Old bicycling !!

[subaqua]

I love dipping into siptalfieldslife.com every now and again as it pops up some gems of articles

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/10/the-metropolitan-machinists-co-1905/

old bicycle stuff

 

[subaqua]

it gets even better

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/02/17/the-metropolitan-machinists-co/

10 years earlier. looks like Hoxton and shoreditch have always been the place for cycle shops !!


I know people love their bikes but some of the lubrication agents described ........

 

[BrianEvesham]

I love dipping into siptalfieldslife.com every now and again as it pops up some gems of articles

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/10/the-metropolitan-machinists-co-1905/

old bicycle stuff

Some great items on here!

 

[youngoldbloke]

Great stuff! Seeing that tennis racquet clip awakened a long lost memory of me borrowing my sister's Terry racquet clip to transport my hockey stick to school in the early 60s. I still have one of those King Dick adjustable spanners in the toolbox.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Great stuff! Seeing that tennis racquet clip awakened a long lost memory of me borrowing my sister's Terry racquet clip to transport my hockey stick to school in the early 60s. I still have one of those King Dick adjustable spanners in the toolbox.

'King Dick' Spanners and 'Sperm' for oiling (although, what was/is 'Neats Foot'??).

Hmmmm, were they having a laugh that wouldn't get picked by the censors of the day??

 

[subaqua]

I noticed that brooks saddles were listed. Wonder if they were easier to break in back then

 

[nickyboy]

I have a yearning for a Gents' Cycling Poncho (tweed, all colours)

Just the thing if caught in a shower climbing Holme Moss I would have thought

 

[simon.r]

'King Dick' Spanners and 'Sperm' for oiling (although, what was/is 'Neats Foot'??).

Hmmmm, were they having a laugh that wouldn't get picked by the censors of the day??

I clearly remember 'King Dick' adjustable Spanners and have a vague recollection of having Neatsfoot in the house. The latter is still widely available: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neatsfoot_oil

 

[BrianEvesham]

'King Dick' Spanners and 'Sperm' for oiling (although, what was/is 'Neats Foot'??).

Hmmmm, were they having a laugh that wouldn't get picked by the censors of the day??

Quality tools, I remember using them in the late seventies.
Still going strong
http://www.kingdicktools.co.uk

 

[Fnaar]

I still have one of those King Dick adjustable spanners in the toolbox.

 

[subaqua]

I was waiting for a comment about lubing miss goodbody and her chains .

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I clearly remember 'King Dick' adjustable Spanners and have a vague recollection of having Neatsfoot in the house. The latter is still widely available: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neatsfoot_oil

Quality tools, I remember using them in the late seventies.
Still going strong
http://www.kingdicktools.co.uk

Yes, but Sperm?? The oil from sperm whales?

 

[simon.r]

Yes, but Sperm?? The oil from sperm whales?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_oil

 

[vernon]

'Sperm' for oiling

So bike porn is not a new phenomenon.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

So bike porn is not a new phenomenon.

So it would appear!