
COMPAX and PARATROOPER “The Folding Bikes”
Pre-War Era On December 23rd, 1937 a U.S. Patent was filed for a collapsible bicycle. The patent had six unique features to make it fold into a small space for… Read more »
Pre-War Era On December 23rd, 1937 a U.S. Patent was filed for a collapsible bicycle. The patent had six unique features to make it fold into a small space for… Read more »
There are several names they were called. Some called them “HIGH RISE” bikes after the tall, high rise handlebars they sported. Some called them “BANNANA BIKES” after the long banana… Read more »
Columbia Tandem bicycles, there are basically two categories I will use to identify them, antique and modern. The antique were made from 1887 to 1899 and the modern from 1961… Read more »
The Newsboy Special, to many Columbia bicycle aficionados the model is as familiar as the back of their hand. It is no surprise that it should be since it was… Read more »
The following is a brief historical timeline of the company that made Columbia Bicycles. Many histories of Colonel Albert A. Pope and the companies that he started have been written…. Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »
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… Read more »