Lately at work I've been...

[Phil_F_NM]

...working on some gorgeous nickel plated hubs from the early days of the safety bicycle era. Late-1800s up to pre-WWI.
So today I brought my X100 in to work and played around with macro mode for a few minutes. Images are all straight from the camera, no post processing, just scaling for web use.
Here's some Victorian era bike component porn for y'all.

These are all New Departure Model A coaster brake hubs.

And here's the drivetrain of a fixed gear, skip-tooth safety bicycle from about 1893.

Phil Forrest

 

[FrankS]

Interesting looking job. Restoration?

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I'm just a regular bike mechanic with a good amount of attention to detail. The season is slowing down so we're digging out a lot of parts that can be sold for restorations and these days I'm that guy overhauling all the components. I only wish I could do a full restoration on one of these bikes! I have my eye on a turn of the century safety bicycle which I would load up with nickel plated parts, lace up wooden rims and lacquer my spokes up. We're talking a few thousand though and several years of work on the bike, probably. Well, it's a healthy hobby anyways and it happens to pay some bills these days!

Phil Forrest

 

[rhl-oregon]

And here's the drivetrain of a fixed gear, skip-tooth safety bicycle from about 1893.

Phil, that chain looks like the template for the carbon belt on my 2007 Trek Soho dlx.

Beautiful metal in those hubs. If you ever want a milder climate where cycling and bikebuilding/design are highly valued, come out to Eugene.

 

[f16sunshine]

Absolute porn!.... Shameful!! 😀

 

[Range-rover]

Great shots Phil and those bike parts are really nice, they don't make them like
that anymore.

Range

 

[Particular]

Reminds me of my 60's Edwardes of Camberwell Police bicycle with a rare 4 speed Sturmey Archer dynohub that I used to ride around London. It ended up rusting in a shed, but I had a lot of fun with it. People used to stop me in traffic and say;
"That's and old police bike, that is, innit!"