Cheltenham Pedersen
1978 Cheltenham Pedersen
Cheltenham Bicycles LTD.
Over 100 years ago, Dane Mikael Pedersen created his own niche in cycling history.
A gifted engineer and patent holder for farm equipment designs, Pedersen shifted his attention to designing bicycles in the early 1890s. Pedersen’s innovative frame design was lighter and significantly more comfortable than contemporary bicycles while riding over the cobblestones and dirt roads of the time.
Pedersen hammock saddle
The saddle struts look like sail rigging.
Pedersen built his bikes around a hammock-style saddle design. Since the saddle required anchor points both front and rear, the truss frame construction was a natural choice. The unusual design is both lighter and more structurally sound than appearances would suggest. A time tested contraption for sure, Mikael Pedersen was granted a patent on his bicycle design in 1894, which was even based upon a wooden version that he had built several years earlier.
The truss fork offered a bit of suspension
That's a lot of welds...
The production of the original Pedersens stopped in 1905, but the design continued to be produced by others manufacturers for decades.
This particular bike was built in 1978 by the Cheltenham bicycle company, located about 50 kilometers from the original Pedersen factory.
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