1913 postcard
08-15-23 | 02:26 PM
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1913 postcard
My wife found this postcard in an antique shop:
Tuesday PM 1/21 (1913)
If you have not already taken bicycle to second hand dealer wish you would take off cyclometer, together with the striker for same that is attached to spoke, & send to me sometime. It is warm in Jax. today. Geo.
Tuesday PM 1/21 (1913)
If you have not already taken bicycle to second hand dealer wish you would take off cyclometer, together with the striker for same that is attached to spoke, & send to me sometime. It is warm in Jax. today. Geo.
08-15-23 | 04:35 PM
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Why did he want the cyclometer? Probably planning to buy another bike in Jacksonville. Perhaps the cyclometer was quite a fancy one like they had in the day. Was he keeping track of lifetime mileage?
Suddenly I want one. (checks ebay, etsy, CABE) Oh, wow. Expensive. Sigh.
Suddenly I want one. (checks ebay, etsy, CABE) Oh, wow. Expensive. Sigh.
08-16-23 | 03:18 AM
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08-16-23 | 06:16 AM
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Obviously this is the equivalent of a used car salesman rolling back the odometer.
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1980 Mclean/Silk Hope Sport Touring
1983 Bianchi pista
1976 Fuji Feather track
1979 raleigh track
"I've consulted my sources and I'm pretty sure your derailleur does not exist"
08-16-23 | 06:28 AM
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08-16-23 | 07:36 AM
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08-16-23 | 07:36 AM
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I don't know.
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in 2014 I put a NOS Lucas cyclometer on an early 30s Berkshire bicycle (made at the Columbia factory in Westfield, MA). It makes a satisfying clicking sound. It's a similar setup to what tcs posted.
08-16-23 | 08:03 AM
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High optic camera lithographic four color process color separation offset press print. At that time The Heidelberg press was king of the sheetfeed press manufacturing of the print industry.
Bitd, most of the world worked their prepress in negative masking, the Germans worked in positive. I've done both, it took some getting used to doing work in positive exposure.
08-16-23 | 09:22 AM
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Such a lovely find. My girlfriend scours antique shops for postcards but I've never seen one with bicycle subject matter.
08-16-23 | 10:40 AM
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here's a NOS Lucas for sale on eBay. Not as elegant as the advert that tcs posted, but they are neat and work very well.
Vintage NOS LUCAS CYCLOMETER Bicycle Odometer M26 for 26" Wheels Made in England | eBay
Vintage NOS LUCAS CYCLOMETER Bicycle Odometer M26 for 26" Wheels Made in England | eBay
08-16-23 | 05:25 PM
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here's a NOS Lucas for sale on eBay. Not as elegant as the advert that tcs posted, but they are neat and work very well.
Vintage NOS LUCAS CYCLOMETER Bicycle Odometer M26 for 26" Wheels Made in England | eBay
Vintage NOS LUCAS CYCLOMETER Bicycle Odometer M26 for 26" Wheels Made in England | eBay
Brent
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08-20-23 | 04:02 PM
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Yes you are correct.
High optic camera lithographic four color process color separation offset press print. At that time The Heidelberg press was king of the sheetfeed press manufacturing of the print industry.
Bitd, most of the world worked their prepress in negative masking, the Germans worked in positive. I've done both, it took some getting used to doing work in positive exposure.
High optic camera lithographic four color process color separation offset press print. At that time The Heidelberg press was king of the sheetfeed press manufacturing of the print industry.
Bitd, most of the world worked their prepress in negative masking, the Germans worked in positive. I've done both, it took some getting used to doing work in positive exposure.
