"Bone Shaker Bicycle"
Date
1870-1880
Artist/Maker
Michaux Brothers
Technique
Manufactured
Dimensions
Length: 1.7m
Width: 0.68m
Height: 1.27m
Width: 0.68m
Height: 1.27m
Caption
This bone shaker bicycle was owned by Dr John Reid of Rockfield, Florencecourt. He purchased the bicycle while a student at Trinity College, Dublin. He used it while conducting his medical practices at Florencecourt in the 1870s.
It is to be hoped that Dr Reid didn’t have to go too far on his journeys as it can’t have been a comfortable form of transport!
Credit
Kindly donated by Mr William Reid, nephew of the bicycle’s orginal owner
Object number
FCM_1979_071