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Kōrero: Bicycles

Early bicycle manufacture

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Early bicycle manufacture

Many velocipedes and penny-farthings were made by local blacksmiths, ironmongers or coach builders. Bicycles were produced alongside a variety of types of farm equipment in Palmerston North in the mid-1890s.

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Palmerston North City Library

Reference: 2007N_Bc13_WOR_0074

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Jamie Mackay, Bicycles – Bicycle manufacturing, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/23423/early-bicycle-manufacture (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jamie Mackay, i tāngia i te 6 April 2010.