Dave's Vintage Bicycles
1937 Silver King Wingbar
Made by Monark, this all aluminum bicycle was nicknamed the “Wingbar” because of its wing shape cast into the frames top tube.
1939 Monark Superframe 5-Bar
Monark Silver King Inc. made this unusual bicycle with a frame with dual top tubes and dual down tubes plus the bar under the tank, making up 5 bars, thus the nickname “5-bar”. Art...
Hiawatha Arrow
This months featured bicycle is a Shelby built Hiawatha “no-nose” Air-Flo. Notice the tank does not extend past the head tube like it does on the standard Airflo bicycles, yet the bike still retains...
E.A. Laboratories, Inc.
E.A. Laboratories, Inc. manufactured bicycle electrical accessories. You will find their products primarily on pre-WW2 bicycles. The company also made electrical equipment for other industries besides bicycles, but that is outside the scope of...
1900’s-1920’s Antique Bicycle Hubs Advertising
Catalog scan, showing Eclipse hubs (Morrow), New Departure, Corbin Duplex, and Sturmey Archer bicycle hubs.
New Departure Manufacturing Company
Photo postcard of the New Departure Manufacturing Company in Bristol, Connecticut. The New Departure Factory
Delta Electric Company
The Delta Electric Company in Marion Indiana produced bicycle accessories for many years. Their most popular product product was headlights. Most bicycle manufacturers chose Delta head lights and tail lights as original equipment on...
1941 Colson Imperial Twin-Cushion
This is an ad copy for the very rare double suspended Colson “Twin-Cushion” bicycle. The rear of the frame was cushioned in the same manner as the front fork, which was a Colson exclusive...