the bicycle^✦︎

Also bicycle, push-bike, boneshaker, the blasted machine, infernal sewing-machine, velocipede, the left pedal

The lampless bicycle from the gardener's shed on which Bertie rides to Kingham Manor and back.

Connections

dealings

• Bertie Wooster rides, leaves behind 2
• Jeeves brings 1

Scenes it is in

1. At the gardener's shed Bertie berates Jeeves, finds the bicycle has no lamp, and hears Uncle Cyril's story of Nicholls and Jackson.Chapter 22, the gardener's shed, as boneshaker
2. Bertie wobbles through the dark countryside, dodging a pig and mistaking an owl on a signpost for Aunt Agatha.Chapter 22, as velocipede
3. At the Kingham Manor servants' ball Bertie prods Seppings, learns the back-door key was left with Jeeves all along, and sets off home.Chapter 22, Kingham Manor, as push-bike
4. Arriving back at Brinkley, Bertie is met by Madeline, who praises his chivalry and asks him to release her so she can marry Gussie, which he joyfully does.Chapter 23, the front door, as the left pedal

Talked about, but not there

1. The household gathers on the lawn with no rescues made, finds itself locked out, and Jeeves volunteers Bertie to cycle to Kingham Manor for the back-door key.Chapter 22, the garden at Brinkley, as bicycle
2. Jeeves explains that his fire-bell scheme united everyone in dislike of Bertie and then in amusement at his pointless ride, brings him an omelette, and confesses to having burnt his mess jacket, which Bertie accepts.Chapter 23, Bertie's room at Brinkley