It’s not often that World War One spring wheels come up for sale. As you can see from the photos, these need some work, but there is enough there as a pattern to replace parts and build them up to go onto a bicycle. Or they would make an interesting display piece for a museum exhibition or summer show.
Britain controlled most of the world’s rubber supply through its colonies in Ceylon and Malaysia. So this type of spring wheel was used in Germany in the latter part of the war because of their rubber shortage.
I wrote on this subject in my book ‘Bad Teeth No Bar: A History of Military Bicycles in the Great War’ (now out of print), where I featured my World War One German bicycle with similar spring wheels.
View in the Online Bicycle Museum
BICYCLE COLLECTORS CURATED ONLINE AUCTION, CHRISTMAS 2024 – JANUARY 2025
This Timed Auction is live from 20th of December 2024 to 26th of January, 2025. Highest bid wins.
NO BUYERS or SELLERS PREMIUM.
THE RESERVE IS THE START PRICE + BUY-IT-NOW OPTION.
INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY: NO PACKING FEES.
BIDDING INCREMENTS: Up to £1000 = £10. Over £1000 = £50. Over £2000 = £100
IT’S A CURATED AUCTION – Colin is the auctioneer and is available to chat to you personally during the auction (or before) by email, text message, phonecall, Facebook Messenger or Whatsapp.
