1920s Arrow Racer
This is an awesome and unusual racing bike from Australia. The tubing sizes and frame angles suggest that it was a mid-level racing bike bike from the 1920s. The paint is more ornate than what would have been original, and it is fairly likely that the same painter who worked on our purple Malvern Star, a man named Ken Dickie, did the marvelous detail work on this bike. Ken, a talented artist whose bicycle detail work spans decades, was crazy. Hours and hours of painting are on display here, and it is clear to us that Ken could not have been paid adequately for his masterful brush work.
Jeff showed this bike to a local artist who has done some amazing paint and striping jobs himself (like on our Paramount tandem), and he was taken aback. The level of intricate paint work on this bike would make even the most patient craftsman go cross-eyed.