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Cycle Collection (#10)

"Cycling through Time: A Captivating Journey on Two Wheels" Lambretta motor scooter, Tour De France photo - a modern-day marvel meets the endurance of cycling legends

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Rudge-Whitworth Motor Cycle Sidecars

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth Motor Cycle Sidecars Date: 1939

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Ulster Motor Cycle

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Ulster Motor Cycle Date: 1939

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Sports Special Motor Cycle

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Sports Special Motor Cycle Date: 1939

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Special Motor Cycle

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 500 cc Special Motor Cycle Date: 1939

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 250 cc Sports Motor Cycle

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 250 cc Sports Motor Cycle Date: 1939

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 250 cc Rapid motorcycle

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth 250 cc Rapid motorcycle Date: 1939

Background imageCycle Collection: Advert, Palmer Flexicord Tyres

Advert, Palmer Flexicord Tyres Date: 20th century

Background imageCycle Collection: The Fritzsche brothers - German Bicycle Acrobats

The Fritzsche brothers - German Bicycle Acrobats from Leuben, Dresden, Germany. Date: circa 1907

Background imageCycle Collection: Pretty young woman with her lovely bicycle

Pretty young woman with her lovely bicycle. Date: 1907

Background imageCycle Collection: Burning ghats, Benares

Burning ghats, Benares
Manikarnika (also known simply as the burning ghat) is the place where the majority of dead bodies are cremated in Varanasi. Hindus believe it will liberate them from the cycle of death and rebirth

Background imageCycle Collection: Virginal, or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Fragment)

Virginal, or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Fragment)
Fragment of a bifolium from the Virginal or Dietrich's Erste Ausfahrt (Dietrich's First Departure), parchment. An epic poem from the Dietrich cycle

Background imageCycle Collection: Crocheted Bicycle Cap

Crocheted Bicycle Cap Date: 1879

Background imageCycle Collection: Master Block the Butcher's Son

Master Block the Butcher's Son

Background imageCycle Collection: Woman standing in a garden with her bicycle

Woman standing in a garden with her bicycle Date: circa 1905

Background imageCycle Collection: Henry cartoon, Cone Envy, by Carl Anderson

Henry cartoon, Cone Envy, by Carl Anderson Date: 1936

Background imageCycle Collection: The Motor Picture Book, A Tourist Trophy Sidecar Race

The Motor Picture Book, A Tourist Trophy Sidecar Race Date: 1930

Background imageCycle Collection: The Motor Picture Book, The Motor Boy

The Motor Picture Book, The Motor Boy Date: 1930

Background imageCycle Collection: Edward, Prince of Wales, taking an early morning cycle

Edward, Prince of Wales, taking an early morning cycle
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII), taking an early morning cycle ride Date: 1914

Background imageCycle Collection: E M Mayers

E M Mayers, said to have taught The Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, and other royals to cycle Date: 1914

Background imageCycle Collection: Cyclist & bent cycle fly into the air having hit someone

Cyclist & bent cycle fly into the air having hit someone
Early postcard humour by Cynicus a Glasgow artist called Martin Anderson. At the turn of the century bicycling was very much a craze. Date: 1903

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, DON'T, wartime instructions, WW1

Poster, DON'T, wartime instructions, WW1. 1. Don't use a motor car or motor cycle for pleasure purposes. 2. Don t buy new clothes needlessly

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, Clement Bicycles and Cars

Poster, Clement Bicycles and Cars Date: 1906

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Paris

Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Paris
Poster, Hurtu, Motor Cars and Bicycles, Avenue de la Grande Armee, Paris, Noyel, Mechanic, Grande Rue Gannat. Date: circa 1900

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, Terrot Motor Cycles, Dijon, France

Poster, Terrot Motor Cycles, Dijon, France Date: 1926

Background imageCycle Collection: Artwork, Isle of Man map for motor cycle racing

Artwork, Isle of Man map for motor cycle racing, TT course, pen, watercolour, grey washes Date: 1956

Background imageCycle Collection: A smart gentleman out for a cycle - an unidentified location

A smart gentleman out for a cycle - an unidentified location
A smart gentleman out for a cycle (in his plus-fours) pauses in front of an unusual building, which appears to be part-castle, part-church and part-townhouse - location sadly unidentified

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki 500 and Z 650 motorbike

Kawasaki 500 and Z 650 motorbikes. Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki Z 650 motorbike

Kawasaki Z 650 motorbike Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R, Z-750, KL 250 and KH 400 motorbikes

Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R, Z-750, KL 250 and KH 400 motorbikes Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R and KH 400 motorbikes

Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R and KH 400 motorbikes, outside the Green Lanterns Eating House, at The Barbican in Plymouth. Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki KH 400 motorbike

