A Peregrine comes home!

[Hilldodger]

As I've mention before, Cyclemagic is on part of the site once occupied by the Leicester Cycle Company in the 1890's.

Today a chap brought his 1892 Peregrine - the LCC brand name - around to show us. It's one of only a handful to survive worldwide.

Here's Simon just about to take it for a ride.

 

[trustysteed]

that's falcon brilliant!

 

[Fnaar]

what a nice Hobby

 

[Happiness Stan]

Is that a small bike or is Simon a giant? How does it ride?

 

[Hilldodger]

Both, Simon is 6'3". It was wonderful to ride and very light for a machine of that age.

 

[Andy in Sig]

There's a bloke in that picture who has been allowed onto the streets wearing a hat in the most outrageously awful shade of green I've ever seen!!!

 

[Hilldodger]

There's a bloke in that picture who has been allowed onto the streets wearing a hat in the most outrageously awful shade of green I've ever seen!!!

He's nowt to do with us!

 

[MadoneRider1991]

haha love the bike dude

front brakes awesome!

 

[Hilldodger]

Here's a page from the original catalogue

 

[Fnaar]

Here's a page from the original catalogue

Chain's on the left in the ad...

 

[Hilldodger]

Chain's on the left in the ad...

Yep, the artist made a few mistakes throughout the catalogue.

 

[Happiness Stan]

Yep, the artist made a few mistakes throughout the catalogue.

Some things never change, take a look at these bikes (may take a while to load):

http://lacoste.co.uk/

 

[Happiness Stan]

I said, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BIKES

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I said, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE BIKES

Yes we heard!


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[Arch]

As I've mention before, Cyclemagic is on part of the site once occupied by the Leicester Cycle Company in the 1890's.

Today a chap brought his 1892 Peregrine - the LCC brand name - around to show us. It's one of only a handful to survive worldwide.

Here's Simon just about to take it for a ride.

Lovely - and the amazing thing is that apart from the handlebars, it could be brand new, going on frame geometry and so on. Not many things have stayed so similar for so long!