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Bicycles

Please note that the cars or exhibit items shown in this database are part of our collection but may not be on display when you visit.

A-Line Classic Stringbike- 2010

With the inspiration to create a clean, quiet, and graceful vehicle, a Hungarian design team at Schwinn Csepel Zrt challenged the conventional chain-driven bicycle with a rope-and-pulley- driven system....

Bike Friday Pocket Rocket -2006

Bike Friday, co-founded by brothers Alan and Hanz Scholz in 1992, has found a niche market for those who want to bring their bicycles with them on their travels....

BikeE AT-2002

Recumbents, or bicycles that are ridden from a reclining position, have maintained a small but steady market since the 1930s. They are especially appreciated by those with back and...

BMX Style Bike- 2000s

On loan from Aaron Amstutz   BMX (Bicycle Motocross) began in the early 1970s on dirt tracks in southern California and quickly gained popularity. By 1977 the American Bicycle...

Bontrager Race Mountain Bike-1994

On loan from Graf Hilgenhurst   Motocross racer Keith Bontrager founded Bontrager Cycles and began developing his own line of mountain bikes in 1980. While other companies were developing...

Brompton Black Edition -2017

On Loan from Green Fleet Bikes, Nashville, TN.   In 1975 Andrew Ritchie began designing a folding bicycle in his apartment which overlooked Brompton Oratory in South Kensington, London....

Calfee Luna-Tri Frame -1995

Craig Calfee is a pioneer frame builder specializing in carbon fiber and bamboo design, manufacturing, and repair. He began by building custom carbon fiber frames in 1987 under the...

Cannondale Prototype-1990s

On loan from Caleb Carter During the 1990s Cannondale was a very innovative company and built prototypes to showcase new technology. This bike is made entirely of aluminum, including...

Cat Cheetah -1998

The Cat Cheetah was created by Rudi Kurth, a Swiss engineering prodigy. Rudi trained initially on the construction of lightweight panels for race cars and also built and raced...

Columbia Chainless Bicycle-1920

 Albert A. Pope, or Colonel Pope as he liked to be known, was a tireless promoter of his Columbia brand. In an effort to develop a premium product that...

DAHON Vigor P9-2013

When the oil crisis emerged in 1975, Dr. David Hon realized that better urban mobility was needed. Inspired by his days at UCLA, when he had to disassemble his...

Dursley Pedersen Bicycle-1894

Danish inventor, musician, blacksmith, and cyclist, Mikael Pedersen (1855 – 1929), believed conventional bicycles were “weakest where they ought to be strongest and heaviest where they ought to be...

Es-Ka TATRA Model 40- 1936

This Czech built Tatra, named after the mountain range and not related to the auto manufacturer, is a good example of an early Safety Bicycle. The chain drive of...

Fuji Aluminum Mountain Bike Frame-1990s

While the St. Louis Refrigerator Company introduced an early aluminum alloy bike called the Lum-Mi-Num in 1894, aluminum did not become a mainstream bicycle material until 1990. Because aluminum...

Gitane Victoire- 1985

On loan from Jack Tipton.   Cycles Gitane began bicycle production in Machecoul, France in 1930. An offshoot of founder Marcel Brunelière’s agricultural parts business, Gitane translates to Gypsy...

Greenstar Bikes EcoCross-2015

Greenstar Bikes began researching bamboo as a frame- building material in 2010. Several prototypes were evaluated, first using carbon fiber lugs, then cast aluminum lugs, before arriving at the...

Handy Bike- 2000

The urban concept Handy Bike was introduced in the early 2000s as a competitor to the Sinclair, the world’s smallest folding bicycle. It operates with an easy 3 step folding...

High Wheeler (replica) – 1870s

  Named the high wheeler for obvious reasons, the 48” wheel puts the seat at 53” above the ground, placing the rider’s head between 7 and 8 feet off...

Itera Plastic Bicycle-1981

In response to the 1974 oil crisis, a small group of Swedish engineers obtained government funding to develop a bicycle completely composed of fiber-reinforced composite plastics (FRP). By 1980,...

Kestrel 4000-1987

Kestrel, a company formed by a group of ex-Trek Bicycle Corp. employees, set out in 1986 to revolutionize performance bicycles. When the Kestrel 4000 was introduced, it was the...

Kestrel 500SCi- 1992

While the Kestrel 4000 was the road bike star of 1987, revolutionizing bicycle design through the use of carbon fiber, in 1992 the 500SCi took it a step further...

KtraK Kit

  The KtraK kit is a replacement rear-drive assembly that turns any mountain bike into an all-terrain vehicle. Released in 2006, the base kit costs $ 400 and consists...

Lotus Type 110TT- 1992

First proposed in 1987 by Norwich based bicycle designer Mike Burrows, the original design of this bicycle was rejected by many British bicycle manufacturing companies as the monocoque frame...

Mando Footloose-2012

The Footloose is a collaboration between Korean automotive manufacturer Mando and British bicycle designer Mark Sanders. It is a hybrid electric bicycle, storing energy developed by pedaling in an...

Moulton Cycle APB-1992

The AM Series was named after engineer Alex Moulton, the original designer of the Moulton bicycle. Although he had sold the rights and name of his design to Raleigh...

New Mail Safety Bike (replica)-1891

The New Mail welded steel frame design dates back to 1891. Notice how the basic diamond frame and proportions have remained relatively unchanged in the past 120 years.  ...

Peugeot AE21 Hybrid Electric Bike-2011

The AE21 is a compact e-bike aimed at urban commuters with a design that integrates a lithium-ion battery into the bike’s aluminum frame. This arrangement allows space at the...

Peugeot Propeller Bicycle-1920

Peugeot is considered to be the most prestigious French bicycle.  In the early 1920s, a Parisian company named SICAM (“Société Industrielle de Construction Automobile et Motocycliste”) began constructing engines...