Cycles Collection

Policeman on BSA motorcycle, London
A Metropolitan Police officer riding a BSA motorcycle in London. The BSA could travel at up to 70 miles per hour

Advertisement for De Dion Bouton Cycles. 1925

Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire
Man with a Penny Farthing Bicycle, Skipton, Yorkshire. 19th century

Rudges Cycles Poster
Poster advertising bicycles by Rudge and Whitworth of Nottingham, England showing a young lady from around 1940 perched on one of their models

Inside a Lambretta dealers shop
A shop with a very large stock of Lambretta scooters. Date: circa 1960s

Cycling in Battersea Park, London

Young boys outside corner shop off-licence, Salford
Young boys outside a corner shop off-licence in Salford, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

Poster, Robin Hood Cycles. The greatest value in cycling -- a product of Raleigh Industries, Nottingham. Date: circa 1950

Harley Davidson advertisement, WW1
First world War advertisement for the Harley-Davidson motor company ltd showing an officer riding a motor cycle and gallantly helping a fashionably dressed lady into its sidecar. Date: 1915

Despatch riders with Douglas motorcycles, WW1
Two despatch riders with Douglas 349cc motorcycles during the First World War. Date: circa 1916

Advert, Rudge-Whitworth Quality Motor Cycles Date: 1939

Poster, Motor Show, Automobile Club of France
Poster, 5th Motor Show, Automobile Club of France, Cars and Cycles, Champs Elysees, Paris, 10-25 December 1902. Date: 1902

Poster, Rudge Cycles, made by Raleigh Industries of Nottingham. With a bowing Sir Walter Raleigh, Elizabethan courtier

Humber cycles advertisement featuring Edward VII, 1902
Advertisement for Humber cycles, endorsed (apparently) by King Edward VII. At least he is pictured riding one. Date: 1902

Cycling in New York
New Woman. Female bicyclist and onlookers on Riverside Drive, near Grants tomb

Traffic Accident Group
A Metropolitan Police Traffic Accident Group, consisting of two Triumph motorcycles and one Wolseley 6/110 motor car, fitted with radio transmitter and loudspeaker

Poster advertising Sunbeam motor cycles. Five sunbathing beauties are chatted up by a handsome motor cyclist

Surrey Cottages
Picturesque black and white cottages and the fragrant smell of woodsmoke complete this beautiful corner of rural England, Eashing, a tiny hamlet near Godalming, Surrey

Cheerful Land Girl
A cheerful Land Girl cycles to work with her spade over one shoulder

Advertisement for Georges Richard, Paris, automobiles and cycles. circa 1898

Metropolitan Police officer on his bicycle, Ferrier Estate
A Metropolitan Police officer, PC Percy Ungate, riding his bicycle along Moorehead (or Moorhead) Way, on the Ferrier Estate, a large housing estate in Kidbrooke, south east London

Policemen on their motor cycles
A long line of Metropolitan Police officers on their motor cycles. Date: circa 1940s

Motorcycling in Scotland
Touring Scotland by motorcycle and sidecar! A glimpse through Lochy Bridge, showing the great peak of Ben Nevis in the distance, Inverness-shire

Cycling Scrap
A girl cycles happily on a bicycle thats rather too small for her, and which at any moment may catch her skirt and cause a nasty accident

Latest style of American velocipede 1869
America were in the middle of bicycle craze, different types of cycles were introduced, this design showing two large wheels revolving around a common axis with a crank motion for both hands

Jimmy Michaels, Cyclist
Bicycling, Jimmy Micheals, Interviewed by Bob Davis. Portrait of Welsh bicycle racer Jimmy Micheals posed on his bike, held steady by another man on the track at Manhattan Beach

Nottingham Trinity Square Campion Taxi Service in 1927

Humber bicycles cinema advertisement

Poster, Samuel Cody and Family, Wood Green Cycle Track
EARLY AVIATION PIONEERS - THE SAMUEL CODY ARCHIVE: Rare promotional poster for Cody?s Grand Race Meeting at the Wood Green Cycle Track, North London, for his Horses versus Cycles Race. 37ins. 51ins

Triumph Tiger 85 Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Triumph Tiger 100 Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Cover design, Triumph Motor Cycles, Advance List
Triumph Motor Cycles, Advance List, cover design of sales brochure, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Triumph 3H Motorbike, Triumph Engineering Company, Coventry Date: circa 1962

Across the Libyan desert by motorcycle
Two motorcyclists crossed the Libyan desert from Cairo to Siwa and back again. This was the first time this had been done

Atlanta Women's Cycling Club, New Zealand
Atlanta Cycling Club, New Zealand, outdoor sporting portrait, women's cycling club, with cycles and hats. From an article, The New Zealander as an Athlete'. Date: 1895

Poster, Clement Bicycles and Cars Date: 1906

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

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

Poster, Barre Bicycles, Paris - depicting President Fallieres, King Edward VII and Emperor Franz Josef mocking Kaiser Wilhelm. Date: circa 1910

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

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

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

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

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

Woman cycling along path between houses
A woman cycles along a cobbled path between old timbered houses. A cat sits in a patch of sun. Date: circa 1950s

Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Wilmslow Advert
Advert, Bankss Motor Car and Cycle Garage, Manchester Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire. 1905

Poster, German motorcycle racing successes on DKW
Poster, German motorcycle racing successes in four out of five classes on DKW Auto Union cycles (later part of Audi). 1936

Advert, A Donaldson & Co Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland
Advert for A Donaldson & Co Ltd, Motor Cars and Cycles, Westfield Avenue and Roseburn Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1905

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