| Dutch
Sites: |
 Batavus |
Short history of
Batavus.
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| Union |
In the year 2004,
Union celebrates its 100th anniversary.
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| Fongers |
Detailled
history of this distinguished old bicycle manufacturer.
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| RIH |
Information about the
famous racing bicycle builder from Amsterdam, who merged with Cové from Venlo-Blerick in
1972.
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| Bicycle
club "De oude fiets" |
Since 1990 there is a
club of friends of old bicycles in Holland. The motivation of the members is as varied as
the activities are. The members exchange information (via a quarterly club bulletin),
collect of course bicycles and parts and organize enjoyable one day cycling tours on old
bikes.
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| Bicycle
history |
Short
& clear overview over the invention of the bicycle.
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| Delivery
bicycles |
Website
about old Dutch delivery bicycles, their owners plus a restauration
story.
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| Bicycle
lighting |
The precursors of
electrical bicycle lighting, with a lot of pictures of vintage bicycle lamps.
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| Bicycle
tax |
All about the former
Dutch bicycle tax badge and its history.
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| NSU |
NSU-collector
Peter offers an enormous number of pictures (folders etc.) and other
information on NSU (Germany).
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| Homepage
Edzo Paap |
Summary of the invention
of the bicycle. Furthermore, Edzo Paap builds miniature scale bicycles.
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| Sites
in English language: |
| Sheldon
Brown |
A site with a huge
quantity of information about bicycle history, technical aspects and much more. Probably
the best bicycle site on the web.
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| Dursley
Pedersen bicycle |
Mads Rasmussens homepage
with comprehensive information about this very special bicycle and its inventor.
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| Tony Hadland |
Website of a leading
British bicycle expert with information about the Moulton bicycles, a very interesting
article about Raleigh,
and more.
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| Sturmey-Archer |
Complete
overview of all types of SA gear hubs, including section drawings.
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| British
bicycle manufacturers |
Interesting
information about a couple of British bicycle manufacturers on the website
of the university of Wolverhampton.
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| Cycling photographs |
Victorian and Edwardian
Cycling Photographs from the collections of Roger Vaughan and Brian Boyd.
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| Bicyclemuseum
of America |
Bicycle museum site with
fotos and descriptions of the bicycles.
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| Pryor
Dodge |
Interesting private
homepage about vintage bikes.
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| M.G. Selbach |
Article
about the life of the English bicycle manufacturer Maurice Selbach
(2nd article about Selbach's machines is to come).
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| Army bicycles |
Small website about Dutch
army bicycles.
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| Canberra
Bicycle Museum |
This bicycle museum site
also contains information about the British brands BSA and Sunbeam.
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| Pedaling
History (Burgwardt Museum) |
Site of yet another
bicycle museum. Information about International Cycle History Conferences.
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| Classic
Rendezvous |
Comprehensive website
with many pictures of classic lightweighs.
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| Bicycle
Trader |
Articles and classifieds.
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| Sites
in German language: |
| Bicycle
collectors |
A fairly recent homepage.
The most interesting part so far is about the German brand Wanderer.
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| Sachs hub
gears |
Andree Schote from
Germany is fond of old F&S (Sachs) hub gears (nice fotos).
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| NSU |
Andreas Jankowitsch
offers detailled information on NSU bicycles and motorcycles.
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| Phänomen |
Jörg's vintage bicycle
pages with information about the German Phänomen
brand.
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| Bicycle
patents |
Bicycle related webpages
of the German Patents and Trademarks Registering Service.
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| Other
languages and multilingual sites: |
| Museum
"Velorama" |
This Dutch museum has got
one of the most complete historic bicycle collections. A must-see for anybody interested
in old bikes. Unfortunately, the website itself offers very little interesting
information. |
| Polish
old bicycles |
Website by Tomek
Wroblewicz. Only in Polish language, but the many pictures make this website worth
visiting for everyone.
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