Bicycle shop stickers

[juvela]

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Transfer on a Peugeot U08 tensped ca. 1962 -

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Joselyn's was a small neighbourhood type "mom & pop" shop on the west side of El Camino Real Blvd. only a mile and one half from Leland Stanford Jr. University in California. Many a student purchased their cycle there through the years. IIRC they closed in the early 1980's.

The pattern of the transfer reminds me of something I had not thought about in decades. I believe it is a generic one retailers could order from a trade association such as Bicycle Dealers of America. The blank was standardised and members could give the details of their store to be printed together with their order. Thus saving the store much of the setup cost of designing their own transfer. Does anyone else recall these?

Thank you for reading.

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[bikemonkey]

Two Wheeler Dealer in Spearfish, SD. Found on a bargain store 2011 Trek that migrated to NC.

Store in Spearfish below (what a cool city name).

The store in Rapid City was closed in 2014 and the inventory was consolidated in one store.
"After more than 40 years of keeping bicyclists on the road in Rapid City, the owners of the Two Wheeler Dealer Cycle & Fitness store have made the painful decision to close the shop in town and move everything up north to Spearfish...."

 

[Sven]

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Transfer affixed to an Araya tenspeed of ca. 1974 vintage -

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Have not visited location.

Any members familiar with it?


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Johnson's Cycle Shop is now A Matter of Taste Cafe

 

[bikemonkey]

Shop sticker on my 90's Giant Boulder mtb.

Now known as American Cycle & Fitness.

"...My first shift (get it?) in the bicycle business was April 1978. I was fourteen. Unlike my partner Michael’s willing entry into the business, I was a product of forced child labor! Awakened by my father at 7:00 am on Saturday, he took me to Scarlett’s Schwinn Cyclery in Pontiac, a business he bought from Mr. Scarlett four months earlier. He walked me down the ramp to the basement. On the floor in front of us was a pile of boxes with “ten speed” handlebars in them. Dad’s training program went something like this:..."

 

[cyclingday]

This one didn't have a bike shop decal on the frame, because it didn't need one.

It has a headbadge that identified the original point of purchase.

The Berry Cohen Special.

No sign of the bike shop anymore, because downtown Atlanta, Georgia, exists there now.

At least, they still have a bike lane.

The shop could've been where this parking lot is now, or across the street where Hurt Park is.

No trace of the once great bicycle distributor Berry Cohen, but the "Berry Cohen Special" is still riding the roads of America just as intended.

 

[bikemonkey]

Walthour & Hood were mentioned in your news ad, they survived until the 90's...I bought from them for decades working in shops in SC and NC...they were a "bread and butter" parts distributor with a road rep. I just read they distributed Dayton bicycles at some (early) point in time.

I wish that was being dropped off at my house....

 

[barneyguey]

Walthour & Hood were mentioned in your news ad, they survived until the 90's...I bought from them for decades working in shops in SC and NC...they were a "bread and butter" parts distributor with a road rep. I just read they distributed Dayton bicycles at some (early) point in time.

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I wish that was being dropped off at my house....

Cherokee, Guaranty, Walco & W & H Heavy Service were some of the Head Badges they used on Schwinn, Dayton and maybe other brand bicycles.

 

[barneyguey]

Cherokee, Guaranty, Walco & W & H Heavy Service were some of the Head Badges they used on Schwinn, Dayton and maybe other brand bicycles.

I have some photos of bikes, badges and of the business, but I don't have much history on the company. Barry

 

[cyclingday]

I thought this certificate was interesting.
It's from Walthour and Hood, Atlanta, Georgia.
Authorizing a Harley Davidson dealership in Mississippi, to sell, what I assume, are Huffman made Dayton bicycles.

Great photo of the Walthour & Hood delivery truck.
Thanks, for posting that!

 

[barneyguey]

I thought this certificate was interesting.
It's from Walthour and Hood, Atlanta, Georgia.
Authorizing a Harley Davidson dealership in Mississippi, to sell, what I assume, are Huffman made Dayton bicycles.View attachment 862060Great photo of the Walthour & Hood delivery truck.
Thanks, for posting that!

Cool, Thanks man. Barry