Is it tomorrow already?

[WeeE]

Damn! Too late "to post a new thread today" with...

beautiful design...

http://www.archive.org/stream/bicycleaccess00riceuoft#page/20/mode/2up

and handsome young men on safety bicycles.... (Dig those centre partings!)

http://www.archive.org/stream/spaldingsofficia00nels#page/n3/mode/2up

(do the links work OK...?)

 

[raindog]

Thanks for the links - that accessories catalogue is amazing.

 

[Cubist]

I'm surprised the mods have allowed this bit of shameless advertising WeeE!

And you might have warned us the men were all bare limbed- hardly work safe old girl!

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Some lovely stuff in the accessories.

If you're putting an order in can you get me a $4 tool bag please.

Funny how, a 100 years on, some of the designs haven't changed at all, probably not as well made though.

 

[Dayvo]

Great links there, WeeE!

That's what we want: more nostalgia - a trip down memory lane.

I googled A G Spalding & Bros; they now manufacture and supply pens!

 

[Kirstie]

Swoon - so dashing

 

[Fnaar]

Love those old-fashioned handlebars in the Spalding's guide (best example of what I mean = on p 42). And have a look at the fella on p 44... like an early version of Chuffy's dress habits! )

 

[Jane Smart]

Oh very very nice

 

[WeeE]

To be honest, I think the handlebars and grips are just sculpturally beautiful. I'd buy them even just to have on the mantelpiece. And - apologies to all of you who actually know stuff about bikes - but I'd give an arm and a leg for rhe "dress guards".

The quality of the technical drawing in the catalogue - to me it's just staggering.