The weather being rather grim for a cycle ride, I am consoling myself by checking bikes on gumtree. Elswick is a classic brand from Humberside in England, yet in my opinion this town cycle would benefit from a more classy saddle and handles at the very least. What do you think?
A vintage Hercules bike with plenty of nice touches like the leather saddle (three springs fit for a king) or the original gear changer (see more pictures on gumtree). Hercules was an English bicycle founded in Aston in 1910. The mascot of Aston Villa football club is called Hercules the Lion after this firm who claimed to be the biggest cycle producing company in the world in the thirties.
This is a british 1930s vintage bike with a lovely basket sitting on the front wheel and a cool saddle position slightly in front of the seat tube of the frame, a la Runwell apparently. Check out this entire restoration project of a Runwell bicycle on the Old Bike Blog (great cycling blog by the way), complete with historical notes on the Runwell Bicycle company.
This is a vintage bike for the cyclist looking to make a timely reference to the Depression era. Rudge-Whitworth was a british bicycle (and motorcycle) manufacturer who switched in the 1940s to producing radars for the war effort. Their fantastic motto was "Rudge it, do not trudge it".
A cool&classic matching pair of Pashley bicycles available from Gumtree for the happy couple wanting to make the best of the Spring in London.
