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This thread has been around for several years with several contributors. Here are the facts: National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com) has voluminous records and original catalogues for Excelsior bicycles (no matter who made them or when). These records include Rollfast, D.P...

Hello... Your pressed stainless steel Western Flyer headbadge is from a 1950s Western Flyer X-53 Super. It was designed specifically for the X-53. If you are careful, you can use automotive enamel reducer to remove the green housepaint and discover the original black, silver and red finish...

Nice to see this stuff. As stated, we have full files and catalogues from Monark-Silver King, Inc. We started collecting Monark-Silver King literature and eventually bicycles in the 1950s. We began publishing articles about Monarks and Silver Kings in the 1970s. For many years we had the only...

A nice survivor that ought to clean up. It is finished in original Monark color combination #62. It was also available in another factory color combination. However, "1957" would have been rather long in the tooth for this bicycle. AND... even if it is true that the original owner received the...

$350.

Just a few samples of Lewis Lightweight bicycles original literature preserved for many years in the National Bicycle History Archive of America. Leon Dixon National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com)

"Lewis Lightweight Bicycles" was its own company. Yes, associated with George Lewis. Yes, somewhat connected to Monark-Silver King, Inc. Yes, the bicycle here appears to be a prewar model, not brought over after the war. National Bicycle History Archive of America, of course, has numerous...

AND... while people are busy either attacking me or trying to show off how much they "know" about this bicycle... Here is an original image from our official 1938 Good Year order catalogue. As you can see... the Good Year Hi-Way Patrol bicycle of 1938 was not identical in every way to a 1938...

Good Year Hi-Way Patrol (not Hiway Patrol) bicycles made by Murray-Ohio were not necessarily just a Mercury with a different headbadge. Good Year bicycles (no matter who made them) had their own specifications. Don't expect a Mercury to be exactly like a Hi-Way Patrol bicycle. By the way... we...

We have this film. Perhaps no one today knows or remembers, but we have been collecting and showing vintage bicycle films since the 1960s. We founded the Berkeley Bicycle Film Festival in Berkeley, California many years ago. Those who attended our "1st National Classic Bicycle Swap Meet & Show"...

Not true. 1935-1936 Elgin Bluebirds did not have wear studs on the saddles. However... 1937-1941 (yesssss... I'm sure there is an arguer all prepared with a response for this one) did indeed have the wear studs on the saddles. As did Elgin Twin-60 models and some derivatives.

Glad you like the photo. I'm betting no one has ever posted one like it before. Or the information in it. As for contacting Jerry... I would do so tomorrow rather than wait. He may only have one left... and the repops around all these years came from the Jerrys! So probably best not to wait...

Jerry Peters of Chestnut Hollow in Almont, Michigan has your headlight assembly. I was first to restore these Mercury bicycles in the 1970s and have owned several over the years. I reproduced the axle caps in the 1970s. One of my Mercurys was displayed for a lengthy period at the Oakland Museum...

Classic Bicycle (& Whizzer) Club of America was conceived and started in California in the 1970s by Leon Dixon. The club was to be supported by the world's first newsletter on classic bicycles: Classic Bicycle & Whizzer News. A copyrighted and registered title. YES. Published beginning in 1977...

Thanks, Tyler. Got those– of course not nearly as nice....

Wow. NOBODY said anything about NOT looking at serial numbers. This was NOT SAID. Certainly not by me. This is an incredibly absurd and twisted claim. I shouldn't waste the time to comment at all, but I see there is a political effort afoot to pervert what I said into what you WANT me to have...

Dating these headbadges for Arnold, Schwinn & Company only works if one completely ignores how individual dealers and wholesale-distributor companies handled these items. None of these entities ever imagined that one day collectors would be dissecting the histories and design formats and the...

Of course you DO know (OR should know) that National Bicycle History Archive of America has ALL original Harley-Davidson catalogues, manufacturing info and even original glossy 8 x 10 factory photos. We also have original artwork and advertising as well. Attached are merely samples from our...

Hello... Of course I am correct. What I told you is not guessing or opinion. What I said is based on absolute cold facts. Of course it is correct. The truth is not "out there hanging in the ether" as you said. The truth is right here. But you have to be willing to see this. But when I said...

Hello... You are correct about the paint and striping. But also... The headbadge should also be trimmed in black with red accent. And the front fork pivot clips and the horizontal fender brace are all bolted together backwards. The aft shoulder bolt head should be on the inside ... with...

Hello... There was no regular production by Shelby Cycle Company for most of 1942... and none for 1943 and 1944. And most of 1945. Of course, this was due to limits and rules set by the federal government. And the fact that other things related to the war effort were being made. The few items...

This stand is for 1941 steel-frame Monarks only, not for Silver Kings and not for earlier years.

Hello... If you are asking about the bicycle in the last photo and who built it, you would need to post a full set of photos. Including serial stampings. Again... any company could have made bicycles for the Hiawatha brand. AND the bicycles made under the Hiawatha brand were almost never...

Hello, You are most welcome. Happy to help. Know these bicycles extremely well and I have owned a bunch of them over the years. As for the holes drilled in the wingbar... whatever they are, they were not original. And a very, very bad thing to do to this cast aluminum crossbar. The aluminum...

