
Finishing work
Rush hour around 1900, people cycling home from work.

Cycle Race Kings Sutton
Cycle Race in Kings Sutton 1909. Looks like they are racing on grass. At the time, racing on the roads was not really allowed

School Children 1920s
School children in the 1920s, note the state of the road! At least some things have got much better. School, Bucknell, Oxfordshire, England

An early child carriage
The Rev. A.R. Ezard taking his two child by bike in Oxford

Properly Dressed
I don’t know what the Edwardians would have made of the modern triathlon outfit, with cut away shoulders e.t.c. Obviously, being properly dressed was considered more important than aerodynamics.

A nice ride into town
You get the feeling these well dressed people are cycling around 5-6mph; but, probably really enjoying their ‘slow cycling’
They are members of the Hall family cycling along Wantage Road, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England

Delivery boys balancing boxes
Bikes just competiting with a a few horse drawn carriages. Bridge Street, Pershore, Worcestershire in 1900

Cycle Shop of the 1930s
Love the old advertising slogans:
‘Ride a CWS cycle and OVERCOME all OBSTACLES’
‘She or He flies through the air with the greatest of ease with an CWS cycle’
Window display of C.W.S. cycles in an Oxford and District Co-op shop

Cycling along a country lane
Hazy sunshine. It looks like they are posing for photo with some ladies holding bikes. The road looks like the old pave section of cobbles, but, its hard to be too clear.

Man Bicycle
Man with Bicycle around 1906
Copyright
Images are Copyright Images & Voices, Oxfordshire County Council – used with permission. Oxfordshire Archive
If you know of any other archive cycling collections, I’d be interested to hear.
Thanks also to Constantine Grace who currently has an exhibition at the Museum of Oxford – Pedal Power, which gave idea for this post.
Related
Thanks Dave
there is a video here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw
from the 50s – not quite as old as some of the photos – but thoroughly fascinating.
part 2 is here;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYngjxJP1I