A selection of classic black and white cycling photos from collections which are in the public domain. I found many of these searching Flickr Commons.
Cycling up the Col d’Aubisque – Back in the days before the invention of tarmac.
Sheep Shearer on the move
Which way to school?
A Wheely good way to become wedded.
Cycling couples Denmark
Shadows on the track.
Track start
Billie Smaules Malvern – NSW, Australia – after a record breaking run. Like the teddy bear on the handlebars.
Reg Harris on the sprinting line.
a rack of bikes in Queensland
The pace line.- on this picture the slight blur works well. That is what it’s like in a fast pace-line.
Starting at the Chemists (rather a convenient place for pro-cyclists to begin a cycle race, n’est pas?)
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‘I say old chap. Jolly good view, what?!’
More serious. Soldiers in First World War cycling to the trenches.
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A little cyclo-cross action at the railway crossing (don’t try this at home)
Motor pacing
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mending bikes
lady on bike.
Straining up the cobbles
Cow giving his appreciation to passing cyclists.
proud of bikes
Family photo.
Give us a dime? New York messenger boy smokes a pipe.
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- Classic Black and white cycling photos (mainly UK time trials)
Yep I enjoyed looking through these; indeed a good find on flickr.
Fantastic photos! Every one is a story in itself