Tom Mix, the silent screen cowboy star with more than 290 films to his credit, mounts a different type of steed for this 1930 International Newsreel photo.

Here’s the snipe: “A TWO-WHEELED SUBSTITUTE FOR HIS BUCKING BRONCO, TONY

PALM BEACH, FLA….. TOM MIX, ERSTWHILE TWO-GUN HERO OF THE SILVER SCREEN, KEEPS HIMSELF IN FORM BY STRADDLING A BICYCLE AND ATTEMPTING A FEW OF HIS EQUESTRIAN FEATS WHICH USED TO THRILL THE MOVIE HOUNDS. TO, IS ONE OF THE NUMEROUS AMERICANS WHO HAVE GATHERED HERE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY TO ENJOY THE TROPICAL BREEZES AND OCEAN BATHING.”