Alexander Paris Texas Rocket bicycle count off. Post your bad boy here for all to see

[catfish]

Still just displaying this unique Alexander fork.
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How about a video of how it works?

 

[39Rocket]

Bumping this thread because it’s a good read about a part of Bicycle history

 

[Sped Man]

Another serene location.

 

[Greg58]

We have friends that live right outside Paris. It is an interesting town, has a cool downtown square, an Eiffel tower at the community college complete with cowboy hat! The coolest thing I saw was at the cemetery, a very large tombstone sculpture of Jesus wearing cowboy boots!

Evergreen Cemetery Paris Texas and Jesus in Cowboy Boots.

www.texasescapes.com

 

[39Rocket]

We have friends that live right outside Paris. It is an interesting town, has a cool downtown square, an Eiffel tower at the community college complete with cowboy hat! The coolest thing I saw was at the cemetery, a very large tombstone sculpture of Jesus wearing cowboy boots!

Evergreen Cemetery Paris Texas and Jesus in Cowboy Boots.

www.texasescapes.com

Yes! My son and I traveled there in March to see the Alexander shop and all those sites you mentioned. Very nice town!

 

[Greg58]

One other highlight was eating at Burgerland! Not to be missed if you visit Paris!!
We visit every year, it is a 9hr drive from Ne to Tx.
Greg

 

[39Rocket]

Today millions of Americans kick off their Christmas shopping. Imagine being a 12 year old boy in Paris, Texas and seeing this bicycle in your dad’s newspaper in 1939
J.R. Alexander had just invented the Alexander Rocket Bicycle and used it in this advertisement. Apparently just to draw people in to his bicycle shop where he sold new and used bicycles manufactured by name brand companies.
Note the original style fork, not the teardrop style seen on all others. I’d say this bike is the one in Bicycle museum of America in Ohio.
This is also the only period photograph of a rocket bicycle known so far. Just the coolest thing to me.

 

[39Rocket]

The bathroom inside Alexander’s shop!
Yes! I used it when I visited in March!

 

[39Rocket]

My 7th Alexander Rocket Bicycle I bought in February 2024. It was a great year for adding Alexander items to our collection!!

 

[39Rocket]

2024 was a great year for us! Definitely the most unique bicycle I’ve ever owned because it’s 1 of a kind original Alexander Rocket bike. Totally different from the other Rocket Bicycles.
It’s an honor having it in the Sheffer and Son Alexander Rocket Bicycle collection!