Spoke Sniffer’s flickr photostream provides one of the best resources for visual ephemera from the golden era of cycling. Spoke Sniffer collects, or rather, salvages many of his images from eBay where content appears and disappears in a matter weeks. Alongside photographs of famous and ordinary cyclists, Spoke Sniffer documents vintage frames, bicycle parts, product packaging, antique technologies and velocouture.
Here are a few of my favorite selections from the Spoke Sniffer archives:
Fausto Coppi, Age 21
TDF Press
Marcel Jezo
Modern era Grand Bois
1899
Brancale Hairnet
Bicycle of the future
Ideale 92 Diagonale
Vintage Sturmey Archer advert
Lyotard 45 Pedals
Touring outfits
Velocouture
Seriously, I need a pair of those Mary Jane buckle cycling shoes.
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That bike… Oh my! I need that. I seriuosly NEED that.