European lightweight Motorized Bicycles

[Ludwig II]

Pre 1939 Miele bike with Sachs Saxonette engine

1920s Cockerell Piccolo, Germany. By Gockerel, the man behind the Megola 5 cylinder front wheel drive bike.

 

[Ludwig II]

Belgian racers, early 1950s

 

[Ludwig II]

The Slinger. Unusual, it seems to have worked ok, but there was "market resistance".

https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/20...lNQOOnPnumsjH0eC5UQCXuLPSvm8n6QT7OgdUNjF2a4hY

 

[Ludwig II]

Rosengart, France. The rollers clamped the rim to drive it.

 

[Ludwig II]

Ad for a Motorvelox, made in Spain, 1949-52

https://en.todocoleccion.net/spare-...uxiliar-para-bicicletas-madrid-1949~x42231870