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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
1 of 47  Fri 30th Dec 2011 12:52pm  

As the Highfield Road topic was changing focus onto something else - and just as interesting in its own right - I thought it would be worthwhile beginning a topic about James Starley and his bikes. If nobody objects, I'll now move the relevant posts across to this one....
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dutchman
Spon End
2 of 47  Fri 30th Dec 2011 2:33pm  

John Kemp Starley developed the first recognisably modern bicycle in Coventry.
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K
Somewhere
3 of 47  Fri 30th Dec 2011 6:52pm  

Wasn't there a relief of a Starley cycle on the monument erected to his memory near Greyfriars Green?
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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4 of 47  Fri 30th Dec 2011 8:09pm  

Yep.... A 2009 photo: And this is an older photo I took in 2005 showing the other two sides:
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
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5 of 47  Fri 30th Dec 2011 8:20pm  

According to the super book "Wheels Within Wheels" by Geoffrey Williamson, James Starley and William Hillman took out a joint patent in 1870 for the Ariel, the first of the "Penny Farthing" style of bicycle. As far as I know, they were made in Coventry, although many manufacturers soon sprung up with copies and variations of Starley's design in places like Wolverhapmton, Nottingham, Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Brighton, Cheltenham and King's Lynn.
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K
Somewhere
6 of 47  Fri 30th Dec 2011 10:08pm  

I thought - and you can see it on the monument - the Ariel wasn't what we would recognise as a penny farthing - with a large driving wheel one side, and two small steering wheels the other, with one or two seats in between - a trike, really. However, this website says differently, so seemingly he did devise the penny farthing.
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morgana
the secret garden
7 of 47  Sat 29th Dec 2012 7:23pm  

The hate of the bicycle and here is a Coventry bicycle club outside one of Coventry's pubs having a rest, picture off the net.
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
8 of 47  Sun 30th Dec 2012 2:06am  

Hi Morgana, At least they are cheap to run and they have proved their worth. Now someone must be able to come up with the name of the pub. I have zoomed in but can't make it out. Wave
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morgana
the secret garden
9 of 47  Mon 31st Dec 2012 9:23pm  

Hi Dreamtime just found the cartoons so funny and connecting the saying being sent to Coventry with artist linking Coventry showing how we are perceived. Yes better for all our health too riding a bike. I suppose instead of us being known as being sent to Coventry we could always speak and say on your bike Big grin
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Foxcote
Warwick
10 of 47  Sat 9th Nov 2013 8:45pm  

This old photograph could be placed in a number of topics but here it is and it's a link to an interesting site for all things connected to the motor/cycle trade. Meteor Works, Queen Victoria Road
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dutchman
Spon End
11 of 47  Sat 9th Nov 2013 10:24pm  

That's actually Garfield Road which was later renamed Rover Road but is better known as being the entrance to the market. Smile
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Midland Red

12 of 47  Thu 5th Jun 2014 5:54pm  

Thousands of bicycles around Oxford today, but one "jumped out" at me during my perambulation around that city!
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TonyS
Coventry
13 of 47  Thu 5th Jun 2014 7:13pm  

Well spotted! I can read the "Coventry", what does the other text say?
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Midland Red

14 of 47  Thu 5th Jun 2014 9:05pm  

Apologies for the lack of quality in the photo Oh my Coventry Eagle 5th Avenue 12 Speed Thumbs up
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morgana
the secret garden
15 of 47  Mon 22nd Jun 2015 10:51am  

List of Coventry cycle manufacturers
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