Comments on: Henry also rode in a child seat

By: israel

israel — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:51:01 +0000

hey i was just wondering if that seat is worth any money knowing the fact it is a antique if you can let me know thanks once again

By: henry

henry — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:02:03 +0000

Lynn,
Great story, thanks! Please send photos if yo can find them. It’d be fun to post pics and stories of people’s early cycling experiences.

Dunelts were also made by Raleigh in Nottingham who sold nearly the same bikes under at least half a dozen names: Raleigh, Robin Hood, Rudge and Dunelt are the examples that come to mind. These were (and still are) excellent quality bikes, though definitely with some notable limitations: for example terrible sidepull brakes on steel rims that are almost useless in wet weather.

Enormous numbers of these bikes must have been sold in in some regions, particularly the US Northeast. Tom and I found 10-25 year old examples (in the early 80′s) every corner we turned. Of course that also says a lot about their simplicity and build quality.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:27:26 +0000

My parents had seats like that on their matching Dunelt bikes. Dad’s bike was red with a red tartan folding child seat, and Mom’s bike was blue with a blue tartan seat. I remember smiling to my older sister over on Dad’s bike as we enjoyed our rides, then later feeling lucky that I was still small enough for a ride when my sister wasn’t anymore, and I distinctly remember being very upset when Dad told me I was just too big to fit but my little sister could still go. He eventually turned them into chairs for our baby dolls. I love your photo! I’ll have to dig through our family archives to see if we have any.

By: seb

seb — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:40:36 +0000

Hey that’s a nice pic. Like Obelix (a famous french cartoon character in France) it seems you fell into the cauldron of the potion as a baby!