General Information

Serial #

49909

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL TUBULAR FRAME; WHEEL RIMS & BACK FENDER WOOD; LEATHER HANDLE GRIPS AND PADDING ON METAL SEAT; STRING SKIRT GUARD; RUBBER TIRES; METAL LAMP WITH GLASS LENS; OTHER METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

180.3 cm

Width

49.5 cm

Height

106.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Chicago

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

TURN OF THE 20C

Canada

In Canada, many women were participating in social activism and advocating for women’s independence and rights within society. One machine that helped them achieve this was the bicycle. It was one of the tools that women's rights activists used to gain reforms in causes like access to higher education, female dress reform and bicycle-riding for women. More and more, women were mounting bicycles, despite the cycling world being dominated by masculinity in the age of the Ordinary. The safety bicycle came with a great demand to the women of Canadian and American society and if bicycle manufacturers did not accommodate this demand, they would stand to lose out on profits, and competitors strived to tap into this market to gain an edge on their own. Bicycle riding was not yet acceptable for women due to Victorian ideals and was seen as a push against the images of ideal womanhood. With the booming popularity of the safety bicycle, health and safety concerns from the bicycle were no longer valid counters to the freedom granted by the bicycle for sport, health, travel, and leisure. De plus en plus de femmes participais au cyclisme et utilisait le bicycle pour encourager l'activisme sociale et d'exiger les droits des femmes. Bien que le sport fût dominé par un monde de masculinité, les bicycles ordinaires sont devenus un tremplin pour les femmes et aussi les manufacturiers au travers le Canada et les États-Unis. La demande pour les bicycles de sécurité a augmenté au point que les fabricateurs voulaient s'assurer de suivre le marché pour sécuriser leurs profits et accommoder la demande pour le cyclisme féminin. Les pensées Victoriennes dépassées étaient mises au défi et la conception de la femme idéale était aussi remise en question. Les arguments posés par cette période de temps n'était plus valide et la liberté, le transport et le loisir apporter avec le bicycle a donc propulsé les droits des femmes.

Function

This bicycle functions as a mode of transportation. It is a women’s model, with the drop frame for skirts. Ce bicycle fonctionne comme un mode de transport. Il est un modèle pour femme qui a un châssis rabaissé pour accommodé des jupes.

Technical

This model does not feature a brake system. Brakes for this model were available but apparently considered optional. Going without the brake went with the philosophy of lessening overall bicycle weight, or perhaps even saving money. There were many parts that someone could outfit their bike with, with the evolution of the safety, buyers could choose which accessories they wanted, and some accessories were not from the original bicycle manufacturer that might have created their frame. This bicycle is built with diamond frame but in the Women’s Cycle style. This style made the top tube of the diamond frame lowered down to just above the main lower tube, where it then joined and further braced the tube supporting the seat and crank bracket above the pedals. Ce modèle de bicycle n'a pas de frein. Les freins pour ce modèle était disponible mais optionnelle. Voyager sans freins étaient probablement considérés pour réduire le poids du bicycle ou simplement pour économiser de l'argent. Plusieurs morceaux pouvaient être utilisés avec ce bicycle grâce aux innovations technologiques du bicycle de sécurité. Les acheteurs pouvaient choisir les accessoires qu'ils voulaient et personnalisé leur bicycle même si les morceaux n'étaient pas du manufacturier original qui a fabriqué le châssis de ce bicycle spécifiquement. Le châssis de ce bicycle est fait en forme de diamant avec le style de Cyclisme de Femme. Le style nécessite que le tuyau du dessus est rabaissé pour être situé au-dessus du tuyau principale est fixé au tuyau qui appuie le banc, la manivelle et les pédales.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON HEAD TUBE: 'REPUBLIC/ CHICAGO CYCLE CO./ CHICAGO, U.S.A./ MODEL A'/ STAMPED IN HEAD TUBE: '49909'/ STAMPED IN TOP OF SEAT: 'THE CHRISTY/ PAT. 1985.'/ STAMPED ON TOP OF LAMP: 'POWELL & HAMNER/ "PANTHER"/ BIRMINGHAM'/ STAMPED ON BELL RINGER: 'WALTONIA'/ EMBOSSED IN TIRE SIDEWALLS: ' V VEITH V QUALITY GUARANTEED MADE IN GERMANY 28 X 1 1/2 X 1 5/8'

Missing

TIRES MAY NOT BE ORIGINAL/ SKIRT GUARD ON LEFT SIDE

Finish

FRAME & CHAIN GUARD PAINTED BLACK ENAMEL/ REAR FENDER AND WHEEL RIMS VARNISHED/ CHROMED SEAT, HANDLEBARS AND LAMP/ BLACK AND YELLOW WOVEN SKIRT GUARD/ BROWN LEATHER SEAT PAD AND HANDLE GRIPS/ BLACK TIRES WITH WHITE SIDEWALLS/ GOLD MANUFACTURERS PLATE

Decoration

RED PIN STRIPE AND BLACK LINE ON RIMS/ BACK FENDER: 2 OUTSIDE PLUS MIDDLE RED PIN STRIPES WITH TWO INNER BLACK LINES/ DRAWING OF HEROIC FEMALE FIGURE ON METALLIC PLATE ON HEAD TUBE/ GOLD PIN STRIPES ON FRAME, FRONT FORKS, HEAD TUBE, CHAIN GUARD AND SEAT STAYS