Wonderful antique Columbia carbide lamp in excellent condition. Has both fed and green faceted gem reflectors and good front glass. Comes with original clamp. Measures 5” by 5”. Laser patent date is 1900. A fantastic piece of cycling history.
A 1930s carbide gas bicycle lamp. Manufactured by Melas in England during the 1930s. The condition is intact and original. The rust is superficial and will polish of. I have not touched it in any way.
Antique Carbide Lamp, 1930s. Lamp used on bicycles of the time or by miners. Excellent furnishing object.
A 1930s carbide gas bicycle lamp. Manufactured by Melas in England during the 1930s. The condition is intact and original. The rust is superficial and will polish of. I have not touched it in any way.
Lamp Faux Brass Bicycle Carbide Torch Light Acetylene Antique Collector Vitaphare Marked Measurements this lamp is 7.87" (20 cm) high, 4.72" (12 cm) long and has a diameter of 3.54" (9 cm) Description the lamp is in good used antique condition, lots of age related wear and some rust, nothing damaged (for all details please see pictures, the pictures are part of the description) ask any question if needed also about combined shipping prices. Insurance is automatically included in the shipping price. enjoy our shop! sku 5489221059
Antique Bicycle Lamp Model S Solar By C.M. Hall Lamp Company of Kenosha Wisconson Circa 1899, Carbide Jeweled, Vintage Bicycle Collector This awesome antique bicycle lamp is in excellent antique condition. Made by the C.M. Hall Lamp Company of Kenosha, Wisconson it is marked 1898. Please examine the photos carefully as this is not my area of expertise and feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I don't see any dents or issues. I strive to accurately describe my items. It is important to me that you know exactly what you are getting. Since many of my items are 50 years old or more, some wear and tear is to be expected. I chose my items very carefully and only sell things that I would be happy to have in my own collection. Your purchase will be shipped via USPS Priority Mail or Federal Express. Shipping in new quality packing materials includes insurance and tracking. I will provide you with a tracking number as soon as your item is shipped.
Vintage carbide bicycle lamp. Nice collectible and really unique product to add to your collection. This lamp was originally fuelled from the reservoir which fed a wick that was lit via a small side door in the body of the lamp. Great Addition For Vintage Art & Antique Lovers, Truly Collector's Product. Best For Collection, Home Décor, Personal Gifting. Good Condition & Nice Decorative Shape. The glass has got some chips. Please look at all the pictures for complete description. Height- 19.5 cm Breadth- 10cm Length- 19cm Weight- 550 grams This Product is an antique product and was used with full care, but will have scratches on it. The exact origin and time period is unknown. Actual product may differ from the photos due to lightning and photography, though we have tried to make it as original as possible. Don't hesitate to ask any questions. Please check all the pictures to see the exact condition of the product. WE ACCEPT DIRECT PAYMENTS ALSO CONDITIONS OF RETURN Buyers are responsible for return postage costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value. Return accepted only in case of incorrect product. We don't accept returns in any other case, if you want to cancel the order please contact us within 18 hours of placing of orders.
A 1930s carbide gas bicycle lamp. Manufactured by Melas in England during the 1930s. The condition is intact and original. The rust is superficial and will polish of. I have not touched it in any way.
