The Highwheel Bicycle Club

Photo by Royce Bair, year unknown

A cat for your mousepad.  Not sure where the original image is from but it looks pretty awesome and a little creepy.

If you happen to be in New York or it’s surrounding area, you don’t want to miss this.  I plan on going while in NYC for the Bicycle Film Festival for sure!

Opening for this exhibit will be on April 8th at the Old Stone House at 7PM

Washington Park /
JJ Byrne Playground
5th Ave. at 3rd St.
Brooklyn NY 11215

Another project courtesy of the NY Bike Jumble!

Seen via Laekhouse Blog

Drawing by Elizabeth Chamberlin.  See her blog and more work HERE

It may be time for something like this to emerge from the workshop?

Penny Farthing girl - February/March 1956
24 year old Frances Pidgeon (singer/dancer) on a Penny Farthing bike (borrowed from The Troubadour Club)

I found this over at Momentum

VIA

Riding rollers isn’t new by any means.  It’s been a training tool and used for competition and amusement (roller racing) for many years.  The wooden drums of old have been put by the wayside, making room for steel, then the alloy and poly drums of today.

I have never had the opportunity to ride old wooden rollers.  I’m sure I wouldn’t be eager to get rid of my Kreitler 4.5 Alloy rollers if I did- but I appreciate history and would enjoy the experience.  I found a few little snippets of rollers of old- a photo of some women in a 4 person roller race (though it looks like it may have been a photo opp or movie still)- and a tutorial on how to ride rollers for your first time.