![Sovremennyi velosiped (1895) - cover](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5036113665_d0155e765d.jpg)
The cover shows a period side-by-side tandem bike.
Like most books of this period, even though it would seem very helpful to have lots of illustrations, there are rather few. Below is my favorite - since the Google image of these pages isn't good, I have done it over with both pages presented as a single image.
![Sovremennyi velosiped (1895) - my scan](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4150/5036731128_5fd6b3a508.jpg)
Below is an ad for a Russian bike dealer towards the end of the book. "Warehouse of American, English, and Austrian bikes and accessories."
![Russian Bike Dealer Ad (1895)](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5034226821_ace3677c0a.jpg)
This is interesting. If I come across any other old Russian bike cites, I will let you know.
ReplyDeleteAngela