Can you identify these vintage British made bike accessories?
#1
Old Skeptic
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 1,044
Bikes: 19 road bikes & 1 Track bike
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
5 Posts
Can you identify these vintage British made bike accessories?
Just re-discovered these while rummaging through my treasure chest of vintage oddities.
I thought some of you might like to see them and perhaps someone can guess their purpose.
Simple, clever and practical devices. They are made of a cast aluminum alloy.
Cyclo is the manufacturer which produced derailleurs, freewheels and many other clever gadgets.
If no one can guess their function, I'll explain later in the day.
I thought some of you might like to see them and perhaps someone can guess their purpose.
Simple, clever and practical devices. They are made of a cast aluminum alloy.
Cyclo is the manufacturer which produced derailleurs, freewheels and many other clever gadgets.
If no one can guess their function, I'll explain later in the day.
These probably date from the 1950s, and you might occasionally use these on your Club Racer.
#2
Ho-Jahm
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Manchester, NH
Posts: 4,228
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Well it's clear they were bolted on to the bike by the marks on the left slot.
I think they're tire levers that bolted onto your axle so you won't lose them. The bend is to ensure they don't contact your spokes.
I think they're tire levers that bolted onto your axle so you won't lose them. The bend is to ensure they don't contact your spokes.
#3
Lanky Lass
I'd say that Hocam's spot on.
East Hill
East Hill
__________________
___________________________________________________
TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
___________________________________________________
TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
#4
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 17,158
Mentioned: 481 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3810 Post(s)
Liked 6,699 Times
in
2,611 Posts
Lamp bracket?
Neal
Neal
#11
Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 17,158
Mentioned: 481 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 3810 Post(s)
Liked 6,699 Times
in
2,611 Posts
Oh, wait, they're for beating the crap out of your Cycle Benelux derailleurs after struggling and failing to get them adjusted!
Neal
Neal
#12
Lanky Lass
East Hill
__________________
___________________________________________________
TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
___________________________________________________
TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
#13
Senior Member
dbakl and purevl for the win. How else would a cyclist carry their racing wheels to the start of a race?
#14
Old Skeptic
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New Mexico, USA
Posts: 1,044
Bikes: 19 road bikes & 1 Track bike
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 5 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 6 Times
in
5 Posts
Yes indeed! You guys got it. BRAVO!
Back in the postwar days (and probably earlier), long before racers became pampered overpaid sissy-boys, it was not uncommon for a local racer to have to pedal himself to regional races under his own power. These holders would just bolt on under locknuts or wingnuts of your commuting wheels with heavier tyres, and were offset to prevent the hubs of the spare race wheels from hitting the spokes of your functioning wheel. You'd want to use heavier wheels for the trip to traverse the rutted rural roads. Road races were often ridden with single-speed or even fixed gears, so the spare rear wheel was not very heavy at all. And, it would be fairly simple to switch from a rear Sturmey-Archer gear hub to a single cog wheel with your chain set for a similar cog size. The examples I've seen in photos show these mounted on bikes always attached to the front wheel. And mounting the wheels just above the hub would probably be like riding with lightly loaded low-rider panniers. The spares would be positioned forward enough so they would not impact against the down tube during sharp turns, and they were of course high enough not to drag on the ground.
Times have certainly changed. I hear that some parts of the UK even have central heating and air conditioning now!
#15
Lanky Lass
And, you should see the WCs! Much nicer than most I've seen in the states .
Ok, time for the next interesting item .
East Hill
__________________
___________________________________________________
TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
___________________________________________________
TRY EMPATHY & HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART, PERHAPS I'LL SEE YOU ON THE ROAD...
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 5,768
Bikes: Cinelli, Paramount, Raleigh, Carlton, Zeus, Gemniani, Frejus, Legnano, Pinarello, Falcon
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 12 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 8 Times
in
8 Posts
I visited France years ago, and the cheese always stayed on the top of the fridge!
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 587
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 0 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 0 Times
in
0 Posts
Yes indeed! You guys got it. BRAVO!
Back in the postwar days (and probably earlier), long before racers became pampered overpaid sissy-boys, it was not uncommon for a local racer to have to pedal himself to regional races under his own power. These holders would just bolt on under locknuts or wingnuts of your commuting wheels with heavier tyres, and were offset to prevent the hubs of the spare race wheels from hitting the spokes of your functioning wheel. You'd want to use heavier wheels for the trip to traverse the rutted rural roads. Road races were often ridden with single-speed or even fixed gears, so the spare rear wheel was not very heavy at all. And, it would be fairly simple to switch from a rear Sturmey-Archer gear hub to a single cog wheel with your chain set for a similar cog size. The examples I've seen in photos show these mounted on bikes always attached to the front wheel. And mounting the wheels just above the hub would probably be like riding with lightly loaded low-rider panniers. The spares would be positioned forward enough so they would not impact against the down tube during sharp turns, and they were of course high enough not to drag on the ground.
Times have certainly changed. I hear that some parts of the UK even have central heating and air conditioning now!