Ladies on Bicycles (1899)

[ManilaSyndicate]

The fad of the time. The women looked so trim and elegant.

Such a simple scene that's actually over a century old. Amazing.

[frfrrrfrrrrrr]

@ManilaSyndicate Comaperd to the women today that are Fat , Foul mouthed , Drunk, high on party drugs , single mothers , Cant cook for shit , Pretty much useless .

[ManilaSyndicate]

@frfrrrfrrrrrr Nah, it's been pretty much the same ever since. Just some differences on the surface.

[kookaa10]

card games on motorcycles. . . anybody??



[mad00insane]

almost naked nowadays

[Emporator]

I'm certain I saw a hint of bare ankle for a moment - I'm appalled. This is utterly scandalous!

[verdew8181]

really graceful like a bicycle ballet.

[SylviaPenguin]

Wow... They are very good at it. :-) *Impressed*

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

What a great video!!

Women in their long white dresses riding bicycles when they had a gear case.

[fashionhistorylover]

@PlayIt4MeAgainSam I think they might be wearing split skirts because if they were wearing a dress the skirt would have been shorter.

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

@fashionhistorylover Nice eye! ~ I was looking at those gear cases on the bikes which cover the chains, and would keep their fashions clean, not to mention from getting tangled up in there. Thanks for the info. Cheers.

[Cristinarocks98]

insane tricks right there.

[macroevolve]

People are saying they're wearing baggy pants. I don't think so (says sarcastically) women always wore dresses with full sleeves, and full length. It was considered scandelous to show even an ankle.

[macroevolve]

Women on bicycles - what a novelty

[daveibukun]

@hoodoovalley hahahah.

[drmarrese101]

only joking... :--[

[bred2k6]

Is this available in 1080p?

[Weirdsupermilkshake]

Get back in the kitchen! Jk. I just had to do that.

[drmarrese101]

Dear god why did we allow that...now they drive cars

[LaceRose1996]

@drmarrese101 you suck :P Keep your sexist comments to yourself please.

[goinghomesomeday1]

@hoodoovalley Was that with one closed as you looked at them! LoL :-)

[NickTheGreek4umyMILF]

112 years before!!i beleive that the women of those ages didnt even knew that now,at 2011 the moderns clothes would be s0 sluty

[16nine]

This is what you see every single day in Copenhagen and Amsterdam. Chainguards are still standard on bicycles in mainstream bicycle cultures.

[pumpkinzer0]

ahh, not a bit of lycra or a carbon bike to be seen :)

[Frelismatic]

Could you imagine if young girls were asked to do this today?

There would be riots.

[gamester57]

in addition to chaincases which covered the chain and sprockets, ladies bicycles until the 1950s had dressguards which were fabric or netted string covers which covered the area of the back wheel between the hub and the perimeter of the mudguards, thereby preventing any sketchy snagging moments

[Lemon020202]

wow loved the way thet dressed back then

[CherryViz]

In 19th century people didn't watch soccer.

They... watched women ride their bicyles.

(groundbreaking, lol)

[blatten123]

biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicycle BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICYCLE

[sexxyperv]

@blatten123 lol.

[pedestrianharmright]

Oldest thing I've ever pleasured myself to

[Hartsock91]

Why was this in my recommended?

[owtatowttowt]

nice film. I love the period.

[stigmother]

121 years.

[dougcapehart]

That's hot

[videotimesss1]

This time, 1899, still exists exactly 111 light years from Earth.

All you have to do to be there is catch up with it!

[owtatowttowt]

how amazing, I love this.

BFI is aye good.

[LokiV]

LOL *QUOTE BFI* Though it's hard not to watch without willing one of them to catch her long white skirt in the bicycle chain.

BFI Has a darkside :P

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Who says you can`t go back in time, I`m looking at 111 years ago right now.

[Richardhedditch261]

This 1899 footage of women riding bicycles was from an era prior to when women - and girls - fully discovered the errogenous pleasures to be found for themselves in riding horses - particularly bareback.

[Heralde8]

I have to admit as a woman I take a strange pride in watching this, hehe. Women take so many of our opportunities for granted now. :)

[JamesTKirkCobain]

Just think; Vincent Van Gogh only died 9 years before this was filmed.

[LokiV]

@JamesTKirkCobain And Jack the ripper was around the year before :O

[KevinJKtheman]

@LokiV 11 years before, 1888 to be precise

[greenisland75]

Some very talented cyclists on show here.

[ginecologist]

My grandmother once said that many a virginity was lost due to vigorous pedaling....

[rosrychaplet]

@ginecologist lol

[emmychanisloli]

They're actually flowy pants not skirts. Still awesome vid.!

[Botany101]

Te Republican ideal; totally clonal situations without any possible room for self identity.

[helltopay1]

Sexist comment coming......... women in those days seemed to have lovely figures slim yet curvy.LUVERLEEE !!!!!!

[LadyBludgeon]

Corsets... it's magical. It can take a 30 inch waist and turn it into a 24 inch waist. :)

[ineabriate]

red arrows of their day!

[ubrayj02]

The bicycles in this film appear to have covered chains - so no worries there. The real problem would be the legs of those funky pants getting caught in the spokes on the rear wheel.

[Creissels]

The beginning of freedom! Wonderful film.

[oneillkza]

Those aren't skirts, but prototypical trousers - cycling was actually a huge leap forward for women's rights, and paved the way towards women (gasp) actually being allowed to wear trousers like those of men...

[rosrychaplet]

i think today they would be called gauchos.

[ParisLondonRoma]

lovely

[DVDluvr123]

Sexy dresses!!

[burnmetodeath]

Women riding bicycles? How scandalous!!

[jscharpf]

lol :)

[BSNFabricating]

Imagine that! Bicycles now, just you wait, they will be trying to get the vote some day!

Horrors!! What is the world coming to???

(I'm being sarcastic...)

[daveibukun]

@burnmetodeath indeed. lol.

[MetalHimera]

@burnmetodeath

It's ok, they are riding to shops to buy some food and then work in kitchen all day long

[memorialspartan17]

wanna hear a joke womens rights

[ShawnVanAngle]

I don't see how the dresses didn't get caught in the sprockets.

[IamCorgidan]

They said: "Though it's hard not to watch without willing one of them to catch her long white skirt in the bicycle chain." They should have added the word "That" Or a comma.

[KarovaMilkyBar]

@ShawnVanAngle same thought here, in those little piles also

[charlesnorte]

@ShawnVanAngle You have a good bike´s industries in UK. The rear wheel and the chain had a protection for dresses. We have lady´s Raleigh (1980) to ride.Greetings from Argentina!

[FleshTorturer]

I miss those days.

[sexxyperv]

@FleshTorturer you were there?!!

[croscoe85]

Cool!

[MJBlount]

wow so rhythmic and symmetrical