If you have an abundance of Whizzer or Schwinn literature (we do), you can actually see these bars listed as accessories. There were also special dealer bulletins sent out in the late 1940s when the cushion version was introduced. There was also a version (which we have NOS) that was cusioned...

These handlebars, bent as shown were actually known in the bicycle industry as "Riser Bars." They were once a commonly known style. Schwinn and Whizzer Motorbike Company actually sold two (2) different versions of these. At one point. Other bicycle companies and handlebar makers also sold...

Hello, Monark-Silver King, Incorporated (MSK) never referred to this bicycle as "wingbar." Wingbar is a term I coined in the 1960s-70s. I can see the name I coined has outlasted the memory of where it came from. A friend of mine in the 1970s and I were the first to collect these. Another friend...

Records for Hiawatha bicycles, including model numbers, original catalogues, dealer info and serial numbers are at National Bicycle History Archive of America (NBHAA.com)... where they have been since the 1970s. We also have the records for Cleveland Welding Company (CWC), Shelby Cycle Company...

Hello, You are most welcome. Glad I could help you. As I have been saying for over 60 years now (YES), girl's bicycles usually just don't generate the interest (and these days, the funds) that boy's bicycles do. In the world of vintage CLASSIC bicycles in the USA, most of the hardcore...

So my only question is, do you have the fiber gear that runs off of thus component? This is the part so often worn out even when the other components can be found...

Don't think there was any mention of whether it is a competition of who has what, but rather the fact that it exists... and so very close in the same area. Nobody said anything about competing. Just pointing out that it exists in the very same area... just off Van Dyke. You've gotta be almost...

Right down the road from Chestnut Hollow Bicycle Museum... in Almont, Michigan. Same area... and off of Van Dyke. But Chestnut Hollow has hundreds and hundreds of vintage bicycles...

Really? Well... this could only take place after all due acknowledgements, titles, CLASSIC BICYCLE HISTORY and rightful credits are made– and trolls eliminated. But all that would only happen AFTER the invention and debut of the world's first perpetual motion machine...

Hello, We don't usually do in-depth IDs without a fee. But we will make an exception in this case– especially with so many expert chefs attempting to make dinner for you and your bicycle... According to original records of the company, your bicycle was made in the spring of 1948. It was...

Hello... This Hiawatha is missing the original grips, pedals, headlight, chainguard and original rear carrier electric tail light (one installed is not at all original). Post photos of the serial number stamping... and headbadge ... then I can tell you the exact year from actual factory...

It wasn't just Roadmaster. When I first identified one these saddles many years ago for locals in SoCal, I had a red one. So when someone asked what it went to at a Ballooonatic meet many years ago, I responded "Roadmaster, mid-1950s." But that response was only for that saddle. However, this...

Understood completely. Thanks.

OR THESE...

Thanks much. Appreciate the lead. Gotta have an original metal tank and metal ornament... destined for a nice original bicycle.

Nice photos. Beautiful Elgin Twin-Bar. But let's see the left-hand view of the rear of the carrier. BTW... the "nipple-ripple" lens on this tail light does not appear to be the original Elgin type. At one time, this Twin-Bar obviously had an aftermarket electric something-or-other mounted on...

This Twin-Bar with the graphic added on the rear carrier normally indicated a different supplier. So let's see photos of the rear carrier. Some of these had the "Flash-O-Matic" Elgin tail light/brake light that people in the hobby today don't seem to know about. Look to see if the carrier has...

Here is at least a start on your way to knowing what you have. There were many models of Elgin Twin-Bar and each model had variations. Keep this fact in mind. Also VERY important... ALL Elgin Twin-Bar models are NOT listed or shown in hobby publications, online "threads" or even Sears...

Ahhh... another one of these. First, if you know the history of this history then you will know that this 1985 version of the Schwinn Consumer Information Bulletin #20 is NOT the original– which was from 1981. And... heaven forbid... the original was written largely by myself and a Schwinn...

Hello... Okay, but... Seriously? "Help out" my memory? Wow. Please. With all due respect, etc. John, I know you wish to be seen as the guru of all things Schwinn. And I know you worked for SSW for a while, etc. But regarding what I stated, my memory needs no help here at all. None whatsoever...

Finally got time to look this up in our Hiawatha Factory Records File. This information is directly from factory records and is not a guess or supposition. • Your Hiawatha bicycle was manufactured by Shelby Cycle Company under contract to Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. in 1946. • A Hiawatha is NOT a...

REGARDING PEDAL PUSHER SHOP AND BIZ CARDS, ETC... Wow. You guys are all having a great private memory fest here and creating stories. But the memories stop way short of what actually happened. Nobody told me about all this. However, I'm not sure why I am not mentioned in this long thread (and...

What your photos show is a mid-1950s Faulhaber deluxe saddle crash guard. Rear skirt of this sadde was V-shaped. Male and female versions were the same style. Leon Dixon National Bicycle History Archive of America

What you need to do is look at SHELBY bicycles... which is what your sprocket, fork and frame appear to be. It appears to be an "S-M-B" (SHelby-made bicycle). Leon Dixon National Bicycle History Archive of America

Hello... Thanks, but no idea who this fellow is or how to contact him.

Ahhh. Well. Let's not make too much of a big deal on one of these being hard bound. See that cute little set of Dewey Decimal numbers on the spine of the binding? Well? The library where this book was had it bound. Cheaper to hard bind the paper covers than to keep buying replacement copies...