A professional cyclist (1925)
A professional cyclist from New Zealand, photographed in 1925. My colorization of an F.B. Butler/Crown Studios Collection photo in the Museum of New Zealand archive.
The cycle is a Fleet, likely made by the Ariel factories in Bournbrook, South Birmingham, UK. The tyres are made by W.& A. Bates Ltd. of Leicester, a company which was later bought by Dunlop.
The name of the cyclist is not mentioned, but his price medals are displayed in the foreground. Maybe somebody is able to identify this succesful cyclist?
PS
With the help of a commentator, I have now found out that the cyclist is the "Wizard on wheels", New Zealand born (1889)
Phil O´Shea.
During his career, which lasted from 1909 to 1932, O´Shea raced an estimated 1420 times on the road and on the track, with a great number of wins:
"O'Shea was known as The Champion. The highlight of O'Shea's career was setting the fastest time, on three consecutive occasions, in the Warrnambool to Melbourne race over a distance of 165 miles (266 km), which carried with it the title of Long Distance Road Champion of Australasia. The achievement was all the more remarkable by the 11-year gap between the first race in 1911 and the second race in 1922, mostly accounted for by the intervention of World War I. O'Shea again set the fastest time in 1923."
(Wikipedia)
A professional cyclist (1925)
A professional cyclist from New Zealand, photographed in 1925. My colorization of an F.B. Butler/Crown Studios Collection photo in the Museum of New Zealand archive.
The cycle is a Fleet, likely made by the Ariel factories in Bournbrook, South Birmingham, UK. The tyres are made by W.& A. Bates Ltd. of Leicester, a company which was later bought by Dunlop.
The name of the cyclist is not mentioned, but his price medals are displayed in the foreground. Maybe somebody is able to identify this succesful cyclist?
PS
With the help of a commentator, I have now found out that the cyclist is the "Wizard on wheels", New Zealand born (1889)
Phil O´Shea.
During his career, which lasted from 1909 to 1932, O´Shea raced an estimated 1420 times on the road and on the track, with a great number of wins:
"O'Shea was known as The Champion. The highlight of O'Shea's career was setting the fastest time, on three consecutive occasions, in the Warrnambool to Melbourne race over a distance of 165 miles (266 km), which carried with it the title of Long Distance Road Champion of Australasia. The achievement was all the more remarkable by the 11-year gap between the first race in 1911 and the second race in 1922, mostly accounted for by the intervention of World War I. O'Shea again set the fastest time in 1923."
(Wikipedia)