Beautiful old bicycle lamp in bronze and aluminum from the CELLOR brand. This type of lamp operates on carbide or acetylene gas. It is topped with red and green loupiotes, and has a slightly damaged circular plexiglass base. Good general condition, in its original condition with traces of age and wear. This is an authentic vintage object which will stylize your interior decoration, or which will delight cycling enthusiasts. International shipping. Delivery by colissimo with careful packaging and reinforced protection of the item. DIMENSIONS: H18xL10xD13cm DATE: Early 20th century ORIGIN: France WEIGHT: 0.423 kg
Auto-Lite miner's helmet light. Made of brass. These lights burn acetylene, calcium carbide with water. Made in the USA by Universal Lamp Co., Chicago, IL. This light is in good vintage condition. Reflector is 6 & 1/2" in diameter. Light measures abt. 4 & 1/2" high and 2" wide. My older brother says that back in the day, they used to attach these to the bicycle handles to see at night. I have another of these listed, a little different model. Here is the link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/564529599/great-vintage-brass-miners-carbide?ref=shop_home_active_1 Kindly visit my shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/YesterdaysGold?ref=hdr_shop_menu to see more great items. If you have questions please convo me. Thanks for looking and have a blessed day! Shop Policies: I promise that everything I list on Etsy as "vintage" is a genuine vintage item or older. I will list any flaw I see so you can truly know what you're getting. But sometimes the technology fails in the pictures or the posting of them, so I try to disclose fully and let you decide if the item is what you desire. But in the event that you are still not satisfied and the transaction has been completed, I offer a full refund. I believe that you can buy with confidence, knowing that I will make every effort to be fair and accurate. I invite you to ask questions, which I answer as promptly as possible. SHIPPING & HANDLING: I LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE BEST DEAL ON SHIPPING POSSIBLE--CALCULATED BY YOUR PARCEL'S WEIGHT AND ZONE IS BEST--SO I ASK YOU TO CONTACT ME WITH YOUR ADDRESS AND ZIP CODE. I usually offer at least two types of shipping, Priority Mail or Parcel Post and will combine like items, that is, items that can be safely packed together. If the package is light, it is possible to send First Class or if it is a book I can use Media Mail--I try to consider all possibilities to help save on shipping costs for you. Nobody wants to receive a broken item so I wrap all things carefully with extra attention to fragile items--I use sturdy boxes, foam peanuts and bubble wrap. International buyers: you are responsible for any customs fees or duties and please realize that there may be delays due to customs. Thank you for your cooperation. Please contact me before payment as I will calculate the shipping for you. I usually try to ship on the next day after cleared payment is received and on Saturday( our PO is open until noon on Sat.) but sometimes I will need to wait until the following Monday and if that is a holiday then the next day. MD buyers will pay 6% MD state sales tax.
Carbide lamps for the men, dynamo lamp for the lady. Handbrake for the lady. The guys do it without. They are all wearing large open-necked collars ('Schiller collars'). Not described, no stamp on it. German or more eastern or southeastern? 1920s or 1930s. Photo postcard published by 'TM'. No date, no item code. 0884
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Made in Santa Cruz: Rock Lobster cyclocross bike For racing cyclists, it's the final season of the year and that means cyclocross! Also called cross or CX, bicycle cyclocross racing originated in Europe as a way for road racers to stay fit throughout the off season. Here's a little background and kind of a funny story about my cross exploits. Be sure to check my cyclocross page on my website for a lot more about old-school Santa Cruz cross. The challenge for racers in the winter was keeping in shape with high-intensity workouts while staying warm. So the idea was conceived to race on slightly modified road bikes around a mostly grass or dirt track on about a one-mile circuit course. On cyclocross bikes, the frames have additional clearance plus knobby road tires and powerful cantilever brakes are used - soon disc brakes. When I raced, cross frames were mostly steel and the components were aluminum. Today, the bikes are aluminum or carbon and the components get lighter and lighter, including carbon wheelsets and components. Lightness is good because you have to carry your bike. To slow the riders and ensure they won't freeze, the courses have obstacles and often mud stretches to force racers to dismount, shoulder their bicycles and run for a stretch. How well you can handle your bike on sketchy terrain and how seamlessly you can go from saddle to dirt and back again often determines how well you do in the races. Fortunately, races only last for from roughly 45 minutes to an hour plus a lap, however, it's one of the most intense hours you've probably spent on two wheels and no one will tell you cyclocross racing is a cake walk. But, it sure is fun and a fantastic way to stay in shape all season long. My involvement in cross started here in Santa Cruz in the early 1980's because we had a great cyclocross series here (and still do). In high school I was a fair cross-country runner and I had always loved cycling. I figured the combination of cycling and running would be perfect for me. From 1982 to 1984 I made every race. I rode a custom Oxford cross bike (Jim Oxford was