Bicycle shop stickers

[AndyA]

Sticker on a genuine New Jersey beach bike (Sun Retro 24). Here in the Garden State we call it "the shore," but the bikes we use there are called "beach bikes." The website for A-1 Bicycles in Point Pleasant Beach says the shop is family-owned and has been in business since 1974. It's a couple of doors down from Mileto Polish-Italian Gourmet Deli, around the corner from Gordon's Surf Shop and Last Wave Brewing Company, and 8 blocks from The Atlantic Ocean. Jersey rocks!

 

[tripple3]

Copy/paste from https://www.ebay.com/itm/Schwinn-Typhoon-Similar-Schwinn-Phantom/254681456709?

sometimes, the shop sticker is the coolest part.

 

[Oilit]

I probably should post this, on a 1947 or 48 Schwinn New World. More pictures of the bike in this thread:

1950s Schwinn New World | All Things Schwinn

Hey! I found this at a local thrift store and I'm trying to find out more information about it, including what it might be worth. I'm primarily interested in flipping it, so I'm hoping you all can help me understand what it might be worth and where would be best to sell it. So far, I've...

thecabe.com

And @kostnerave has a nice 1974 Sports Tourer that came from the same shop.

Opaque Red 1974 Schwinn Sports Tourer | Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles

Hi everyone. Here are some pictures of my latest project, a 1974 Schwinn Sports Tourer finished in Opaque Red. I spotted this bike on ebay, listed for a lot of money. The price convinced me to pass, but I kept coming back to it to see if it had sold. Finally, I contacted the seller to see if he...

thecabe.com

Does anybody know when this shop closed?

 

[juvela]

I probably should post this, on a 1947 or 48 Schwinn New World. More pictures of the bike in this thread:

1950s Schwinn New World | All Things Schwinn

Hey! I found this at a local thrift store and I'm trying to find out more information about it, including what it might be worth. I'm primarily interested in flipping it, so I'm hoping you all can help me understand what it might be worth and where would be best to sell it. So far, I've...

thecabe.com

And @kostnerave has a nice 1974 Sports Tourer that came from the same shop.

Opaque Red 1974 Schwinn Sports Tourer | Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles

Hi everyone. Here are some pictures of my latest project, a 1974 Schwinn Sports Tourer finished in Opaque Red. I spotted this bike on ebay, listed for a lot of money. The price convinced me to pass, but I kept coming back to it to see if it had sold. Finally, I contacted the seller to see if he...

thecabe.com

Does anybody know when this shop closed?

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Oilit,

the forum has had discussion regarding this shop previously:

#17

1977 Schwinn Paramount Tandem Provenance Report

trade periodical advert published in 1965

zip code had been out two years and they had yet to add theirs to the "camera ready" ad master...

shop interior 1972 -

location today

there was a motorcycle shop in the space for a couple years at one point...

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undated post card, likely from the early 1950's, shop begun 1909

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[Oilit]

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Oilit,

the forum has had discussion regarding this shop previously:

#17

1977 Schwinn Paramount Tandem Provenance Report

trade periodical advert published in 1965

zip code had been out two years and they had yet to add theirs to the "camera ready" ad master...

View attachment 1398685



shop interior 1972 -

View attachment 1398686



location today

there was a motorcycle shop in the space for a couple years at one point...

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

www.google.com

undated post card, likely from the early 1950's, shop begun 1909

View attachment 1398687


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Thanks for the information @juvela! Wonder if there's any old bike parts left in the building? I know there's not, but fantasies are free...

 

[Oilit]

Here's the sticker on a '69 Deluxe Typhoon, Mulhaupt's Schwinn Cyclery, Lafayette IN. According to the internet, they're still there, but they're locksmiths now.

