Experiencing a bygone age through advertisements of its period is glorious. But nothing beats revisiting the era via the hard saddle, crunchy gears, awkward handlebars and exhilarating ride of on an early 20th century bicycle.
In the immortal words of the advert above:
“Ride a Bike…”
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1920s Cooper
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1920s Triumph Ladies
“Standard Triumph”
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1920s David Rattray & Co Ltd,
11 Murray St & 212 Parliamentary Rd, Glasgow C4
- The Flying Scot
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1920s Ariel Marsh
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1920s Saxon – the Saxon Cycle Co Ltd, 15-19 Arcola St, London E8
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1920s Lucifer
Mestre et Blatge, 46 ave de la Grande-Armee, Paris
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1920s Raleigh
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1920 Premier
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1920 Centaur
Centaur Co Ltd Coventry
London Depot:
21 Holborn Viaduct, EC1
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1920 Royal Enfield
The Enfield Cycle Co, Redditch
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1920 BSA
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1923 New Hudson
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1923 Manufrance Hirondelle
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1923 Hearn Cycle Company Ltd
254 Gray’s Inn Rd, London WC1
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1923 Palmer Buccaneer Cycle Tyres
The Palmer Tyre LTd,
Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC
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1923 Runwell Popular Bicycles
Runwell Cycle Co (Birmingham) Ltd
Lawson St, Birmingham
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1923 Sunbeam
The New Sunbeam
Light Roadster for Ladies
John Marston Ltd, Sunbeamland, Wolverhampton
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1924 Dunlop
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1924 Selbach
337 Kennington Rd, London SE
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1924 Rudge-Whitworth
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1925 Mimosa
Manufrance, St Etienne
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1925 Sanpene
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1927 Automoto
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1928 Raleigh
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1929 Humber
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1920-1929
By 1920, the idea of personal transport had really taken off in a big way. The world was now mobilized as never before. In the twenties, prices of all forms of transport were reduced radically. We saw the first £100 car.
Most bicycle manufacturers had also become motorcycle manufacturers. But there were so many different motorcycles on the British market that, by the end of the twenties, many of them had either closed down, merged or were bought by their competitors.
By 1929, bicycles had become a cheap form of transport affordable by the ordinary working class.
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1930s BSA – It’s Time You had a BSA…
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1930s BSA – Get Fit Keep Fit
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1930s Raleigh
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1930s James Arrow Ace Lightweight
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1930s Royal Enfield
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1930s Rudge
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1930s Argyle – Glasgow Cycle Co, 212 St James Rd, Glasgow C4
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1930s Grierson & Graham, 34-36 Church Cres and 21 Whitesands, Dumfries -
Sunbeam, Hercules, New Hudson, Coventry Eagle, Dunelt, James, Rudge Whitworth, BSA, Royal Enfield, Ekswick Hopper, Sun, Triang Juvenile
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1930s Raleigh (India)
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1930s Cycling Book of Maintenance
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1932 Automoto
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1934 Byrrh (French)
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1934 Stormgard
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1934 Hercules “E” Club Model
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1934 Hercules Popular “L”
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1936 Humber
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1936 Three Spires
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1936 BSA Silver Wings
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1936 Dunlop
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1936 Hobday Brothers/ Capitol Cycles
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1936 Cyclists Map of London
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1936 Dawes
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1936 Hercules
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1936 Aberdale
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1936 Humber
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1937 Matchless
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1937 James
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1937 Mochet Velocar
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1938 BSA Sports Tourist
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1938 Matchless
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1938 Humber
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1938 Armstrong and sidecar
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1939 Perry
A.T. Perry Cycle Co, Birmingham
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Cycle Trades of America
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1939 Terrot
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1939 CWS Co-Operative Society
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1940s Dawes
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1940s Currys, Goswell Rd, London
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1946 Jagrose – James Grose Ltd, 379 Euston Rd, Gt. Portland St, London NW1
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Cross Road Drill
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Horse Ale
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1949 Frank Ashby Cycle Accessories
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1950 BSA Golden Wings
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1950s Maico (Germany)
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1950s Columbia
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1952 Bicycle Playing Cards
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1953 ‘New Look’ BSA
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1953 Humber Clipper
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1953 Sunbeam Olympic
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1953 Armstrong
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1953 Perry Chain
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1953 Phillips
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1954 Dunelt
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1958 Swift
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1959 Hollywood
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1959 Temple Cycles