a framebuilder in Bonny Doon), based on the geometry of Tom Cuthbertson's Hetchins cross rig that he purchased in England in the 1970's. At that time Tom helped bring the sport of cyclocross to Santa Cruz. He's best known as the author of Anybody's Bike Book, the first massive best selling bicycle repair book. Tom worked at the Bicycle Center on Mission Street (now known as Sprockets), and went on to write great owner's manuals for Apple computer users. By the time of the 1984 NorCal District Championships and National Championships, which were held less than a mile from my house, on the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, I was competitive - not the highest level, but close. At the Districts, which were held in Tilden Park in Berkeley, the venue for the first National Championships back in 75, I finished 7th and ahead of two former national champs. But, the Nationals on my hometown course had a surprise in store for me. Besides being part cyclist, part runner, the other thing that suited me about cyclocross was the mechanical aspect. Cross is really tough on bikes and if you're not keeping up with mechanical issues, you'll breakdown and have to switch bikes or wheels during the race, which can ruin your chances of a top finish. While I witnessed broken seatposts and handlebars, endless flat tires, crunched wheels and bent forks at the races, in my three seasons of cross I didn't have so much as a flat tire. Nationals: L-R: Steve Tilford, Laurence Malone, Roy Knickman And, then came the Nationals, the biggest stage of my cycling life until then. Because I had finished top 10 in one of the toughest Districts races in the country, I was allowed to stand in the front row at the start. To my left was 5-time National Champ Laurence Malone. To my right was Roy Knickman, just a famous name to me. I had raced with Laurence many times and even wrenched on his race bike. He was one of the first guys to give me racing, training and equipment advice. He told me to ride a harder gear than on the road so that I could take my weight off the saddle and float over the bumps. He taught me how to dismount to hit the ground in full stride. He helped me, sure, but, I never kept up with him in the races. And standing between him and Roy, I was so nervous and excited that I thought I would explode if they wouldn't hurry up and start the race. Dan Nall, Dave McLaughlin, Greg Foy and me - somewhere way back The start was at the base of UCSC, at the top of Bay Street. If you've been there, you know there's a plush lawn to the right. We started there, turned right, blasted up the road and then veered left onto the grass track around the campus course. The worse obstacle was a log pile seemingly going up into the sky that we had to run up each lap. But I knew the course well and was ready to fly up the opening hill and stick with Laurence and Roy for as long as I could. In my dreams. They started us and I hit the gas as hard as I ever have and snapped my right pedal clean off! Unbelievable. I only had one choice: shoulder my broken bike and run a half lap to the pits to retrieve my back-up from my mechanic Scott Terriberry. Somehow, I managed to get there, leaped onto my second bike - an old junker 10-speed I'd modified - all my money in my now-crippled custom cross machine. It was at least rideable and I was able to start racing. It took Scott 3 laps to borrow a pedal off a spectator's bike to get me back on my Oxford. But I was far behind the leaders and in danger of being pulled. Every lap, I could hear the officials yanking riders just a little ways behind me and I battled to keep passing and moving up. My ugly start and the tough course helped me. As I got rolling, some of the guys in front started to tire and I moved further up in the field. In the end I finished 16th and only 25 guys finished the race. Steve Tilford won in dominating fashion lapping almost everyone in the race at least once. He's still racing and winning. To keep the memories of those classic cross races back in the day alive, I've put a page about them up on my website with more photos and commentary. It was a different type of cross racing back then - more mud, more obstacles, lower-tech bicycles - but it was just as much fun as it is today. One of the biggest differences is that there are now cross racing series across the country and American riders are even successfully competing against the stars of cross in Europe. That's fantastic. Have a great ride, Jim
Made in Santa Cruz: Rock Lobster cyclocross bike For racing cyclists, it's the final season of the year and that means cyclocross! Also called cross or CX, bicycle cyclocross racing originated in Europe as a way for road racers to stay fit throughout the off season. Here's a little background and kind of a funny story about my cross exploits. Be sure to check my cyclocross page on my website for a lot more about old-school Santa Cruz cross. The challenge for racers in the winter was keeping in shape with high-intensity workouts while staying warm. So the idea was conceived to race on slightly modified road bikes around a mostly grass or dirt track on about a one-mile circuit course. On cyclocross bikes, the frames have additional clearance plus knobby road tires and powerful cantilever brakes are used - soon disc brakes. When I raced, cross frames were mostly steel and the components were aluminum. Today, the bikes are aluminum or carbon and the components get lighter and lighter, including carbon wheelsets and components. Lightness is good because you have to carry your bike. To slow the riders and ensure they won't freeze, the courses have obstacles and often mud stretches to force racers to dismount, shoulder