Morgan
On Training Wheels
Hi, new here, came in on a search for 1891 Victor Safety and found this. Couldn't reply with my latest blog post, which features that make, type and year of bicycle, so figured I'd just post somewhere here that I have a blog, https://fastestslowguy.blogspot.com/ where I often research the bicycle history of the first bike boom(s), specific to where I live, the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm trying to put together a history of the people, places, organizations and rides that made up this first boom, in part to show the people of today that a pretty great bicycle past came before us, and that our bicycle present and future can be that great, or greater. It helps to know who came before you. So, if you're interested in that stuff, give me a follow. Naturally, there is quite a bit about the bikes themselves in these old newspaper and magazine articles, but I don't focus on the gear. If you're interested, give my blog a follow. I also post some of the articles on twitter as https://twitter.com/fnagrom. Here is a Chronological index of historical cycling articles in San Francisco Bay Area Bicycle Culture, Historical page, where I manually add blog posts about that bike era, by date.
I do own a few older bikes, the only one that I think this forum would be interested in is this Circa 1910 Mead Ranger Special. I did scan a 1919 Mead catalog, and I've got another, older Mead catalog I might scan and share someday.
If you've got any information, pictures, stories, ephemera from the SF Bay Area during that first bike boom, please share them with me. I'm especially interested in the local club from my area, the Acme Wheelmen, a division of the Acme Athletic Club.
Morgan
I do own a few older bikes, the only one that I think this forum would be interested in is this Circa 1910 Mead Ranger Special. I did scan a 1919 Mead catalog, and I've got another, older Mead catalog I might scan and share someday.
If you've got any information, pictures, stories, ephemera from the SF Bay Area during that first bike boom, please share them with me. I'm especially interested in the local club from my area, the Acme Wheelmen, a division of the Acme Athletic Club.
Morgan