Vintage Section

wide range of early period bicycles are displayed, it is one of the great strengths of the collection, including the following that are worthy of note: A replica Hobby Horse circa 1818, together with a replica Macmillan circa 1839 - 40. A wooden tricycle, which must be one of the very few examples of such an early machine in the country. The display includes six Boneshakers including a Michaux and a C Taylor manufactured in Bristol. Recently, an Otto bicycle (or dicycle) made by BSA in 1881 joined the collection. Two transitional Boneshakers, a Beale & Strawe Facile, Hillman & Cooper Kangaroo and two Crypto machines along with ten Ordinaries.
Of special note are the Ariel manufactured by Smith & Starley circa 1870 - a very rare machine indeed. A replica American Eagle. Twelve solid-tyred Safety bicycles with both left and right-hand cranks. Quadrant No.13 Dwarf Safety and a Swift bicycle complement this section of the collection, alongside some Victorian tricycles and tandem trikes - in fact everything you would hope to find in one of the most comprehensive cycle collections in Great Britain. Old photographs and prints add further interest to the displays. For more details of this section please press the the button   

Stop Press: 1881 Royal Salvo Tricycle and Pentacycle ("Hen and Chickens") have now been added to the display.