Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
this is dated dec 1918 and must have gone to press mere days before the end of WW1 was announced. I don't remember seeing an advertisement for something where they show you happy folk with the product and in the same breath tell you that you probably can't have one.....
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
practically lost for words on this one...
except that they appear to be, uh, 'riding' Monark Silver King 'Flo-Cycle' bicycles. Produced before WWII they had rear suspension (of a kind) and aluminium frames. Its not clear to me if the springing is mostly in the thing immediately behind the BB or if it is shared with the seatstays. Either way this arrangement looks perfectly horrible; this floating thing probably deserved to be flushed down the toilet of history without a trace.
except that they appear to be, uh, 'riding' Monark Silver King 'Flo-Cycle' bicycles. Produced before WWII they had rear suspension (of a kind) and aluminium frames. Its not clear to me if the springing is mostly in the thing immediately behind the BB or if it is shared with the seatstays. Either way this arrangement looks perfectly horrible; this floating thing probably deserved to be flushed down the toilet of history without a trace.
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you've got to make a screen-printable poster using just a few colours, for the 1965 cyclo-cross championships; could you do any better than this? I certainly couldn't.
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Mick F wrote:Royal Enfield Bicycle ............... made like a gun.
BSA = Birmingham Small Arms.
Come to think of it Bell Helmets are alleged to be part of a group in the arms industry in America.
Mike
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Brucey wrote:you've got to make a screen-printable poster using just a few colours, for the 1965 cyclo-cross championships; could you do any better than this? I certainly couldn't.
That is quite superb. Composition, colour, movement, simplicity, it's all there.
I must find a full size print.
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
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I think it is spot-on too; either full sized in a very large room or (say) A2 or A3 sized in a smaller room.
cheers
cheers
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peetee wrote:Brucey wrote:you've got to make a screen-printable poster using just a few colours, for the 1965 cyclo-cross championships; could you do any better than this? I certainly couldn't.
That is quite superb. Composition, colour, movement, simplicity, it's all there.
I must find a full size print.
It is indeed amazing and great. Seems to be available here https://www.redbubble.com/people/poster ... =shop_grid
geomannie
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Excellent!
Thank you so much for that link.
Thank you so much for that link.
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
I'd never heard of SICCEA or the 'multiplicateur' gearing before I saw this poster (circa 1920 ?) and TBH I am little more the wiser now. It looks like it might be an expanding chainwheel or planetary gear device or something, mounted on the chainstay so that a standard crankset can be used; this might allow an industrial gearing unit to be used. It make sense that they would try something like this, in a country that (then and now) seems to be 100% allergic to hub gears...
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Brucey wrote:you've got to make a screen-printable poster using just a few colours, for the 1965 cyclo-cross championships; could you do any better than this? I certainly couldn't.
It's superb!
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"All we are not stares back at what we are"
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Mike_Ayling wrote:Mick F wrote:Royal Enfield Bicycle ............... made like a gun.
BSA = Birmingham Small Arms.
Come to think of it Bell Helmets are alleged to be part of a group in the arms industry in America.
Mike
Growing up in Birmingham, in the 50's, not far from the factory, we always believed BSA stood for 'bl%%dy sore @rse'
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Brucey wrote:I'd never heard of SICCEA or the 'multiplicateur' gearing before I saw this poster (circa 1920 ?) and TBH I am little more the wiser now. It looks like it might be an expanding chainwheel or planetary gear device or something, mounted on the chainstay so that a standard crankset can be used; this might allow an industrial gearing unit to be used. It make sense that they would try something like this, in a country that (then and now) seems to be 100% allergic to hub gears...
Love this one.
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
Chain anyone.
2007_1109OLDC0008 by rebalrid, on Flickr
Sorry about the reflection and glare on this one.
Lucas lamps by rebalrid, on Flickr
2007_1109OLDC0008 by rebalrid, on Flickr
Sorry about the reflection and glare on this one.
Lucas lamps by rebalrid, on Flickr
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Re: Vintage Bicycle Advertisements; good, bad. ugly...
bagpussctc wrote:Chain anyone.
Could you send me the link?
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