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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 8:01am
by bagpussctc
Not sure what this was advertising when I took the picture/photo!
Cow horns? by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Eddy and Falcon team up.
Merchx/Falcon. by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 8:55am
by Brucey
éclabousser means to splash/splatter (or shatter, burst)
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 9:06am
by Brucey
Presumably monkeys and parrots together had some cultural significance (in the U.S. ?) that is lost on a modern audience?
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 11:59am
by bagpussctc
You needed stuff for your pride and joy.Lucas probably made it.
Lucas ,Bells,Lamps,etc by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Lucas Accessories. by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 12:10pm
by Brucey
the logic is that there must be smoke contained within Lucas parts, and that this smoke must be essential for their proper function, for when it escapes, the parts soon stop working. Thus you can now buy replacement smoke, just to be sure you don't run out of this vital commodity.
cheers
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 12:11pm
by JohnW
Brucey wrote:from the 1930s, I think. 'Cruising' is a word which has had many uses, I'm not sure they would use it in a bicycle ad these days...
Probably breaking the conditions of the Trades Descriptions Act - it's not raining!
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 12:16pm
by bagpussctc
More French style.
Cycles Automoto by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Cycles Jussy Cie by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 12:18pm
by bagpussctc
Brucey wrote:the logic is that there must be smoke contained within Lucas parts, and that this smoke must be essential for their proper function, for when it escapes, the parts soon stop working. Thus you can now buy replacement smoke, just to be sure you don't run out of this vital commodity.
cheers
I just had to check the month and date
.....and came up Short...
Do you keep this on the shelf next to your glass hammer and VW beetle coolant.
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 10:05pm
by RubaDub
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 10:21pm
by Brucey
I know nothing about 'Cosmos' cycles, but their poster was interesting
both the Cosmos and Raleigh images attempt to show speed in motion as it were; this was a relatively new approach to graphic style
another example of Art Deco 'speed' style
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 10:38pm
by bagpussctc
From Worksop,England
Carlton 1963 by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Tired off to bed.
Dunlop advert . by
rebalrid, on Flickr
J B Dunlop also invented pyrmid selling,as seen in this advert.
filename-1 - Copy (16) by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 16 Aug 2019, 10:58pm
by RubaDub
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 17 Aug 2019, 7:34am
by Sweep
Brucey wrote:I know nothing about 'Cosmos' cycles, but their poster was interesting
both the Cosmos and Raleigh images attempt to show speed in motion as it were; this was a relatively new approach to graphic style
another example of Art Deco 'speed' style
Quite possibly influenced by boccioni. (And some of the other italian futurists)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamism_of_a_CyclistScroll down the wiki entry for the sketches at the bottom.
All those (frustrated or not) art school grads finding a living in the world of commerce - which is fair enough.
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 17 Aug 2019, 9:27am
by bagpussctc
Once you got your bike,you went touring. The covers to Harold Briercliffes guides were works of art.
filename-1 - Copy (21) by
rebalrid, on Flickr
filename-1 - Copy (19) by
rebalrid, on Flickr
and something to read
filename-1 - Copy (18) by
rebalrid, on Flickr
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Posted: 17 Aug 2019, 9:39am
by gazza_d
Since I'm a fan of small wheeled bikes with suspension, I'll add this