Raleigh has its phoenix, Colnago its ace of clubs, Fuji its stylized mountain, and Schwinn its four-pointed star, but Legnano may be the only bicycle company whose headbadge depicts a sword-lofting warrior, Alberto da Giussano, celebrating triumph — specifically, the triumph — at the Battle of Legnano in 1176, when the “Free Communes” of the [...]
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Browse 86 photos or View as a slide show “Gitane” is an unutterably lovely word if you speak French, both in sound and meaning. It is pronounced “zhee-TAHNN”, and represents the more romantic of the French words for “gypsy”. There could not be a more evocative or euphonious name for a bicycle in all the [...] Carlton Cycles is one of the most deserving companies to be better known than it is. Though revered by its cliquish followers and well-known among enthusiasts of fine road bikes, a mention to any member of the general public – even the lad or lassie tooling along the bike path on an aluminum hybrid – [...] Paramount P-14 Track Frameset Campagnolo Record Pista Group Cinelli Bar, Stem and Saddle Weinmann and Clement Wheels Perhaps one of the most recognized bicycle brands in the world, the Raleigh Cycle Company emerged from a modest twelve-person operation on Raleigh Street in Nottingham, England in 1886 producing 3 bicycles a week. Frank Bowden, an ill lawyer and businessman given less than 6 months to live, purchased a bike from the workshop under advice from his doctor, “If you want to save your life, take up cyclingâ€. With that one sentence the course of the bicycle’s history changed for the better. .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } The Schwinn Bicycle Company was founded by Ignaz Schwinn in Chicago in 1895, and grew to become the dominant manufacturer of American bicycles through most of the 20th century. For most Americans, Schwinn was once synonymous with bikes. [...] |
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