1950’s Sid Patterson
1950’s Sid Patterson track bike
This elegant chrome track bike is named after Sid Patterson.
Sid was one of the greatest cyclists to come out of Australia. He represented Australia at the 1948 Olympic Games in London. Sid won world championship titles on the track while an amateur and as a professional.
In 1949 Sid won the world amateur sprint championship in Copenhagen, and in 1950, the world amateur pursuit championship. In 1952 and ’53 Patterson won the world championship in the pursuit again. By his final year of racing in 1967 Sid had 12 consecutive Australian championships titles to his name.
Mr. Patterson passed away in 1999, but the Sid Patterson Gran Prix is held in Melbourne each year in his honor.
So, a great athlete to name your racing bike after, right?
Patterson front end
A.B.C… Australia Bicycle Corporation?
Sid Patterson downtube
Sid was sponsored by the Malvern Star bike company for most of his bike racing carreer, so it is a little surprising to see that his signature bike has the insignia A.B.C. The ABC has to stand for Australia Bicycle Company or something like that, right?
We don’t have much information about the origin of this chrome beauty, so if anyone out there knows something about it, we’d be happy to hear from you.