Ah yes, have we all not fantasized that we’d awake to find our fixed-gear, safety bike adorned with flowers and mounted by an erotic victorian girl …
From the Private Collection: A History of Erotic Photography 1850 to 1940. Published by Other Criteria. Related article from the Telegraph.co.uk
Notes:
- Suspended seat
- Toe clips
- Dropbar
- Stick holding the bike up


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Seeing as this post is definitely NSFW, I’m surprised the image wasn’t behind the jump.
Also, to add to your “notes” list: six bolt crank. That’s unusual today. Was it the fashion then?
I didn’t notice the cranks, but the attention to detail in the photo is impressive. I wondered how many takes it took.