Pictures of Bicycles from Wherever & Whenever

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A Wright brothers machine, displayed at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton, Ohio.

(Wikimedia Commons.)

 

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1948 Schwinn Majestic Whizzer. Model WZ had 1.375 hp, and a top speed of about 40 mph.

(Lane Motor Museum, Nashville, Tenn.)

 

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U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, Davis, Calif.

 

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1940 Elgin, built by Murray-Ohio for Sears, Roebuck. This "equipped standard frame" model was priced at a reasonable $24.95. That's the equivalent of $570 now, adjusted for inflation.

The price was a bit higher west of Denver.

(Photo and details from the Little Congress Bicycle Museum, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.)

 

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(Forney Museum of Transportation, Denver.)

 

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1950 Schwinn Panther D-27. (Little Congress Bicycle Museum, Cumberland Gap, Tenn.)

 

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1949 J.C. Higgins, sold by Sears, Roebuck, with "beehive" flow-motion suspension, skirt guard, and cat's-eye axle reflectors.

(University Bicycles Museum, Boulder, Colorado.)

 

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1988 Huffy time trial machine, one of the bikes used by Andrew Hampsten (b. April 7, 1962) to win the '88 Giro D'Italia. It was built of True Temper aluminum by Mike Melton (1949-2011).

In 1986, Columbus, Ohio native Hampsten finished fourth overall, in the Tour de France.

(University Bicycles Museum, Boulder, Colorado.)

 

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Blue Moon Bikes, Sycamore, Ill., west of Chicago.

 

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1939 Schwinn Paramount racing bike, created by master frame builder Oscar Wastyn, Sr. (1910-1968). The Paramount weighs only 18 pounds.

(Classic Cycle, Bainbridge Island, Washington, 10 miles west of Seattle.)