[benj111]

What was the patent for?

I remember seeing an old aluminium bike in the Manchester industrial museum

This is from 1896 https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co84092...

And theres this https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co25722...

Doesn't give a date, but this is the one I remember, and seem to recall it being 1901

[prmoustache]

I also rode an aluminium frame my granddad owned that was from the 1950's, with weird 700A wheels by today's standards.