Cycling Collection (#11)

Final Lap Bell
Cycle racing : Ringing the final lap bell, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

A group of cyclists in France
A silhouette showing a group of cyclists in the Bois de Boulogne, France Date: 1898

Swedish cyclists
Cyclists by a crossing, Landskrona, 1950. Date: 1950

Road racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Motor cycle racing
Road Racing, , Arlov, Scabia 1947 Date: 1947

Racing Cyclist
A racing cyclist. Date: 1980s

Cyclists in Hamilton, Bermuda
Cyclists in Bermuda - this postcard is captioned " Rapid Transport" Date: circa late 1930s

Cycling by the sea
A female cyclist, silhouetted by the setting sun, rides by the sea. Date: 1898

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

Ireland / Tim Healy Pass
A fine impression of cyclists and cattle on one of the S- bends of the Tim Healy Pass, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Students on Bicycles
Young male students leaving the engineering building at Cambridge University, many on bicycles Date: circa 1960

A German Bicycle Boat
A bicycle boat on a street in Germany. Date: early 1930s

Cycling Winners Rostrum
Two happy cyclists waving from the Winners Rostrum of the Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Sprint Cyclists
Sprint cyclists, nose to tail on the cycle race track, Nations Cup, Scotland. Date: 1980

Danish Women Cyclist
Ladies cycling in Copenhagen, Denmark, where simply EVERYONE goes awheel nowadays. Date: 1930s

Thames Pastimes
Fishing and cycling on the banks of the River Thames at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

Cycle Race Push Start
A cyclist is given a push start at the beginning of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycle Race Starting Gun
An old man in a peaked cap blows the starting whistle and fires his gun at the start of the Nations Cup cycle race, Scotland. Date: 1980

Cycling Girls
Two young women cyclists rest awhile and study a map, near High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Amusing Signpost
Beleve it or not, while cycling in Bedfordshire, England, this rider suddenly saw this sign post telling him he was within a mile of Ireland! Date: 1940s

Blonde Tour Cyclist
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of West Pennard, Somerset. The Church of St. Nicholas, built on a hill, has a sloping aisle. Date: 1930s

Tour Cyclist on Rocks
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, goes through a rough patch, wheeling her bicycle over some rocks on a path or dry river bed, Quantocks, Somerset. Date: 1930s

Mending a Puncture

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Smoking Cyclists
Four cycling club boys take a break from their healthy exercise - one of them has a drink, while the other three smoke pipes! Date: 1930s

Littlebury Cylists
Two young men on a cycling tour, take time out to admire the old village pump in the centre of Littlebury, Essex, England. Date: 1940s

Cycling Storm

Great Canfield Church
Tour cyclists admire the Norman church at Great Canfield, Essex, England, noted for its 13th century wallpainting over the altar. Date: 1930s

COCK AND BELL INN
Cyclists stop to admire the Cock and Bell Inn, at High Easter, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Muddy Cyclist

Female Tour Cyclist
Study of a female touring cyclist, in the days when groups of young people used to tour Britain on their bicycles. Date: 1930s

Cycling Discussion
Which way shall it be? Four cycling club boys halt for a dicussion over a map. Date: 1930s

Royal Tweed Bridge
Jacobean and modern bridges at Berick on Tweed, Northumberland, England. The modern Royal Tweed Bridge was opened in 1928. The old Border Bridge behind is 17th century. Date: opened 1928

Cycle Cross, cross country cycle racing. Date: 1981

England / Bentley
The amazing village sign at Bentley, Hampshire, England. In the form of a huge open book, it lists all the historical events connected with the village since 41 AD Date: early 1940s

London Windmill
London? Yes, a windmill in a rural setting, on Cornwall Road, Brixton Hill, South London. It lost its sails in 1864, but is now working again - refitted with a gas engine! Date: built 1816

Safety Bike
A man wheels a Safety Bicycle, an early form of bicycle from the 1890s which replaced the Penny Farthing. However, he obviously does not think it safe enough to ride through Holborn, London! 1930s

FROST BIKE
Frost bike - hoar frost on some parked bicycles! Date: 1940s

Muddy Cyclists
Have you tried mud-plugging? According to this photograph of muddy touring cyclists, its fun with a tandem! Date: 1930s

Studying a Cycling Map
A group of friends, touring cyclists, take time out to study a map. Date: 1930s

Cycling Peat

Cycling over a Stile
Cycling off the beaten track often means having to negotiate a gate or stile, but that all adds to the fun, as these young men demonstrate! Date: 1930s

Poole Harbour
A cyclist stands with his bicycle on the quayside of Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, where the steamship Bournemouth Queen is moored. Date: 1940s

Cycle Racing
Cycle racing : Cyclists fight it out on the race track! Date: 1980s

THE ALFRISTON LION
Cyclists admire a grotesque figure outside the Star Inn. at Alfriston, Sussex, England. Known as the Alfriston Lion, it was once the figurehead of a Dutch warship. Date: August 1940

good Samaritan Cyclist
The Helping Hand : A male cyclist helps three distressed females to mend a punctured bicycle tyre! Date: 1930s

German Motor Cycle
A German girl from Spreewald rides on the back of a motorcycle in rather impractical tradtional dress! Date: early 1930s

Edwardian children cycling. Artist: Hilda Dix Sandford. Edwardian children Off For a Spin Date: circa 1908

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