Every single woman was wearing puffy sleeves! lol Three had no arm showing, but I bet they were wearing puffy sleeves, too! Even the little girl! Thanks for showing!
Thanks for watching Mary! One thing I forgot to mention in the video was that most of the bicycle ads were aimed at woman. Those puffy sleeves were very fashionable, but I bet they slowed you down on the hills. :)
All text is perfectly readable for German speaking people. I love the ad at 2:00 for cork-inserts in the Braun tires. Doesn’t sound particularly comfortable to me.
As you noted in another recent video, when Hitler came to power some 35-40 years later, he wanted to get rid of cyclists and put more automobiles on the road to promote an image of Germany as a successful, prosperous nation. In the movie, "The Reader," set in Germany after WWII, there is a scene in which the two main characters go on a cycling holiday. They are riding classic European roadster bikes, and it is so carefree, simple and enjoyable. I'd like to go on a European tour riding classic bikes.
Great old ads. Thanks for posting. The odd bike at 2:30 seems to have a frame of bent wood (gebogene Holz). This must have been the period when bikes were marketed to the middle and upper classes, judging by the elaborate outfits and emphasis on Eleganz.
Wow, bent wood. That is unusual. I guess they were way ahead of Calfee and his bamboo bikes. :) Yes, from the look of the riders in these ads, this was a rich (or at least fairly well to do) persons' game in 1896!
agree with the other gentleman about the unusual bike. Steam bent wood was also used in the US. An example of that featured bike appears on Google search from a museum in the Czech republic
Every single woman was wearing puffy sleeves! lol Three had no arm showing, but I bet they were wearing puffy sleeves, too! Even the little girl! Thanks for showing!
Thanks for watching Mary! One thing I forgot to mention in the video was that most of the bicycle ads were aimed at woman. Those puffy sleeves were very fashionable, but I bet they slowed you down on the hills. :)
All text is perfectly readable for German speaking people. I love the ad at 2:00 for cork-inserts in the Braun tires. Doesn’t sound particularly comfortable to me.
Hi Coen and thanks for watching! Glad to hear you were able to read the ads.
Sehr gut.
Eine Gesundheite Farhad is a health bike.
Ah! Thanks very much for the translation, Frank!
As you noted in another recent video, when Hitler came to power some 35-40 years later, he wanted to get rid of cyclists and put more automobiles on the road to promote an image of Germany as a successful, prosperous nation. In the movie, "The Reader," set in Germany after WWII, there is a scene in which the two main characters go on a cycling holiday. They are riding classic European roadster bikes, and it is so carefree, simple and enjoyable. I'd like to go on a European tour riding classic bikes.
I'll have to look for that movie, Andrew! Yes, that would be a great way to see Europe!
It's a short scene, and it's a bit racy at first. th-cam.com/video/ILwIYoa_YF4/w-d-xo.html
@@andrewbird57 Thanks for the link!
That was fun. It reminded me of looking at an early 1900’s Sears catalog. Good choice for music. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dan! I have a reproduction of a 1902 Sears catalog I look at all the time. :)
@@bikestrikesrazors I think that’s the same one we had when I was a kid.
Great old ads. Thanks for posting.
The odd bike at 2:30 seems to have a frame of bent wood (gebogene Holz).
This must have been the period when bikes were marketed to the middle and upper classes, judging by the elaborate outfits and emphasis on Eleganz.
Wow, bent wood. That is unusual. I guess they were way ahead of Calfee and his bamboo bikes. :) Yes, from the look of the riders in these ads, this was a rich (or at least fairly well to do) persons' game in 1896!
Thanks for sharing this interesting find. Great video. Time to hit some yard sales here in old New England !
Hey, Mark! You never know what’s out there until you look! :)
agree with the other gentleman about the unusual bike. Steam bent wood was also used in the US. An example of that featured bike appears on Google search from a museum in the Czech republic
Thanks for the info, BSC!
Those crazy Germans! Suprised they didn't have their beer mug holder handlebars! Fun historical perspective on bicycle marketing.
I'm surprised they never came up with "handlebar gnomes". :)
@@bikestrikesrazors, 🤣
Another great "step back in time"...or should I say a " pedal stroke back in time"...
Yep, always fun looking at these old ads. :)
The ad at 2:23 boasts that they sell to the Bavaria, Prussian and Bulgarian armies.
Interesting! Thanks for the help!