This glorious old film shows a vision of what one bicycle manufacturer thought would be the future of cycling.
The video goes behind the scenes of British brand Moulton, which is still producing bikes to this day. The short British Pathé clip details how Moulton designed and manufactured its bikes in the early 1960s.
Alex Moulton, the founder of the brand and a prolific car suspension designer, developed the double-bonded sandwich design for the small-wheeled bicycle to reduce bumps. This technology was used on the original Mini Cooper and Moulton continues to use it today, including on the NS Safari.
While the film focuses more on the brand’s commuting model, showing it being folded up into the boot of a car, towards the end we get a glimpse of the brand's racing model.
The narrator claims this model can reach 50 miles, with the small wheels said to make pedalling easier and give terrific acceleration.
It's incredibly charming.