 

[juvela]

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Montrose Bike Shop, Montrose California

transfer worn by Schwinn Super Sport of 1967
(pedals, bar & brake levers changed out to put machine into more of a "tourist" configuration)

shop yet in operation today, exterior and interior images -

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x80c2ea6c6c8282f1%3A0xf9ad0b4cfa7866bc!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMr6ZQFnDo_n9aHMYzxvMHuOMsGTMr_7-_FpXu6%3Dw213-h160-k-no!5smontrose%20bike%20shop%2C%20montrose%20california%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMr6ZQFnDo_n9aHMYzxvMHuOMsGTMr_7-_FpXu6&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiX9qTpqJzwAhUjIjQIHb1MASMQoiowEnoECDwQAw

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[juvela]

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Zeller's Cycle of Santa Ana, California

Transfer worn by Raleigh International of 1971

shop evidently gone or reformed; no current Zeller's Cycle

business would be ninety-eight years old today


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[juvela]

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here is a transfer i found interesting which is not actually a bike shop one -

it is worn by a Terrot bicycle of circa 1960 vintage owned by member
@tripple3 [ Terrot was a manufacturer of cycles and motorcycles located in Dijon who was acquired by Peugeot in the 1950's. Peugeot kept the name going into the early 1960's when they let it go inactive.]

had not previously seen a transfer associated with a school. cannot recall any school or university i attended which had any manner of bicycle registration.

the transfer carries the number 255 which suggests a form of registration for students' cycles.

Purple Peugeot | Vintage Lightweight Bicycles

Well, I picked this up after riding it around at the Last Cycle Swap of 2018 I dig it. A different type of Fun for me. I would like to know the year of it. Decals and color put this between 1958 and 1961 I was told. Please teach me; I'm new.;) French Classic; what can I say. Nervex Lugs!

thecabe.com

checked online and discovered that the school is yet in operation today at the same location as given on the transfer:

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x808e34b852dedb01%3A0x18c4021effa42829!3m1!7e115!4s%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2Fblackford%2Bschool%2C%2Bsan%2Bjose%2C%2Bcalifornia%2F%4037.2996182%2C-121.9221621%2C3a%2C75y%2C209.4h%2C90t%2Fdata%3D*213m4*211e1*213m2*211sey5YNuJWBzTtEvSwMOhcZA*212e0*214m2*213m1*211s0x808e34b852dedb01%3A0x18c4021effa42829%3Fsa%3DX!5sblackford%20school%2C%20san%20jose%2C%20california%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e2!2sey5YNuJWBzTtEvSwMOhcZA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6mJHUnaPwAhWOPM0KHU4RCDIQpx8wEnoECDwQCA

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1s0x808e34b852dedb01%3A0x18c4021effa42829!3m1!7e115!4shttps%3A%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMtxPgMTQ4Ub7E1UwtcwF4thF5D6F6sPHS5s4Cg%3Dw213-h160-k-no!5sblackford%20school%2C%20san%20jose%2C%20california%20-%20Google%20Search!15sCgIgAQ&imagekey=!1e10!2sAF1QipMtxPgMTQ4Ub7E1UwtcwF4thF5D6F6sPHS5s4Cg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6mJHUnaPwAhWOPM0KHU4RCDIQoiowEnoECDwQAw

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[ogre]

This is a great thread which has led me down an awesome internet wormhole related to the bicycle shop sticker found on my October, 1961 24-inch Schwinn American:

"SOLD OR SERVICED BY

Superior
Cycle Shop

216 N. EAST ST.
Phone CH 3-1506

Jacksonville, Ill"

The defunct Superior Cycle Shop began on a local street of the same name (now a residential neighborhood), per newspaper advertisements from the mid-1930s.

I suspect my locally-found 1948 LaSalle may have been sourced from this location.

In the late-1940s, the shop was moved "uptown" to the business district of the time:

Credit to @cyclingday on the Phantom Reference Thread for the shop photo of owner Carl Keehner* and a lucky kid:

Also dealing Schwinn bicycles at the time in the Jacksonville area were a BF Goodrich outlet and Village Cyclery, which opened around 1962. Neither remain, and there is no longer a bicycle shop in the city.

Superior Cycle Shop closed in late 1962:

The building remains, currently as a tavern. I've seen a very poor-quality cellular telephone photograph of a Superior Cycle Shop sign located in the attic, and understand that it is too large to remove without major work and/or business disruption.

RIP