The Oldest, Oldest Fixed-Gear Bicycles-
 

I'm mostly curious as to their look and styling. Cottered cranks, probably, steel stem and handlebars, skip-tooth chains, etc...

Anyway, I would really like to see some pictures of old, old bikes, which were, incidentially, fixed-gear because it was at one time that or an internally geared hub.

Please, everyone, post some pictures, I'm yearning to see em.

As for a date cap?

Umm...

2000 - Too new.
1990 - Too new.
1980 - Too new.
1970 - Too new.
1960 - ... Maybe.
1950 - ... Maybe.
1940 - ... Maybe...
1930 - Yes!
1920 - Yes!
1910 - Yes!
1900 - YES!
1890 -YES!
1880 - Wow..
1870 - They had bikes?
1860 - :eek:

Edwardian bikes.
Nice site: http://oldbike.wordpress.com/

You got to get a tad older than that in your count down.... The first bike boom was in the 1810s... lots of fixies then

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...uadricycle.JPG

My oldest one is from the 1880's

1904 Rambler Chainless
http://www.fototime.com/FCA2F6647B3B3A2/orig.jpeg
Has been in the family since 1904!

Wooden rims? Nah, WOODEN BIKE! Wowzers.

Ahh... I see all the parts to make a bicycle but don't understand the result.


Citoyen du Monde, nice penny farthing!

How does it work without a chain?

Keep 'em coming, everyone!

They don't have to be yours, I just want pictures!

It's got a drive shaft

The 1892 lady's safety I found at the dump a few years back.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...tiqueFixie.jpg

Not really a skip-tooth, but adjustable length cranks.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...h/Crankset.jpg

hmm, stalybridge canal museum has something ancient and wooden hanging on a wall, pic hunting now

Is the front fork bent? :innocent:

That picture made me literally laugh out loud for some reason :lol:

Bob, the chain/skirt guards on that ladies bike are so cool.

1899 Schwinn World Model 35 track bike (20 pounds):

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7...Catalog/08.jpg

Mid-1890s Wright Brothers "St. Clair":

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d7...tStClairsm.jpg

It's a four-wheel tandem. One rider low in front, the other high in back.

Is there a differential, or something? Must be unsafe at any speed, well, any speed over about 8 mph anyway.

That is cool, it deserves a restoration. Do you have the missing parts? Are those steel rims?

A friend has this, no clue of the year but it's called CCM Flyer
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...4279451_20.jpg
I have this. it's a 3 speed but it's rather neat! has a neat history behind it
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...u/100_1735.jpg

http://www.hollywoodsgarage.ca/image...boneshaker.jpg

The 1860s Boneshakers are probably as far back as you're going to get and still have pedals. Of course there is no "gear" so it's not technically a fixed gear bicycle.

Chains and gears didn't start showing up until a bit later:
http://www.jimlangley.net/ride/Kangaroo1.jpg

This is how I found it, leaning up against the scap metal pile. I looked and looked for the bars and any part of a saddle, but no luck. The rims are steel and drilled for pneumatic tires, which had just been invented four years prior. Notice there are no nipples on the ends of the spokes. They are located on the hubs. It was made by Coventry Cycle Co. in England.

How it made it to NH I will never know, and who took it to the dump is a mystery. It was sold in an auction for over $1000. I put absolutely no money into it. Best flip ever!:thumb:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p.../ValveHole.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...arFootrest.jpg

1910 Pierce Chainless
http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/10018...12562526360001

http://gallery.mac.com/bbattle/10018...12554344970001

God, I love the Louise Brooks hairstyle!

1928 Raleigh Golden Arrow (#2 on the list of bikes I wish I'd kept, but high on my buddie's list of bikes he's glad I let go).
http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/l...n/IMG_7935.jpg

What cost $75 in 1899 would cost $1846.03 in 2007.

I kind of want to build one of these machines. Not a Drewy hipster fixed-gear. One of these. That would be sweet. I'm sure the LBS can order handlebars and a stem like that. :) :lol: