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    The World’s Oldest Bike! | Weird & Wonderful Retro Bikes From The UK Cycle Exhibition Part. 1



    Jon checked out the best retro bikes from the UK National Cycle Exhibition, and got his grubby little hands all over some of the weird and wonderful early examples of bicycles throughout history. Which of these is your favourite? Which are you glad doesn’t exist anymore?

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    2. Jffy Bavis on

      I have been to the Bicycle Museum of America in New Bremen, Ohio and loved it. Now I have to visit Wales to see the UK Cycle Exhibition. The video was great but first hand is always better!

    4. Alex Hern on

      @3:00 that's a K-model gear shifter for the rear hub (ca. pre 1932 I believe). That wouldn't be a throttle for the rear wheel assist. I say it's a 1932 machine with a 70's bell and wheel assist.

    9. Richard Stoffel on

      I enjoy seeing the history and how things developed over the years. I see lots of vids on new tech, but I’m missing a lot of historical points from then to now. So good job!

    14. avec4amadman1 on

      Excellent video. Really enjoyed this one, didn’t know this place existed- I now want to go… I own an ITERA and at least five rod brake bikes… Love the old stuff. Also would love that VELOX enamel sign.

    17. terry shaw on

      So tri bars and arm rests were invented around 1818 then, on the Hobby Horse (1:42).
      Other than materials I'd say little has changed on bicycles in the last 150 – 200 years.
      Just shows how brilliant the function and design of the bicycle is.

    19. Chris O'Neill on

      This place is amazing! They have a free car park at the rear. They did a special opening on a Sunday for my cycling club. The lady trustee, Freda, is a superstar

    21. Christopher Clifton on

      I've been meaning to visit the museum for sometime now. It's not far from me, and I can now use my bus pass to travel free on the train to Llandrindod from home in Llanelli anytime October to March. I've got the time as well now I'm retired, no excuses! For information of others interested in visiting, opening times can be found on the museum's website, https://www.cyclemuseum.org.uk/.

    24. Stephen Jeffreys on

      Super nice video – when I was a small boy I used to buy ice creams from a tricycle set up just like the one in the museum. The guy who rode it always seemed out of breath by the time he got to the top of our street. And he sold toffee-apples in the autumn when sensible people didn't eat ice cream anymore, The tricycle must have weighed a ton when fully loaded!

    27. don wright on

      wow. I didn't know this museum existed and it's only an hour down the road.I need to see more of that recumbent as that's one of my favorite rides in my
      mini collection of cycling oddities, a Pashley PDQ.

    28. Gustav Meyrink on

      That Pedersen surely promotes safe riding because given where the handlebars are mounted you basically have steel spike squarely aimed at your throat or chest area.

    29. bruce taylor on

      You have glossed over so much history. Michaud and brass pedals? ORIGINAL! Women are supposed to be on bikes? Women were liberated by bikes – travel at speed without supervision! The early Benz's were German motors on British quadracycles. Roads were not built for cars! And you want bike tech? Suspension is a 19th century invention! There are masterpieces and oddities of innovative design and engineering from the 19ctry all around the room.

    31. Voor Naam on

      At 9:06 the special Pederson frame. I've seen a new one on the street. There's a Pedersen association in the Netherlands. There's a man building and selling handmade Pedersen bikes. Many Germans are fond of Pedersen bikes. Check the internet, and buy one, everybody please, or production will grind to a halt, once more. Not a German, a Pederson framed bike. Those frames are great. But there's more than fancy restored old ones. Save money and buy a new one, please.

      We are used to that silly triangle, even the sport bikes are still triangular. And there are alternatives. Recumbent. Pedersen. Unicycle. You know more kinds, don't you? Have fun, for Pedersen is not gone, yet.

    34. SDkid605 on

      Wonderful video;
      Here I am amazed at some of the bikes that parents show up to school with, toting their kids.
      Seats where pannier racks should be; but totally functional, kids & parents both enjoying the ride to school.
      No idea where these bike "contraptions" come from, not like you see them at department stores, but they are so cool.
      My Grandfather, who never learned to ride a bike as a kid, got hours & miles of use out of a tricycle; loved it & Grandma loved to see him out of the house while she cooked.

    37. JoeHammer on

      Bedstead bikes were a common-ish sight at town fairs and mayday parades and the like. Easily made by the town ironmonger and typically ridden by a gent in nightgown and bedcap.

    42. alana ledford on

      Love this! Wish they'd show something on the post-WW1 German bikes with the spring wheels…No rubber available, so a bunch of springs instead. Early gravel bikes, anyone?

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