Kawasaki KH 400 motorbike, with two more Kawasaki big bikes. Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R motorbike

Kawasaki Z 1000 Z1-R motorbike Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Kawasaki KL 250 motorbike

Kawasaki KL 250 motorbike Date: 1970s

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, It's a Hurricane - woman riding a bicycle, with an aeroplane flying overhead

Poster, It's a Hurricane - woman riding a bicycle, with an aeroplane flying overhead. Date: circa 1950

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, Ride a Raleigh, the all-steel bicycle - Effortless. Date: circa 1925

Poster, Ride a Raleigh, the all-steel bicycle - Effortless. Date: circa 1925

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, Cycles Saving, Grand Premier Prix, Gold Medal, 13 Rue Corbeau, Paris

Poster, Cycles Saving, Grand Premier Prix, Gold Medal, 13 Rue Corbeau, Paris. Safe enough to strap your baby onto the handlebars! Date: circa 1900s

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

Poster, De Dion Bouton Cycles - it's the Parisian's bicycle! Date: circa 1905

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring race track, World Championship, 1 August 1965

Poster, German Grand Prix, Nurburgring race track, World Championship, 1 August 1965, including a cycle race. Date: 1965

Background imageCycle Collection: Poster, Brooklands, Weybridge, First Race Meeting of the Season, Saturday 12 March

Poster, Brooklands, Weybridge, First Race Meeting of the Season, Saturday 12 March, Car & Motor Cycle Races on Track and Road Circuit, The Right Crowd and No Crowding. Date: circa 1935

Background imageCycle Collection: Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896

Compagnie Dunlop - Manufacturing Dunlop Tyres 1896
In the 1890s, when Dunlop tyre was first introduced the bicycle was popular in France that they were unable to keep up with extraordinary demand for pneumatic tyres

Background imageCycle Collection: British Design Exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Union

British Design Exhibition in Moscow, Soviet Union, arranged by the Council of Industrial Design and the Central Office of Information

Background imageCycle Collection: Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration, with a satirical comment on the words of the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit to the unemployed to "Get on yer bike

Background imageCycle Collection: Cyclist Vanderwoort loops the loop at the Olympia Music Hall, Paris. Date: 1903

Cyclist Vanderwoort loops the loop at the Olympia Music Hall, Paris. Date: 1903

Background imageCycle Collection: 3673397

3673397

Background imageCycle Collection: A velocipede race in the Pre Catalan, Paris, France, Velocipede is a human-powered land vehicle

A velocipede race in the Pre Catalan, Paris, France, Velocipede is a human-powered land vehicle with one or more
1900s, 19th-century, accurate, archive, bike, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, copy, cycle, cycles, depiction, depictions, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn

Background imageCycle Collection: First bicycle with inflatable tyres

First bicycle with inflatable tyres
3783975 First bicycle with inflatable tyres; (add.info.: The son of J.B. Dunlop riding the first bicycle with inflatable tyres)

Background imageCycle Collection: Roger Lapebie, Tour de France, 1933 (b/w photo)

Roger Lapebie, Tour de France, 1933 (b/w photo)
1731220 Roger Lapebie, Tour de France, 1933 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Roger Lapebie (16 January 1911 - 11 October 1996)

Background imageCycle Collection: safe haven

safe haven
Linda Wride




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"Cycling through Time: A Captivating Journey on Two Wheels" Lambretta motor scooter, Tour De France photo - a modern-day marvel meets the endurance of cycling legends. Transported to the past with a black and white image of an old bicycle by the Singel canal in Amsterdam, witnessing the evolution of this timeless mode of transportation. Reliving the glory days of Tour De France 1930, where heroes pedaled their way into history books amidst breathtaking landscapes. Red bicycle gracefully parked by the Herengracht canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands - a picturesque scene that captures both beauty and functionality. Penny Farthing Cyclists in Fowey, Cornwall; August 1992 - an enchanting glimpse into vintage cycling culture that still captivates hearts today. "A Decided Catch" by William Heath Robinson - showcasing how human ingenuity has always pushed boundaries when it comes to enhancing our cycling experience. Another black and white image along Singel canal in Amsterdam transports us back to simpler times when bicycles were cherished companions for daily commutes or leisurely rides. The legendary Bartali's triumphs during Tour De France remind us that true champions are born from dedication, perseverance, and unwavering passion for cycling excellence. A policeman confidently patrolling London streets on his BSA motorcycle highlights how cycles have diversified over time but remain essential tools for law enforcement even today. Wagner / Balestrieri - two names etched into cycling history as they conquered challenges with grit and determination while inspiring generations to push beyond limits.