Bikes are very very popular here in Toronto and well basically anywhere these days. With so much closed due to Covid and not reopening for the summer, everyone is looking for alternative ways to get around and have some fun. This also includes myself who has been trying to get a bike for several weeks now, with no luck. Soooooo…..
In honour of my inability to get a bike of my own, here are vintage Bicycle Advertisements from 1920s to 1960s (plus a couple of vintage photos). Enjoy!
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1930s vintage photo of a bicycle built for 3!
Source: Etsy
Vintage Bicycle Advertisements
1920’s – 1960’s
1920s B.S.A. Cycles ad featuring a stylish man and woman.
Source: Flickr
Cycle Trades of America, April 20, 1929 vintage ad. “Ride a bike…over the campus trail”.
About Cycle Trades of America: Hoping there would be a resurgence of interest in bicycling after World War I, bicycle makers formed The Cycle Trades of America to promote their products (Source).
Source: Saturday Evening Post
Royal Enfield Bicycle, “For Lasting Fitness”. 1930s Vintage Ad.
Source: Etsy
1930s Vintage Ad: “Every 4 mintues some lucky boy gets a new HAWTHORNE”, April 19th, 1930.
1946 Columbia Bicycle Ad. “The Open Road Is Calling You!”
Source: Etsy
Columbia Bike 3 Styles as seen in this vintage ad from 1947.
Source: Vintage Ad Browser
1950s Vintage Ad: Triumph Bicycle: “Value & Reliability”.
Source: Flickr
“Leading The Parade In Back-To-School Safety – AMF Roadmaster!” Year: 1953 Vintage Ad.
Source: Etsy
1950s Vintage ad for Schwinn Fair Lady Girls Bicycle.
Source: Pinterest
1950s French Vintage Bicycle Poster, Peugeot.
Source: Etsy
1960s Vintage Ad for Raleigh published in local newspapers in 1961, just a few years before Sierra Leone’s independence from Britain; bike riding is being promoted as a quintessential modern, progress activity.
Source: Paulgmunro.com
Vintage Schwinn Bicycles, 1960s Vintage Ad.
Source: Pinterest
Question Time: If you ride (or have rode), do you remember what kind of bike you had? Share in the comment section below!
FURTHER READING: Vintage Advertisements 1920s – 1960s (Archived Blog Posts)
Liz
Takes me back to the summer of 1967. My dad took us to the big city of Toronto to buy bikes for us two boys. We went to the Canadian Tire at Bloor and Yonge, where they had a big selection. My brother got the green Supercycle with 28 inch wheels while I got the red one with 26 inch wheels. Man did we have fun with them! We drove them into the ground, abusing them with stomping on the pedals. Boys are like that. The crank bearings were destroyed after three years. We got hell from Pop. And we deserved it. Thanks for the memories.