Continental Tyres

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Memorabelia

The National Cycle Collection houses a huge range of items from the world of cycle racing...

Road Section

The Road Section celebrates the working bicycle, the Roadster, the black bike that was used on a daily basis, with fine examples of Ladies and Gentleman's bicycles from the early 1900's to the millennium...

Tandems and Trikes

Tandems held by the collection begin with an 1890s Star, manufactured by Star of Wolverhampton...

Vintage Bikes

The collection, including the following that are worthy of note: A replica Hobby Horse circa 1818, together with a replica Macmillan circa 1839 - 40...

Karl von Drais

Karl von Drais was a German inventor, who invented the Laufmaschine (or running machine), also later called the velocipede, or draisine in English...

John Kemp Starley

John Kemp Starley - In 1885 Starley made history when he produced the Rover Safety Bicycle...

John Boyd Dunlop

John Boyd Dunlop - Familiar with making rubber devices he re-invented pneumatic tyres for his child's tricycle and developed them for use in cycle racing...

The Coventry Machinist Company

The Coventry Machinists Company were a sewing machine and cycle company once based at Cheylesmore...