Monday, 12 January 2009

Be like the Hovis boy !


Back in the 1970s, the TV in Britain often showed this advertisement for Hovis bread. It features a boy making a delivery on a traditional delivery bicycle.

These bikes are very practical and still in demand. However, it can be difficult to find such real butchers bikes in good condition these days. I can help out. I sell front racks for bicycles in several different styles which can be fitted to most bicycles.

There is a frame mounted rack like this:


And a handlebar mounted rack like this:


You can see full details of both styles here. I can of course make a bike basket to fit either style, or indeed to fit a genuine old delivery bike.

You may also be interested in a page of description of British delivery bicycles

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous12 January 2009 at 01:10

    That was great ,I looked at it Three times. It is just like back in the 1950ties when I was a Child Plenty of these Bikes around Dublin then. Delivering Meat from the Butchers, Bread, Laundry,Postman etc.
    They are mostly used now as Advertisements Props outside Shops.
    I have a Work Cycles Bike with one of those Racks (Voordrager)all I need is a Basket which I will get eventually. Very handy for carrying stuff,as the Bike seems to handle well with a load on the front it seems to balance the Weight better.

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  2. Anonymous12 January 2009 at 19:23

    i have been toying with the idea of a front rack on my new roadster from india. The rod brakes seem to be on the way though.

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  3. David Hembrow12 January 2009 at 19:32

    Abhishek, the handlebar mounting rack would probably work OK. It doesn't touch anything between the handlebars and the wheel nuts.

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  4. Anonymous13 January 2009 at 16:12

    I think they remade this in the 80's I remember that version it took longer in the ascent- it made cycling on a fixie look pretty hard work to me.

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  5. Anonymous13 January 2009 at 22:40

    I've got one of the Steco racks that fit to the hub and handlebars.I love it...but I found it requires a fairly tall, short-reach stem to sit properly.

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  6. Rob Ainsley20 January 2009 at 15:37

    The boy actor in that Hovis ad, Carl Barlow, got the part because he was the only one of the shortlist who could ride a bike...
    http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060502/ai_n16214536

    Pics of same hill today
    http://www.bike99.com/01.html

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