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Tandem Columbia’s

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 to 1991. The following...

The Flying Merkel

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...

Monark Superframe 5-bar

The Monark Super Frame “Five Bar”

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...

1934 Huffman Notes and Observations

1934 Huffman Notes and Observations

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...

The First American Balloon Tire Bicycle

The First American Balloon Tire Bicycle

  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,...