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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.
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.
Roadmaster Bicycles were first introduced by the Cleveland Welding Company in 1936. In 1950, after purchasing the Roadmaster line of children's and youth bicycles from the Cleveland Welding Company, AMF entered the bicycle manufacturing business with its newly formed AMF Wheeled Goods Division. In 1953, after a labor strike, AMF moved bicycle ...
The requirement to wear bicycle helmets in the United States varies by jurisdiction and by age of the cyclist, for example 21 states and the District of Columbia have statewide mandatory helmet laws for children. 29 US states have no statewide law, and 13 of these states have no such laws in any lower-level jurisdiction either. [1]
Pacific Cycle. Pacific Cycle, Inc., is an American division of Dutch conglomerate Pon Holdings that imports and distributes bicycles. It was founded in 1977 by Chris Hornung. The company pioneered the sourcing of bicycles from the Far East for distribution in the U.S., developing relationships with suppliers primarily in Taiwan and China. [1]
Whizzer bicycle engines are a line of bicycle engines that were produced in the United States from 1939 to 1965. They were commonly sold as kits to be assembled and attached to a consumer's bicycle thus creating a motorized bicycle. Whizzer U.S.A. re-appeared in 1997 to sell an improved version, pre-assembled on an old Schwinn -style bicycle frame.
A bicycle similar to a cruiser that is used off-road is the mountain bike, but regardless how the MTB was developed, they are a different type. Class . A class (use) of road bikes might include road-racing bikes (lightweight), another class (use) might include non-racing (non-lightweight) - such as cruisers, commuters, klunkers, etc. Cruisers ...
Bicycle helmet. Three styles of bicycle helmets: standard, full-face, and multi-sport. A typical bicycle helmet. A bicycle helmet is a type of helmet designed to attenuate impacts to the head of a cyclist in collisions while minimizing side effects such as interference with peripheral vision. [1]
Bicycle helmet laws by country. The wearing of bicycle helmets and attitudes towards their use vary around the world. The effects of compulsory use of helmets are disputed [1] (see Bicycle helmet laws ). Four countries (Argentina, Cyprus, [2] Australia, and New Zealand) currently both require and enforce universal use of helmets by cyclists.