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last one for tonight. some 1950s and 1960s #bicycles

bottom right: Pee-wee Herman's bike
top right: a pretty green Huffy with a radio built into the frame! aptly called Radiobike®️ and it has red grips and a freakin headlight!
bottom left: predecessor to the recumbent bike
top left: a slick beautiful bike from Sears called Spaceliner. it has a sort of mid-century modern mixed with art deco styling. i'll be posting more very cool Sears bikes tomorrow. for now, goodnight!
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zoom in on the first image to check out the adjustable seat! the second image is a snomobile... er, snowcycle. early 1900s both. #bicycles

this looks a bit like a piece of experimental farm equipment, or a torture device, but it's a snow/ice bike. the back wheel has no tire but instead offers two-inch spikes for getting purchase in ice. the front has no wheen, but instead a frame of, well, sled runners/blades.
this looks a bit like a piece of experimental farm equipment, or a torture device, but it's a snow/ice bike. the back wheel has no tire but instead offers two-inch spikes for getting purchase in ice. the front has no wheen, but instead a frame of, well, sled runners/blades.
this looks a bit like a piece of experimental farm equipment, or a torture device, but it's a snow/ice bike. the back wheel has no tire but instead offers two-inch spikes for getting purchase in ice. the front has no wheen, but instead a frame of, well, sled runners/blades.
this bike has a nifty frame shape, all angles. sort of a trio of overlapping triangles. most interesting to me is the seat. instead of resting atop a single post, the frame creates a V above the back wheel. the seat is wicker, and slung between the top peaks of the V, and it is adjustable both in the tautness of this sort of wicker butt mini-hammock and the incline of the seat.
this bike has a nifty frame shape, all angles. sort of a trio of overlapping triangles. most interesting to me is the seat. instead of resting atop a single post, the frame creates a V above the back wheel. the seat is wicker, and slung between the top peaks of the V, and it is adjustable both in the tautness of this sort of wicker butt mini-hammock and the incline of the seat.
this bike has a nifty frame shape, all angles. sort of a trio of overlapping triangles. most interesting to me is the seat. instead of resting atop a single post, the frame creates a V above the back wheel. the seat is wicker, and slung between the top peaks of the V, and it is adjustable both in the tautness of this sort of wicker butt mini-hammock and the incline of the seat.
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@peachfiend@mastodon.sdf.org replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

this one was called, appropriately, Spacelander. #bicycles

museum description card. Spacelander designed 1946, manufactured Bomard Industries (American), manufacturer fiberglass frame with leather saddle Designed in 1946 as the Classic, the curved lines and amoeba-like voids of Benjamin Bowden's bike frame combine pre-war streamlined style with the post-war era's penchant for organic forms. British bicycle makers found the Classic too costly to produce, thus it was not manufactured in number until 1960. Bowden, also an automobile designer, emigrated to the United States and worked with Bomard Industries in Michigan to convert the frame's design from aluminum to fiberglass, a new manufacturing material. The updated, limited-edition design was renamed the Spacelander—a reference to the space-race frenzy of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Only 522 were made.
museum description card. Spacelander designed 1946, manufactured Bomard Industries (American), manufacturer fiberglass frame with leather saddle Designed in 1946 as the Classic, the curved lines and amoeba-like voids of Benjamin Bowden's bike frame combine pre-war streamlined style with the post-war era's penchant for organic forms. British bicycle makers found the Classic too costly to produce, thus it was not manufactured in number until 1960. Bowden, also an automobile designer, emigrated to the United States and worked with Bomard Industries in Michigan to convert the frame's design from aluminum to fiberglass, a new manufacturing material. The updated, limited-edition design was renamed the Spacelander—a reference to the space-race frenzy of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Only 522 were made.
museum description card. Spacelander designed 1946, manufactured Bomard Industries (American), manufacturer fiberglass frame with leather saddle Designed in 1946 as the Classic, the curved lines and amoeba-like voids of Benjamin Bowden's bike frame combine pre-war streamlined style with the post-war era's penchant for organic forms. British bicycle makers found the Classic too costly to produce, thus it was not manufactured in number until 1960. Bowden, also an automobile designer, emigrated to the United States and worked with Bomard Industries in Michigan to convert the frame's design from aluminum to fiberglass, a new manufacturing material. The updated, limited-edition design was renamed the Spacelander—a reference to the space-race frenzy of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Only 522 were made.