Glasgow Riverside Transport Museum (small bike assortment)

[BravoCharlie]

Evening all,

hope we're well!

having been bikeless for a while now, i feel like i've done nothing but comment rubbish on the Forum recently!

yesterday the weather picked up in Glasgow, so i decided me and the missus should take the niece and 2 nephews to the Transport Museum in Glasgow, its mainly full of old buses/trams/trains/cars - but they have a small arrangement of bikes in there too, so i thought i'd share some out.

the first is this:
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a BSA Bantam D1 - used by the Royal Mail around 1957 to deliver Telegrams. probably made the telegram boys' jobs a whole lot better!

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a triumph tiger (T110 im sure it was)

https://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii639/bravocharlie1/null_zps1eb1a079.jpg

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the bicycle above was a Raleigh bike, fitted with a 125 Cymota Power unit - this one in particular was donated by the Chief Constable of the Glasgow Police Force, used in the 50's.

https://i1263.photobucket.com/albums/ii639/bravocharlie1/null_zps94fccf46.jpg

apparently, some chap named Melvyn Hunt (stupid cunt) spent weeks fixing up his thunderbird back in 2007 - first night he rode it he got hit by a car!

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i liked this one - a 1929 Douglas special...with no brakes, and no mudguards. i'm yet to research it's owner George Pinkerton, but he bought it when he was 19.


and finally;

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a Ner-A-Car Model A - American brand, but English made in 1922 by Sheffield Simplex. i was lead to believe this had a 221cc two stroke engine, with models being updated to 285cc a year later. such a strange looking bike, but it was one of my favourites there, and i'd love to try ride it

hope it's not too boring for ya
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[Shaft]

[BravoCharlie]

Thanks for that shaft
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[bunglebubs]

Thanks for sharing but most of your photos seem to be out of focus
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[BravoCharlie]

[bunglebubs]

No need to appologise just a shame that they are as im always interested in seeing photos of old bikes. I took quite a few at a museum I found on the Isle of Man where two guys restored all the bikes themselves. There must have been about 40 bikes there amazing stuff.
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