THE TRIUMPH OF VENUS
1897 Victoria Triumph No 15 for Ladies
23″ Frame
26″ Wheels
Frame No 12873
Brown Brothers Saddle
Any vintage bicycle retaining its original transfers is wonderful. But a bicycle that proudly declares its name in gilt 115 years after manufacture is a real treasure. This is the earliest Triumph I’ve seen and, as you can imagine, when I found it I did not hesitate. It was for sale at Beaulieu autojumble, but still in the seller’s van and I was the first to spot it. Obviously my vintage bicycle radar was working well. I immediately reached into my pocket and paid a deposit to secure it.
The seller told me that he bought this Triumph at a French autojumble fifteen years ago.
1899 TRIUMPH CATALOGUE
1897 VICTORIA TRIUMPH v 1914 ROYAL TRIUMPH
BROWN BROTHERS No 99 LADY’S SADDLE
1899 TRIUMPH CATALOGUE
‘TRIUMPH …are a splendid type of American Cycles!’
(says a confused 1897 New Zealand newspaper)
1899 Triumph Catalogue with thanks to Andrew Heaps
LOCATION: Under Brighton Peir
