Gent's Touring Cycle
ManufacturerManufactured by
Granby
UserUsed by
James J. Lowrie
(died 1992)
Date1930s
Object NameBicycle
Mediumsteel, aluminium, rubber
ClassificationsLeisure
Dimensions
Frame: Height: 53.34 cm
Frame: Height: 53.34 cm
AcquisitionBequeathed in 1992 by James Jenkins Lowrie.
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS022452
About MeThis bicycle has a Sturmey Archer 3 speed rear mechanism and a dynamo. It belonged to James J. Lowrie and has been adapted so that the controls for both the front and rear brakes are worked from a single lever on the right hand side of the handlebars. This adaptation to the brakes was necessary to accommodate Lowrie’s disability. He suffered from the effects of polio from childhood but this did not deter him from becoming a keen cyclist. He got his first bike about 1922 at a time when many young people were trying to escape the confines of the city but could not afford a motor car. He cycled the length and breadth of Scotland until the early 1980s and was a well-known face in many of Scotland's youth hostels. He was a founding member of the Aberdeen Wheelers Club and later in life established himself as a competitor in the Stoke Mandeville games for the disabled.
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