their bicycles and run for a stretch. How well you can handle your bike on sketchy terrain and how seamlessly you can go from saddle to dirt and back again often determines how well you do in the races. Fortunately, races only last for from roughly 45 minutes to an hour plus a lap, however, it's one of the most intense hours you've probably spent on two wheels and no one will tell you cyclocross racing is a cake walk. But, it sure is fun and a fantastic way to stay in shape all season long. My involvement in cross started here in Santa Cruz in the early 1980's because we had a great cyclocross series here (and still do). In high school I was a fair cross-country runner and I had always loved cycling. I figured the combination of cycling and running would be perfect for me. From 1982 to 1984 I made every race. I rode a custom Oxford cross bike (Jim Oxford was a framebuilder in Bonny Doon), based on the geometry of Tom Cuthbertson's Hetchins cross rig that he purchased in England in the 1970's. At that time Tom helped bring the sport of cyclocross to Santa Cruz. He's best known as the author of Anybody's Bike Book, the first massive best selling bicycle repair book. Tom worked at the Bicycle Center on Mission Street (now known as Sprockets), and went on to write great owner's manuals for Apple computer users. By the time of the 1984 NorCal District Championships and National Championships, which were held less than a mile from my house, on the University of California at Santa Cruz campus, I was competitive - not the highest level, but close. At the Districts, which were held in Tilden Park in Berkeley, the venue for the first National Championships back in 75, I finished 7th and ahead of two former national champs. But, the Nationals on my hometown course had a surprise in store for me. Besides being part cyclist, part runner, the other thing that suited me about cyclocross was the mechanical aspect. Cross is really tough on bikes and if you're not keeping up with mechanical issues, you'll breakdown and have to switch bikes or wheels during the race, which can ruin your chances of a top finish. While I witnessed broken seatposts and handlebars, endless flat tires, crunched wheels and bent forks at the races, in my three seasons of cross I didn't have so much as a flat tire. Nationals: L-R: Steve Tilford, Laurence Malone, Roy Knickman And, then came the Nationals, the biggest stage of my cycling life until then. Because I had finished top 10 in one of the toughest Districts races in the country, I was allowed to stand in the front row at the start. To my left was 5-time National Champ Laurence Malone. To my right was Roy Knickman, just a famous name to me. I had raced with Laurence many times and even wrenched on his race bike. He was one of the first guys to give me racing, training and equipment advice. He told me to ride a harder gear than on the road so that I could take my weight off the saddle and float over the bumps. He taught me how to dismount to hit the ground in full stride. He helped me, sure, but, I never kept up with him in the races. And standing between him and Roy, I was so nervous and excited that I thought I would explode if they wouldn't hurry up and start the race. Dan Nall, Dave McLaughlin, Greg Foy and me - somewhere way back The start was at the base of UCSC, at the top of Bay Street. If you've been there, you know there's a plush lawn to the right. We started there, turned right, blasted up the road and then veered left onto the grass track around the campus course. The worse obstacle was a log pile seemingly going up into the sky that we had to run up each lap. But I knew the course well and was ready to fly up the opening hill and stick with Laurence and Roy for as long as I could. In my dreams. They started us and I hit the gas as hard as I ever have and snapped my right pedal clean off! Unbelievable. I only had one choice: shoulder my broken bike and run a half lap to the pits to retrieve my back-up from my mechanic Scott Terriberry. Somehow, I managed to get there, leaped onto my second bike - an old junker 10-speed I'd modified - all my money in my now-crippled custom cross machine. It was at least rideable and I was able to start racing. It took Scott 3 laps to borrow a pedal off a spectator's bike to get me back on my Oxford. But I was far behind the leaders and in danger of being pulled. Every lap, I could hear the officials yanking riders just a little ways behind me and I battled to keep passing and moving up. My ugly start and the tough course helped me. As I got rolling, some of the guys in front started to tire and I moved further up in the field. In the end I finished 16th and only 25 guys finished the race. Steve Tilford won in dominating fashion lapping almost everyone in the race at least once. He's still racing and winning. To keep the memories of those classic cross races back in the day alive, I've put a page about them up on my website with more photos and commentary. It was a different type of cross racing back then - more mud, more obstacles, lower-tech bicycles - but it was just as much fun as it is today. One of the biggest differences is that there are now cross racing series across the country and American riders are even successfully competing against the stars of cross in Europe. That's fantastic. Have a great ride, Jim
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A J Lucas Ltd number 354 bicycle carbide lamp. This is the premium “king of the road” version. It appears to be missing components but I can’t tell much more about it. Please review all photos.
Condition is excellent with very little wear. Overall size is 18cm long x 8cm wide x 15cm high - not tested. 45
