Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
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Jessie Bartlett Davies (1860-1905) was an operatic singer, actress and Broadway star. Endorsing bikes was presumably a lucrative sideline.
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Brucey wrote:in the early days of popular cycling, 'riding schools' were required
As a Christmas present last year, I got a reprint of a book from those days. They used to teach tricks and stunts that we would think quite extreme!
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I wonder, do kids still dream of a bike for Christmas? Or do they dream of the latest electronic gadget instead?
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Some rather nice Toulouse Lautrec posters here:
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7672/vintage-cycling-posters#6
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7672/vintage-cycling-posters#6
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rotavator wrote:Some rather nice Toulouse Lautrec posters here:
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7672/vintage-cycling-posters#6
If memory serves one of those was sketched in the oh so glamourous Catford, south east London.
Sweep
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Ever Ready lights/batteries
Presumably the batteries didn't look prominent enough in the copy, so I think they changed the relative sizes of the batteries and lights. To my eye, as drawn, it looks like the No.800 battery is too big to fit inside the front light.
I could never work out if Ever Ready were really intending to make money by selling lots of batteries or lots of lights. Given that you could get lower wattage bulbs for the lights (which seemed to work just as well), I rather suspected the former.
cheers
Presumably the batteries didn't look prominent enough in the copy, so I think they changed the relative sizes of the batteries and lights. To my eye, as drawn, it looks like the No.800 battery is too big to fit inside the front light.
I could never work out if Ever Ready were really intending to make money by selling lots of batteries or lots of lights. Given that you could get lower wattage bulbs for the lights (which seemed to work just as well), I rather suspected the former.
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12 hours light? IME this was optimistic; the chances of the thing working for as long as 12 hours without developing yet another intermittent contact or the bulb blowing (again) were pretty slim.
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Oh the days of Ever Ready lamps. Often when you needed to use one it didn't work. Open it up and you'd find an 'orrible mess from the leaky batteries
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francovendee wrote:Oh the days of Ever Ready lamps. Often when you needed to use one it didn't work. Open it up and you'd find an 'orrible mess from the leaky batteries
Yes, was there ever anything so badly designed?
Surely foreign folks didn't have to put up with such junk? Or didn't they ride in the dark?
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Sweep wrote:francovendee wrote:Oh the days of Ever Ready lamps. Often when you needed to use one it didn't work. Open it up and you'd find an 'orrible mess from the leaky batteries
Yes, was there ever anything so badly designed?
Surely foreign folks didn't have to put up with such junk? Or didn't they ride in the dark?
The French Pile Wonder lamps were pretty ropey.
Are not dynamo lights the rule in countries where cycling as transport is taken seriously?
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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You can get the Howe one as a Shower Curtain.
Honest.
Honest.
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No idea what she's advertising, but put me down for half a dozen.
BTW Recognise her?
BTW Recognise her?
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Oldjohnw wrote:https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/eveready-rechargeable-bike-lights-2pk-349098
They are called "Professional series". With a few honorable exceptions, sports equipment called "Professional" should not be touched even by a beginner. Not a good start.
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Mike Sales wrote:Sweep wrote:francovendee wrote:Oh the days of Ever Ready lamps. Often when you needed to use one it didn't work. Open it up and you'd find an 'orrible mess from the leaky batteries
The French Pile Wonder lamps were pretty ropey.
Most people I knew ended up buying Wonder because Ever Ready never were.