Posing on vintage bicycle, as though in motion.
This public domain photo comes from the George Grantham Bain Photograph Collection in the Library of Congress. It shows an early twentieth century cyclist named Jackie Clark posing on vintage bicycle, as though in motion.
This photo was taken for the Bain News Service. There are no known restrictions on the use of images in this collection. This image is in the public domain.
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03.15.10
This picture is a photo shoot of a vintage cyclist.He is very keen in his travel. The cycle is designed for speed and long drive. Leaning towards the handle-bar makes the rider easy to move forward. This is supposed to be an English man. Even nowadays cycles can be used to control air-pollution. And more over, regular cycling prevents us from heart attacks.
03.17.10
CYCLE WHICH MAKES THE MAN BEND:
1.The cycle is designed in early twenty’s .
2.It looks like a sports cycle, that is it has been used for sports as a cycling race.
3.But the youngsters would love such cycles as its shape was different from other.
4.It is bit hard for the people who has spinal cord problem.
5. It is also hard for the people who have crossed 40 years.
6.Because it cannot be used for long hours, as it has to be bent and rode .
7.It is also hard to stop the cycle from fast riding as it has no breaks.
8.The wheels are made so that it can be smoothly rode.
9.The mechanism of this type of cycle is more obvious.
10. It has pedal to push the wheel with the help of the chain which is situated near the pedal.
11.It has no horn and front lamp. so it is also hard to ride this type of cycle in nights.
12. It would be big doubt that how will they ride at nights.? as it is a sports cycle, the race would be only on day time?
13.The most advantage in this sports cycle is when a person bends and pedals the speed of the cycle increased so that it is easy for the person who is riding to touch the finish point.
14.And the energy is also saved for the longer ride as the person bends and rides.
03.17.10
This picture shows that an English man traveling in a Cycle.Its a new model cycle which makes him to move forward easy and in very speed compared to other normal cycles.It made only for the purpose of increase in speed.And the main thing is it prevents people from heart attack and mainly from pollution.
03.18.10
Vintage Cyclist
The cycle was so cute and looks funny because of the hand bar. And it looks as weightless because it doesn’t have any additional fitting like bell, brake, light, mud guard. This cycle is very very dangerous because it does have brake. We dont know how he stops the cycle. I think he use his leg to stop this cycle. The man does n’t look like a cyclist man. he look like a circus man. He is riding the cycle with out helmet so there is a possible injury on head. Older people cant able to use this cycle.
This is old model race cycle. He cant take a long drive in this cycle. He was very careful when driving this cycle. Only one person can ride in this cycle. He cant able to ride this cycle in the hard road.only low weight people can ride this cycle. night riding very very dangerous. who wants to die can ride this cycle very fast towards down from the hills. He directly goes to heaven or hell. There is chance for other to go heaven or hell by his ride. before ride this cycle he should take a insurance policy for his family is safer. Good luck for his journey.
03.18.10
The image shows that a man is cycling. It seems that the man is from eastern countries. The cycle on which he is traveling is specially made for long and speed drives. Cycling is very good for health. It reduces all the health problem and also reduces the weight. He wore a black shirt and a black nickere. His cycle looks like it does not have breaks. The handle is kept far from the seat which is useful to focus on the speed and vehicles going side by. The photo was taken in such way that the tyre on both sides look to be different size. But it is not the case. The cycle has no protection for the chain, so one need to be careful in dress code while driving. That’s why the man driving wore a tight dress. The cyclist had a black color shoes which give grip to him in cycling. The important thing to be observed is the cycle does not have breaks. This is very dangerous when cycling in high traffic roads. The handle is bent downwards and so the cyclist has to bend front. He is look straght to the road focused on the target which tells that he is cycling for a competion.