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Schwinn advertisement from 1946. A cruiser bicycle, also known as a beach cruiser or (formerly) motobike, is a bicycle that usually combines balloon tires, an upright seating posture, a single-speed drivetrain, and straightforward steel construction with expressive styling. Cruisers are popular among casual bicyclists and vacationers because ...
The Schwinn Bicycle Company is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets bicycles under the eponymous brand name. The company was originally founded by Ignaz Schwinn (1860–1948) in Chicago in 1895. [2] [3] It became the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles through most of the 20th century.
As two-wheeled bicycles increased in popularity a new plant was built in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1951. In 1962, the company moved its operations to Olney, Illinois, where it built a new factory on a 122-acre (0.49 km 2) site that would remain the company's principal bicycle manufacturing location into the 1990s. Products manufactured there ...
ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄢ ㄊㄜˋ. Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (commonly known as Giant) is a Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer, recognized as the world's largest bicycle designer and manufacturer. [1] [3] Giant has manufacturing facilities in Taiwan, the Netherlands, China ,and Hungary. They have future plans for Vietnam to be the fifth location.
The term "BMX-Cruiser" was used by one manufacturer to describe their model of a 24" wheel BMX bicycle. More so, it was used to describe a specific class of bicycle or division of racing, "BMX-Cruiser Class". This might not help clear some of the confusion here.
Bicycle museum. Collections. Historic and celebrity bicycles. Collection size. 700 bikes (208 on display) and 10,000 other bicycle-related objects [1] Founder. Jim Dicke II. The Bicycle Museum of America is a museum in New Bremen, Ohio, USA. The museum is one of the largest private collections of bicycles in the world.
A bicycle wheel is a wheel, most commonly a wire wheel, designed for a bicycle. A pair is often called a wheelset, especially in the context of ready built "off the shelf" performance-oriented wheels. Bicycle wheels are typically designed to fit into the frame and fork via dropouts, and hold bicycle tires .
Huffy racing bicycle, frame built by Dennis Bushnell. Huffy Bicycles had manufacturing and assembly facilities in Azusa, California (closed in the late 1970s), and Ponca City Oklahoma (closed in the early 1980s), but largely manufactured most of their bicycles in Celina, Ohio, and at one time was Celina's largest employer.
Roadster (bicycle) An opafiets, a single speed traditional Dutch roadster with double top tube and coaster brake. A roadster bicycle [1] is a type of utility bicycle once common worldwide, and still common in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and some parts of Europe. During the past few decades, traditionally styled roadster bicycles have regained ...
Zazzle. Zazzle is an American online marketplace that allows designers and customers to create their own products with independent manufacturers (clothing, posters, etc.), as well as use images from participating companies. Zazzle has partnered with many brands to amass a collection of digital images from companies like Disney, Warner Brothers ...