The Roadmaster Luxury Liner is probably the most well-known model from this company and the “Shockmaster” is arguably one of the smoothest riding spring forks ever made. The “Y” frame Roadmaster Supremes of 1937 (aka Bug Eye) and 1938 (aka Four Gill) are some of the rarest and most sought after balloon tire bikes. The Cleveland Welding Company is generally referred to as “CWC” by collectors started producing bicycles in September of 1935 and are probably best known for their Roadmaster line of bicycles. Although the Schwinn name survives the bicycles are now made in China.īadges: Schwinn,The World, LaSalle, Lincoln, American Beauty, Cadillac, Ace, Henderson, Excelsior,Mission, American Flyer, Chicago, Admiral, Liberty, and hundreds of storebadges such as Beards (Evansville, IN), Lawlor’s (Lincoln, NE), and Tiger (G.W.Tiger & Sons–Colorado Springs, CO) Schwinn designed and built some of the most iconic balloon tire bikes to include the Aerocycle, Autocycle, and Phantom. At one time Schwinn was also one of the largest motorcycle manufacturers in the United States having acquired both Excelsior (1912) and Henderson (1917).
The company was formed in 1895 by Ignaz Schwinn, a German immigrant, and along with the financial backing of Adolf Arnold formed Arnold, Schwinn & Co. Generally accepted as introducing the balloon tire bicycle to America Schwinn is probably the most recognized bicycle manufacturer in the world. Colson, Monark, Cleveland Welding, and Schwinn made the bikes for thetire companies.
In the case of the Elginbicycles many were made by Westfield but some made by Monark and Murray aswell. Sears never made any of its own bicycles.Neither did Firestone, Goodyear, or B.F. For example the brand “Elgin” was used onbicycles Sears sold before World War II. Distributors or retailerssuch as tire stores, department stores, hardware stores, or any number ofretail establishments that sold bicycles many times had their own badges made.It is important to understand that the badge was merely a brand and notnecessarily the manufacturer. These listings are only examples as some companiesare known to have used hundreds of different badges. The rear fender bridge on a CWC will be straight across vice a round fender bridge as found on the Snyder built bikes.įollowing the story of eachmanufacturer is a list of some of thebadges known on the bikes.
The serial numbers of CWC have a distinctive font as well as the numbers are pretty well known as far as dating the bikes and the serial will likely start with “B”, “C”, or “D”. The rear fender bridge on a CWC will be straight across vice a round fender bridge as found on the Snyder built bikes. The serial numbers of CWC have a distinctive font as well as the numbers are pretty well known as far as dating the bikes and the serial will likely start with “B”, “C”, or “D”.It was found in a barn and belonged to a 90 year old man who has passed away. Up for your viewing is a very nice Vintage Hawthorne Bicycle that I picked up at an Estate Auction. Vintage Hawthorne Montgomery Ward Bike Bicycle w/Baskets Spedo Light Rack +. Vintage Hawthorne Montgomery Ward Bike Bicycle w/Baskets Spedo Light Rack +.Badges: Monarks Silver King, Montgomery Ward, Hawthorne, DeVega, Reggie McNamara, Ace, Mahowald, Airman, Firestone. Postwar Monarks include the popular aluminum “Hextube” and the Super Deluxe models. It is their aluminum bikes though such as the Flocycle, Wingbar, and 26X that most collectors covet.
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