motorcycle trip from London to Capetown, South Africa

Cycling to the Bell Inn
Three cyclists, two women and a man, arrive at the Bell Inn, which boasts the Minster Tea Gardens and sells Rigdens Fine Ales

Tricycle Cabinet Photo
A French gentleman on his Tricycle

Motor Cycle Race
Taking a bend in a tourist trophy sidecar race

Female Motor Cyclists
Two jolly young women motor cyclists, dressed rather impractically in knitwear and sensible skirts and without helmets are off for a round of golf with their clubs

Wet Easter Weather
A man cycling down an English country lane during rather wet Easter weather

Gertie Millar Cycles
Popular actress Gertie Millar photograpjed on a bicycle in a studio setting

Delivery Cycles
Express delivery ! Bouillon Cibils employ cyclists to deliver their meat extract - for larger deliveries, a tricycle van, for smaller ones, one with a handy box

Johnsons Hobby Horse
Johnsons Pedestrian Hobbyhorse

German Mo / Bike Advert
A German couple with their Motorader motor-cycle and sidecar

Ladies Hobby
THE LADIES HOBBY

Pedestrian Hobby
THE PEDESTRIAN HOBBIES or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill

Card; Cycling Pudding
What next will Mr Pudding do, cycling like this to me and you ?

Five Ladies on One Bike
Ladies in coloured shirts on a bicycle display the range of Maypole soap dyes

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