Humber is an English brand of bicycle. Thomas Humber made himself a velocipede in 1868. From that time he built a substantial business in manufacturing tricycles and bicycles while continuously improving their design and construction. His products were so well-made and well-designed they were known as "the aristocrat among bicycles".
Beeston 2008 insignia high on the left front wall
Ordinary by Humber, Marriott & Cooper
Humber Safety Bicycle The Science Museum
Thomas Humber and T.H.Lambert on a Humber Tandem Tricycle, circa 1885
Thomas Humber was a English engineer and cycle manufacturer who developed and patented a safety bicycle (1884) with a diamond-shaped frame and wheels of similar size. It became a pattern for subsequent machines. Humber made many other improvements to bicycles. About 1868 he founded Humber Cycles, the bicycle manufacturing business at Beeston, Nottinghamshire later owned by Humber & Co Limited.
Ordinary by Humber, Marriott & Cooper
Humber Cycles Beeston 2008 insignia high on the left front wall
Thomas Humber and T.H.Lambert on a Humber Tandem Tricycle, circa 1885
Humber Safety Bicycle The Science Museum