De Piotten - Belgian WW1 Living History

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The Army Cyclist Corps and The Khaki Chums

 Article

Bicycles in WW1

 Watch a short film here

Belgian bicyclists each with a machine gun component

Bicycles in World War One

 Article here

Bicycles of World War One

 Article here

German cyclists 1914

In 1/72 by Hat 
Review by Plastic soldier review

Belgians 1914 from Hat industrie

If you are thinking of recreating the campaigns of 1914 in 1/72 then naturally one has a look at what Hat Industries have on offer - they look good and promising - let's hope they come soon...
Line infantry here - Belgian bicyclists here - heavy weapons here
Plastic soldier review list of WW1 figures

Bicycle infantry

According to the wikipedia on Bicycle Infantry the first use of the bike in war was in the Boer War. It says
The first known use of the bicycle in combat occurred during the Jameson Raid, in which cyclists carried messages. In the Second Boer War, military cyclists were used primarily as scouts and messengers. One unit patrolled railroad lines on specially constructed tandem bicycles that were fixed to the rails. Several raids were conducted by cycle-mounted infantry on both sides; the most famous unit was the Theron se Verkenningskorps (Theron Reconnaissance Corps) or TVK, a Boer unit led by the scout Daniel Theron, whom British commander Lord Roberts described as "the hardest thorn in the flesh of the British advance." Roberts placed a reward of £1,000 on Theron's head—dead or alive—and dispatched 4,000 soldiers to find and eliminate the TVK.^[4]

Cycling and the Great War

As someone interested in cycling AND the Great War I am very interested to see someone actually putting the two together. Check out the article on how they did it on the The Army Cyclist Corps and The Khaki Chums.
BBC article on the Khaki Chums

Peloton of Belgian cyclists August 1914

Image from this excellent site on the history of cycling

Sur cette photo, chaque militaire emporte sur son vélo un morceau d'une mitrailleuse.
See 1/72 masters for Belgian cyclist troops
See German landsturm cyclist 1914-5

The cyclist at war

I have wondered what was the first usage of the bike in war - presumably the 1914-18 war but if anyone knows any different... be a good way to celebrate the centenary in 2014 - a cycling tour of Flanders.
Image from here. Where the description is
Bicyclette pliante, 1893 Elle fut inventée par le capitaine Gérard et utilisée durant les grandes manoeuvres de 1896. Elle se repliait en 35 secondes, roue contre roue. Son poids était de 11 kilos.
Photographies de 1893