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10-03-02, 06:41 AM
I was out for my usual cycle ride yesterday.
I was at the 20 mile distance from home, with it being about lunch time I felt rather peckish, as I was near a small Hamlet called "Kirkharle" now this tiny place has its claim to fame as the birthplace and early life of the famous landscape and garden designer, Lancelot"Capability"Brown, Responsible for the design of the parklands and Gardens of famous palaces and grand houses such as Hampton Court, Longleat, Chatsworth House among others.
The centre there has a restaurant that I would not normally stop at (bit pricy and touristy) for a tea and a sandwich.
What caught my eye tho` was the entrance sign describing as newly opened "a cycle Museum" this truly amazed me to find such as this in Deepest rural Northumberland of all places, where cyclists are a rare breed.
Of course i had to see it, and it was worth seeing, as there was a collection of about 2 dozen vintage cycles and various odds and bobs such as old Brooks and Dunlop cycle seats etc.
The Cycles were all in superb condition, the oldest Exhibit being a 1888 Tri-cycle built in Fort William and the most eye catching, a Bike named as a Jordan Built in 1903 in France by a small Garagelite named as a sporting cycle this did not look as though it would look out of place on the road even now, apart from its lack of gearing,
Questioning the Curator i asked if the bikes were at all valuable , she stated that the 1888 tri-cycle alone was insured for £25,000 I don`t know if she was bullsh****g me a bit.
Anyway back to my subject QUESTION, what cycles from the present day would maybe worth preserving and be of value as vintage collectibles in the future.
Perhaps The Trek 52000 ( lances bike) an early Lemond, or Coppi.
I was at the 20 mile distance from home, with it being about lunch time I felt rather peckish, as I was near a small Hamlet called "Kirkharle" now this tiny place has its claim to fame as the birthplace and early life of the famous landscape and garden designer, Lancelot"Capability"Brown, Responsible for the design of the parklands and Gardens of famous palaces and grand houses such as Hampton Court, Longleat, Chatsworth House among others.
The centre there has a restaurant that I would not normally stop at (bit pricy and touristy) for a tea and a sandwich.
What caught my eye tho` was the entrance sign describing as newly opened "a cycle Museum" this truly amazed me to find such as this in Deepest rural Northumberland of all places, where cyclists are a rare breed.
Of course i had to see it, and it was worth seeing, as there was a collection of about 2 dozen vintage cycles and various odds and bobs such as old Brooks and Dunlop cycle seats etc.
The Cycles were all in superb condition, the oldest Exhibit being a 1888 Tri-cycle built in Fort William and the most eye catching, a Bike named as a Jordan Built in 1903 in France by a small Garagelite named as a sporting cycle this did not look as though it would look out of place on the road even now, apart from its lack of gearing,
Questioning the Curator i asked if the bikes were at all valuable , she stated that the 1888 tri-cycle alone was insured for £25,000 I don`t know if she was bullsh****g me a bit.
Anyway back to my subject QUESTION, what cycles from the present day would maybe worth preserving and be of value as vintage collectibles in the future.
Perhaps The Trek 52000 ( lances bike) an early Lemond, or Coppi.