The Official CABE Bicycle Sign Thread

[cyclingday]

Another of our all-time favorite bicycle dealer signs... this one was in Long Beach, California. We tried many times to buy the sign (at least the little king portion in the center). But the owners would not sell it. After our friend passed we lost track of it.

Owner in the 1970s was friend Art Lambrose who also had a shop over in Cypress that was LOADED with vintage Rollfast parts (some NOS) and old Rollfast bicycles.

No idea if the Monark sign still exists today. But for those today who will tell you there were no big Monark and Silver King dealers... they are mistaken!

Leon Dixon
National Bicycle History Archive of America
(NBHAA.com)

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I remember a shop in Long Beach called Kings.
They had become a Colnago dealer/importer, and was run by a nice Italian couple.
I noticed that it looked like it had been a Schwinn dealership at some point, so I asked about it, and they confirmed that it had been.
Was that the same shop as the Monark dealership?

 

[NBHAA]

I remember a shop in Long Beach called Kings.
They had become a Colnago dealer/importer, and was run by a nice Italian couple.
I noticed that it looked like it had been a Schwinn dealership at some point, so I asked about it, and they confirmed that it had been.
Was that the same shop as the Monark dealership?

As we said, it was once a Schwinn dealership owned by a friend. But that was a long, long time ago.

It was located on Long Beach Blvd. Drove past it regularly.

LD
NBHAA.com

 

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[Shawn Michael]

Here's mine, it's 8' tall.

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

Don't know if this has been posted but up on eBay. https://ebay.us/m/jdwnpY

 

[Hastings]

Saw this on the Facebook machine. 1470 South michigan avenue chicago

 

[Schwinn1776]

FABER'S Bicycle shop, Downtown San Jose, California

 

[Schwinn1776]

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FABER'S Bicycle shop, Downtown San Jose, California

The 1st photo is form Google Earth after the fire.
The last 2 photos I took in 2011 when I was back in the Bay Area, before the fire. Anthony and Alex taught me everything about Schwinns. Miss that shop a lot.

 

[Gully]

Pretty rare sign. Through research appears to me 1890s. One went at Copake for good money several years ago. https://copakeauction.hibid.com/lot/9768-40505-55272/tin-bicycle-sign--e-z-ride-bicycle-seat-