Serious question now......uk mtb museum
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Have often thought the same Chris, UK MTB museum would be cool, getting funding is the key thing, ideally a workshop run by like-minded enthusiasts with a museum attached could work, someone with a true love of retro bikes wouldn't be bogged down by the little details, as for populating the museum, that would be relatively easy, your own, donations, loaned bikes or ones bought in through sales of donations.
I actually like the idea!, and would be happy to loan some bikes, perhaps even donate some too, as would many true enthusiasts.
but then location?, Dalby would be cool....... Just because its close enough for me to visit
Have often thought the same Chris, UK MTB museum would be cool, getting funding is the key thing, ideally a workshop run by like-minded enthusiasts with a museum attached could work, someone with a true love of retro bikes wouldn't be bogged down by the little details, as for populating the museum, that would be relatively easy, your own, donations, loaned bikes or ones bought in through sales of donations.
I actually like the idea!, and would be happy to loan some bikes, perhaps even donate some too, as would many true enthusiasts.
but then location?, Dalby would be cool....... Just because its close enough for me to visit
I personally dont think it would be viable as a main attraction, more a side attraction to a shop, cafe or trail hub like others have suggested. Somewhere to look around when rained off or during a lunch break, that sort of thing.
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Something I’ve pondered over before. What is now the National collection in Wales I think came from the Lincoln cycle museum which in turn started life at Belvoir Castle near Grantham. One of the founders was “a friend” of my grandparents who were keen collectors and riders in the veteran cycle world. Indeed Grandad had his own “museum” built on the back of their house! My point I guess is that it was started by a small group of like minded enthusiasts with the purpose preserving history and educating future generations - sounds familiar! At the time they didn’t have the benefit of the internet etc yet was still reasonably successful in that it was open for many years - I’ve no idea how the finances of it worked or if it was funded charitably.
As a young member at the time of the veteran cycle world I’ve got to say that organised rides were by far the most interesting and fun events, very sociable, you saw all types of bikes in action and often got to try them out. We used to dread the static display days where you would literally sit next to your bike at a castle/fete/show while people who were only very mildly interested walked by!
I think we’ve got a great medium here already of preserving history and educating - maybe a more search friendly cataloging of brands, a more permanent picture hosting convention, so often I search for a brand on here and the photos have gone!
Something I’ve pondered over before. What is now the National collection in Wales I think came from the Lincoln cycle museum which in turn started life at Belvoir Castle near Grantham. One of the founders was “a friend” of my grandparents who were keen collectors and riders in the veteran cycle world. Indeed Grandad had his own “museum” built on the back of their house! My point I guess is that it was started by a small group of like minded enthusiasts with the purpose preserving history and educating future generations - sounds familiar! At the time they didn’t have the benefit of the internet etc yet was still reasonably successful in that it was open for many years - I’ve no idea how the finances of it worked or if it was funded charitably.
As a young member at the time of the veteran cycle world I’ve got to say that organised rides were by far the most interesting and fun events, very sociable, you saw all types of bikes in action and often got to try them out. We used to dread the static display days where you would literally sit next to your bike at a castle/fete/show while people who were only very mildly interested walked by!
I think we’ve got a great medium here already of preserving history and educating - maybe a more search friendly cataloging of brands, a more permanent picture hosting convention, so often I search for a brand on here and the photos have gone!
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The Welsh museum is a great model as it had a bit of everything including mtb but concentrated on early development of bikes. Perhaps we could do similar? With oddities and dead ends plus the blue collar stuff.
I loved the visit. Passionate staff happy to talk and walk.
I loved the visit. Passionate staff happy to talk and walk.
adroitstif
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Maybe part of the problem with getting big numbers of paying guests to such a museum is that to the non-mtb-fan all mountain bikes look the same, like sheep do to us non-sheep-fans. So for a viable museum you'd need to fill it with aesthetic oddballs and not necessarily the classics (ie no space for an early Orange Clockwork or Fat Chance, but lots of room for a Trek-era Klein Mantra or a PRST-1. Actually I take that last part back. *Every* museum should have a PRST-1!)
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I was going to nip up to it when I was in Brecon, but it was just after lockdown and Wales was opening up so it was shut :-(The History Man":2o0joxt7 said:
Attached to an existing trail centre or other biking hub would be the way to do it to guarantee some footfall. Might be good to include a few rideable bikes/even some for sale. Agreed it has to feature distinctive bikes. Probably also needs current MTB celebs eg Athertons as well as commercial sponsors to support it so might feature summary of race careers/sponsored product evolution.
One thing that struck me when I visited Dyfi recently is there isn't much to do if you aren't actually riding. I saw a few families mooching around while their teenage lad/lass rode the trails. A small museum that you could look around in 20 minutes or so would help kill time or it could be something you looked at while waiting in a queue for the next uplift.
One thing that struck me when I visited Dyfi recently is there isn't much to do if you aren't actually riding. I saw a few families mooching around while their teenage lad/lass rode the trails. A small museum that you could look around in 20 minutes or so would help kill time or it could be something you looked at while waiting in a queue for the next uplift.
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You could begin with a virtual museum as we do in France
https://generationmountainbike.com/museevirtuel/
Actually, an exhibition in a bike museum is going to be open with a choice from our virtual museum. We are working on small exhibitions too with specific thematic : history of carbon fiber, 30 years of rear suspension... what is better than one big museum : we can change and inviting spectator to come back visiting us. The more important is to be pedagogic. A lot of futur visitor know nothing about mtb history and it’s important to catch young people who learned riding with 29.
In France, all that virtual museum is made frim articles which appears each month in a magazine
You could begin with a virtual museum as we do in France
https://generationmountainbike.com/museevirtuel/
Actually, an exhibition in a bike museum is going to be open with a choice from our virtual museum. We are working on small exhibitions too with specific thematic : history of carbon fiber, 30 years of rear suspension... what is better than one big museum : we can change and inviting spectator to come back visiting us. The more important is to be pedagogic. A lot of futur visitor know nothing about mtb history and it’s important to catch young people who learned riding with 29.
In France, all that virtual museum is made frim articles which appears each month in a magazine
