one of the most sought after bicycles being worked on Bowden Spacelander

[Goldenrod]

Nice shop.

 

[sworley]

Amazing progress, quite the transformation! Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[PlasticNerd]

I don’t get it, what do people see in these?

 

[buickmike]

Let's also consider the Alexander rocket bike.

 

[BICYCLE HEAVEN]

I don’t get it, what do people see in these?

Look up the history of the man who built them Ben Bowden A bike like this design in the 1940s was a head of its time ,,it was not a mass production made bike and the first fiberglass style frame thats just a start,,look up Benjamin Bowden he was a industrial designer on automobiles Healey's ,,sport cars design built Winston Churchills amor car ,,Ford and much more

 

[PlasticNerd]

Look up the history of the man who built them Ben Bowden A bike like this design in the 1940s was a head of its time ,,it was not a mass production made bike and the first fiberglass style frame thats just a start,,look up Benjamin Bowden he was a industrial designer on automobiles Healey's ,,sport cars design built Winston Churchills amor car ,,Ford and much more

I will check that out, still doesn’t make the bike appealing to the eye. Love to see the history though

 

[GTs58]

Spacelander was the Bicycle of the Future, 1946-1960

Or so the say in all the hype of this failure. After trying to sell this crazy idea for 14 years a few hundred were finally made and sold. I grew up in the late 50's early 60's and I can say without a doubt that I and any of my friends would never be seen riding something like that.

Spacelander: Bowden's Futuristic Bicycle that Failed Badly

Benjamin Bowden designed the Spacelander bicycle for the 1946 exhibition “Britain Can Make It”. The streamlined design was initially called the Classic and was meant to represent the future of bicycle design.

www.bygonely.com

Benjamin Bowden - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Spacelander Mark II.

 

[Freqman1]

Not my cup-o-tea for several reasons-looks goofy, a middleweight, and prone to breaking. I’ve passed on a couple of these and don’t ever see owning one. But hey that’s why there are different flavors of ice cream!

 

[Phattiremike]

Nice transformation Craig!

-mike

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Nice work on a rare, significant bike! Like it or not, it was a very forward thinking design of the time.

Too bad it wasn't a balloon tire bike. If I stumbled onto one for a great deal I'm sure I would enjoy having fun with it for a while.