Sejarah lampu sepeda early cycle

Early Cycle Lighting

by Peter W. Card

INTRODUCTION

Early Cycle Lighting - A new book by Peter Card - providing Identification and a Value guide for lamps. Now Available from Peter W. CardSigned limited edition copies available.

The pages on this site show a group of bicycle lamps that were available before the Great War. The selection is but a very small array of the many and various lamps manufactured specifically for the bicycle and tricycle. Indeed, I have no doubt that there will have been as many as 500 or more different lamps offered to the public between the years 1869 and 1939. If we add the design variations, the style changes and the still-born oddities that were manufactured, I suspect that over 2000 lamps could one day be listed.

The attraction of collecting Early Cycle Lighting can find expression in a number of forms. Some people delight in the collecting of just one type of lamp; oil, candle, acetylene gas, electric, and a good worthy collection can be created and added to from time to time. On the other hand, many collectors make the mistake of collecting everything from all periods and all countries and all they end up with is a mass of lamps. In my view it is better to create a meaningful themed collection of say 50 lamps, well displayed, kept cleaned and offering joy to your visitors rather than a vast unkempt collection with little theme, purpose or pleasure content.

An interesting and inexpensive collecting theme is that of acetylene gas burners. during the period 1895 to 1940, a vast range of atmospheric and non-atmospheric burners were designed for fitting to bicycle lamps, motor car lamps and domestic lighting. Once you start looking you will be amazed at how many different examples you can find. Please include your favourite collecting area to the visitors page.

Happy Collecting!

Lamp Names

One of the charms of collecting early cycle lamps is that they were frequently labelled with interesting names. Some of the names were meaningful, like 'The Long Distance Lamp', 'Reliance' and The Tourist'. Others were inappropriate, like 'The Rob Roy', 'Cock O' the Walk' and 'Arlington'. However, the names had a dual commercial purpose. For example, when a rider was out on a club ride recommendation and praise of a lamp was made more memorable by the use of a name rather than a number. Also, because local stores did not carry a large stock of lamps, most lamps would have had to be ordered direct from the manufacturer. How much more eloquent therefore to be able to walk into the local hardware store and ask for a "Lucas Microphote please" rather than, "I am looking for an attractive little lamp"!

Visitors to this Webb-site are more than welcome to sign the visitor's book. From time to time, more lamps from my collection will be photographed and added to these pages. On the other hand, if you have an interesting bicycle lamp that you believe others would enjoy seeing please let me have a well-focused and good definition digital image, and we will do our best to include it on the site

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Sepeda Humber

Humber

Humber & Company Limited was founded by Thomas Humber at Beeston, Nottinghamshire, in 1869.

Ashes Works today.

In 1887 the company was purchased by Mr. Joseph Horton of Birmingham who already owned Joseph Devey's bicycle company in Wolverhampton. After Horton's take over the company started building Humber machines at Devey's old factory; Ashes Works, Pelham Street, Wolverhampton.

Humber also had works in Great Brickkiln Street, Wolverhampton. In 1896 the company acquired a factory in Pountney Street, and also had showrooms in Queen Street. Humber later built a new works at Stoke in Coventry, and in 1900 production moved there. Ashes Works closed and remained empty until it was sold to Clyno in 1912, and the Pountney Street factory was later taken over by cycle makers Sharrett & Lisle.

In 1877 Humber went into partnership with Marriott and Cooper. This was not to last, and Marriott and Cooper started producing and selling their own Humber bicycles. These were made in Wolverhampton by Dan Rudge. At this time Humber called its cycles 'Genuine Humber' bicycles to distinguish them from Marriott and Cooper's products.

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Klasifikasi sepeda ontel

KLASIFIKASI SEPEDA ONTHEL (Jumat, 21/12/07) - Sahid

Sepeda onthel dalam dunia sepeda internasional diklasifikasi sebagai Dutch old style bicycle. Sepeda dengan ban ukuran diameter 28 nchi, kemudian menggunakan rangka 57, 61 atau 66 cm adalah cocok dengan perawakan orang-orang Belanda yang konon terkenal sebagai bangsa Eropa yang memiliki tinggi badan tertinggi dibanding bangsa-bangsa Eropa lainnya. Di Indonesia, tipe sepeda ini memiliki banyak nama alias seperti sepeda kebo, sepeda unta dan sepeda jawa. Menurut www.dutchbikeseattle.com, Sepeda onthel memiliki varian-varian berdasarkan gender, fungsi dan bentuk. Berdasarkan gender, sepeda onthel dibedakan menjadi sepeda pria (heren atau opa fiets) dan sepeda wanita (dames atau oma fiets). Secara sederhana, opa fiets dikenali dari bentuk rangka horizontal, sedangkan oma fiets dikenali dari bentuk rangka yang melengkung ke bawah. 

Kemudian klasifikasi sepeda onthel menurut fungsi dibedakan menjadi sepeda angkut ringan (transport fiets), sepeda angkut berat (bak fiets), sepeda pendeta (abbey fiets) dan sepeda tandem (tandem fiets). Pada transport fiets, barang bawaan akan diletakkan pada kerangka angkut yang terletak di atas ban depan. Kemudian rangka horizontal didesain rangkap untuk memperkuat struktur rangka yang menahan beban di depan.

Bak fiets dirancang untuk mengangkut barang bawaan yang lebih berat atau besar yang tidak bisa diangkut dengan transport fiets. Pada masa kini, desain ini dikembangkan lebih lanjut untuk mengangkut bayi.

Banyak orang menganggap abbey fiets sama saja dengan kruisframe fiets, padahal keduanya adalah serupa tetapi tak sama. Desain silang pada abbey fiets sebetulnya merupakan simbolisasi dari salib yakni lambang agama kristen. Abbey fiets digunakan pada pendeta atau pastur dalam menjalankan misi keagamaan untuk menyebarkan agama kristen. Perbedaan dengan kruisframe fiets adalah desain rangka silangnya benar-benar menyatu sebagaimana desain salib, sedangkan pada kruisframe fiets, desain rangka silangnya hanya sekedar mengapit.

Sepeda tandem selalu terlihat unik bila dipandang. Bagi sebagian orang, mereka barangkali menganggap sepeda tandem hanya sekedar untuk perlengkapan sirkus yang biasa dikendarai oleh para badut. Namun secara teknis, desain sepeda ini mencoba membagi beban tenaga antara pengendara dan pembonceng agar sama-sama capai. Bentuknya yang panjang terkadang menyusahkan pada belokan jalan yang tajam.

Lalu klasifikasi sepeda onthel ketiga didasarkan pada variasi desain rangka yakni rangka silang (kruisframe fiets) dan rangka angsa (swan fiets). Sebagaimana sudah dijelaskan di awal, kruisframe fiets memiliki desain silang yang berbeda dengan abbey fiets. Sepeda model ini menggunakan rangka silang lebih dalam rangka memperkuat struktur rangka sepeda secara keseluruhan.

Orang-orang juga sering menyamakan antara oma fiets dengan swan fiets. Keduanya memang seperti anak kembar tetapi tidak identik. Selain perbedaan mencolok pada rangka bawah yang melengkung seperti leher angsa dan tinggi sepeda yang lebih rendah dibandingkan oma fiets. Swan fiets didesain untuk memberikan kemudahan lebih dalam mengendarai sepeda, karena relatif lebih pendek dari sepeda normal dan cekungan rangka bawah cukup rendah sehingga memberikan ruang kaki yang lebih nyaman.

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