Perhaps a false start to the History of Bicycles?1790’s – Celerifere The Celerifere or Velocifere was invented by Frenchman – Comte Mede de Sivrac. The celerifere had a wooden frame and wheels, and no steering apparatus. It was manually propelled by the feet like a balance bike.1810...
Huffy Bicycles International, Mr. James M. Schiff Pro-Tec Inc., Mr. Jerry Boquist Gary Littlejohn Manufacturing Inc., Mr. Gary Littlejohn. Blazer BMX Racing, Mr. Mike Maberut Maximum BMX Racing products, Mr. Gary Bergman Murray Export Sales Inc., Mr. R.A. Huber(through Switzerland) Lett...
The first children’s bicycles mimicked some features of automobiles, and by the 1950s, designs replicated jets and rockets. Things calmed down for awhile in the '60s as bikes became more practical and streamlined; then, in 1969, Huffy introduced its Dragster with banana seats and high-rise ...
• WE ALSO HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE ARCHIVE OF BICYCLE MOTOR KITS AND MOTORIZED BICYCLES LITERATURE... FROM SMITH MOTORWHEEL, CYCLEMOTOR, EVANS POWERCYCLE TO WHIZZER (WE HAVE PAPER ACHIVES FOR WHIZZER INCLUDING ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS, EVERY AD, OWNER'S MANUALS, WORKSHOP MANUALS, BULLETINS, RARE PHO...
The Cannondale Company didn’t start by making bicycles. In 1971, founder Joe Montgomery began with backpacks and trailers to transport bikes for camping. The company website reports the first manufacturing site was a loft above a pickle factory across from the old Cannon railroad line in Connect...
I also had the experience of hanging out at every used bicycle shop I could find in the 1950s. My dad had commercial property and we rented a building to a fellow everyone knew as just "Mr. Green." He had PILES of ancient bicycles stacked in that building like cordwood. And he KNEW...
(R.I.P.) the father of Spanish BMX and event organizer. Also very good contacts with Brian Montgomery the man behind BH bicycles supporting developments in BMX in Spain. The pictures below are all from the Joan Ventura archieves, published by his friend Joan Albert Redondo in February 2018...
global holding company of outdoor brands including Huffy, Batch Bicycles, VAAST, and Buzz. These brands ship more than 5 million bicycles annually to thousands of retail locations in more than 50 countries. United Wheels rounds out its portfolio with a bicycle style for every member of the ...
000 metal-matrix composite bicycle rims. Sinyard noted that the new rims are a "major break-through in the industry" and other bicycle manufacturers agreed. Michael D. Milton of Huffy Corp.'s Bicycle division (a competitor of Specialized) noted that Huffy had experimented with the metal-matrix...
The Cannondale Company didn’t start by making bicycles. In 1971, founder Joe Montgomery began with backpacks and trailers to transport bikes for camping. The company website reports the first manufacturing site was a loft above a pickle factory across from the old Cannon railroad line in Connect...