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1948 Claud Butler Avant Coureur
Warren Bare’s 1948 Claud Butler Avant Coureur Warren Bare’s Claud Butler This bike was originally owned by a cyclist from Reading, Pennsylvania named Warren Bare. An excellent regional level racer,...
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1940′s Vanoli Randonneur
1940′s Vanoli Randonneur 1940′s Vanoli Hey, all of you Randonneurs out there are going to love this bike. Perfect for your local French-World War-One-Reenactment-bike-rides brevets, this Vanoli has it...
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1961 Bianchi Competizione
1961 Bianchi Competizione 1961 Bianchi Competizione A Bianchi. Coppi’s bike. Gimondi’s bike. Argentin’s bike. Pantani’s bike. A lot of racing heritage over the decades with Bianchi, and a lot of...
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1948 Roadmaster Luxury Liner
1948 Roadmaster Luxury Liner 1948 Roadmaster Luxery Liner replica The Roadmaster Luxury Liner was a pretty popular bike in the late ’40′s and early ’50′s. Built by the Cleveland Welding Company (who...
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1953 & 1954 Schwinn Panther
1953 & 1954 Schwinn Panthers 1953 Schwinn Panther These are the bikes that every successful paperboy in the country aspired to own in the mid 1950′s. Schwinn Panthers. There is a funny story about...
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1955 Schwinn Starlet
1955 Schwinn Starlet 1955 Schwinn Starlet Isn’t this a pretty bike? A 1955 Schwinn Starlet in Summer Cloud White with Powder Blue trim. Schwinn’s catalogue called it the “fashion leader for girls” and...
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Late 1950′s Rickert Super
1959 Rickert “Ric Super” 1959 Rickert “Ric Super” German master frame builder Hugo Rickert fabricated this speedy rig. For a while Hugo named his bikes “Ric” for short, probably wanting to cash in on...
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1940′s Grieder Flyer Tricycle
1940′s Grieder Flyer Tricycle 1940′s Grieder Flyer Tricycle Your first bike was probably a trike. If you were a lucky little kid in the 1940′s you may have had a tricycle like this one. If you were...
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Jeanne (Robinson) Omelenchuk’s 1956 track bike
Omelenchuk track bike Jeanne (Robinson) Omelenchuk’s 1956 track bike This bike was made by George Omelenchuk for his wife Jeanne, who was a champion cyclist and speedskater. Among the notable...
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1945 Schwinn New World
1945 Schwinn New World 1945 Schwinn New World When you have an American-made bike and name it the “World Traveler” you conjure up images of trips taken abroad. You make people think about exploring...
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John Butterfield’s 1954 Peugeot
John Butterfield’s 1954 Peugeot John Butterfield’s 54 Peugeot A high point during bicycling’s lowest time. Not many adults rode bicycles in America in 1954. Percentage-participation might have been...
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1955 Norman Bicycle
1955 Norman 1955 Norman Bicycles are more fun than bombs. In the aftermath of WWII, England needed some fun. Fun and jobs. Converting English industry from war material manufacturing into peacetime...
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Museum Saturday Nights
Museum Saturday Nights Join us Saturday evenings this winter for a little bike history. On December 5th, January 16th, and February 20th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jeff and Paul will lead some bicycle...
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Omelenchuk road bike
Jeanne (Robinson) Omelenchuk’s custom 1960 road racing bike Omelenchuk road bike This is another bike that was made by George Omelenchuk for his wife Jeanne, an Olympic-level champion cyclist and...
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1960 Wilier Triestina junior racer
1960 Wilier Triestina Junior 1960 Wilier Trestina Jr.racing bike With adult bike wheel for scale Aw, isn’t this a cute little bike? Perfect for the first-grader who wanted to beat the school bus home....
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Museum Saturday Nights
Museum Saturday Nights Join us Saturday evenings this winter for a little bike history. On November 19th, December 17th, January 14th, and February 19th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Jeff and Paul will lead...
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1949 Flying Scot Tandem
1949 Flying Scot “continental” Tandem. 1949 Flying Scot Tandem This Flying Scot tandem is a new edition to Jeff’s collection, but he’s had his eye on it for quite some time. Twenty-five years ago Jeff...
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Ted Smith’s Claude Butler Olympic Sprint
Ted Smith’s Claude Butler Olympic Sprint Ted Smith’s Claude Butler Olympic Sprint In the bike shop we sometimes get questions about this old bike racer named Claude Butler who seemed to be so famous in...
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Schwinn Black Phantom
Schwinn Black Phantom Schwinn Black Phantom “My new Phantom sure is a beauty — All the fellows say it’s the swellest-looking bike in town.” Sure is the swellest. Built between 1949 and 1959, Schwinn...
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1940’s Carbine bicycle
1940’s Carbine 1940’s Carbine This Carbine was/is a terrific Australian road racer that handled/handles great and is/was a really comfortable bike to ride. Wondering why we’re calling this thing a road...
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