The Flying Merkel Bicycle: An Evolving Study
By Shawn P. Sweeney The purpose of this monograph is to arrange, compile, and analyze material brought to light in the Classic & Antique Bicycle Exchange (CABE) web forum under the thread “Anyone here...
By Shawn P. Sweeney The purpose of this monograph is to arrange, compile, and analyze material brought to light in the Classic & Antique Bicycle Exchange (CABE) web forum under the thread “Anyone here...
By Shawn P. Sweeney The Monark Battery Co. (later Monark Silver King Co.) started making bicycles in October 1934. These first Monarks were 24” aluminum bikes and it wasn’t until 1937 that they...
By Shawn P. Sweeney Special thanks to Patric Cafaro for much of this info which was taken from his CBN article (Nov-Dec 2011). Huffman Mfg. Co. began building bicycles in October of 1934. The...
By Shawn Sweeney and Gary Meneghin The Beginning Schwinn acquired the Excelsior and Henderson motorcycle companies in 1911 and 1914, respectively. Frank Schwinn, the son of the Schwinn company founder, Ignaz Schwinn,...