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Cataloged images
1,877
and counting
Collections
48
marques, makers and illustrators
Largest collection
Ideale
171 cataloged images
Rebour plates
93
component drawings by the master
Collection
All 47Bianchi 152Ideale 110Colnago 106Automoto 105Mercier 98Legnano 93Caminade 87
More…Brooks 62Jo Routens 58De Rosa 55Masi 55Bridgestone 54Raleigh 53Terrot 52Maury 50Maxi-Car 45Schwinn 43Cinelli 40Stronglight 40Spécialités TA 38Mafac 37Alex Singer 35Hobbs of Barbican 34Hetchins 33Alvin Drysdale 31Peugeot 31Pierce 29Unknown (France) 26Carlton 25Cavalieri 25Gitane 22Holdsworth 22Lefol 22789 21Confente 19Mavic 19Le Chemineau 13Nagasawa 13Rene Herse 13Duralumin 12Goéland 12Rivendell 6Bayliss-Wiley 1Eddy Merckx 1
Type
All typesBicycle makers 1433Component makers 383Illustrators 43Other 76
Country
All countriesFrance 916Italy 539England 227Japan 67USA 99Belgium 1Other 50
Illustrator
Daniel Rebour 29Stefano Dragonetti 13Walter Molino 1

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1877 images — every one cataloged by collection, maker type and country
The Schwinn wordmark in orange-red block capitals, centered on a white bannerSchwinnAdvertisement headed Welcome to the Big Leagues, showing three riders in red and white racing kit jumping Schwinn BMX bicycles with mag wheels against a pale sky789Advertisement showing a silver and red Schwinn Competition Scrambler SX1000 with callout lines to its components, beside a young rider in red racing kit, headed New for 1979789Advertisement headed Schwinn Scramblers, The Big Ride, showing three young riders in red jerseys and helmets on Schwinn Scramblers on a dirt course, with a yellow accessories panel789Tall narrow advertisement bordered in green holly, headed Fills Santa's Pack above Schwinn Approved Cycling Accessories, showing a woman in a Santa costume riding a green lightweight789Catalog cover in orange with four photographs: a family riding in a park, a track pursuit, three BMX riders on a dirt jump and a group of riders on a path, under the SCHWINN wordmark and the line Bicycles and Accessories 77789Parts catalog page headed Front Hubs and Parts under a Schwinn script header, showing exploded photographs of hubs, axle sets, bearing retainers and cups with numbered part references789Advertisement headed It Is New for 68, Schwinn for the young in heart, showing a boy on an Orange Krate five-speed alongside a dragster at a raceway789Crowded advertisement headed World Famous Schwinn, with a boy at the top right, a blue Super Deluxe Sting-Ray at the center and smaller panels for the Super Sport, Varsity, Collegiate, Racer, Twinn and Typhoon789Catalog page showing a blue 10-speed Schwinn Twinn Sport and a red five-speed Schwinn Twinn tandem, with a small photograph of a couple and a tandem on a wooded staircase789Advertisement showing two riders silhouetted against an orange sunset over water with their lightweight bicycles, above a strip of small photographs of unicycles, tri-wheelers, tandems, exercisers, Sting-Rays, folding bikes and junior bikes789Advertisement photographed in a living room on Christmas morning, with two boys in pajamas running toward a Fastback Sting-Ray, an exerciser, a unicycle and a Varsity Sport beside a decorated tree789Two-page catalog spread photographed beside a swimming pool, showing four women with Schwinn ladies lightweights, above specification columns for the Varsity Tourist, Collegiate, Traveler, Deluxe Breeze and Breeze789Catalog page showing a red Schwinn Traveler with a saddlebag, generator lighting and drop-center rims, headed The Schwinn Traveler with the lines Lightweight Design, Generator, Lights, Deluxe Equipment789Catalog cover painting of a red Schwinn Corvette balloon-tire bicycle with whitewall tires and a headlight, standing on a green globe against a night sky, under the Schwinn script wordmark and the line World's Finest Bicycle789Color advertisement showing the film actor Buck Jones in a cowboy hat riding a green Schwinn-Built lightweight beside his white horse at a paddock fence, above the script line For the Ride of a Lifetime789Catalog cover photograph of six riders on Schwinn lightweights above a city at night, under a large orange SCHWINN wordmark and the line X-tra Lite Bicycle Specifications789Catalog cover with four circular photographs of road and track racing, a large orange 76 ringed by blue stars, and the Schwinn Paramount wordmark789Catalog cover with a blue line drawing of a racing cyclist inside a five-pointed star of red and blue stripes, headed Choice of Champions above 1975 Schwinn Paramount Specifications789Catalog page showing an orange Schwinn Professional Road Racing Paramount beside a swimming pool with two people in 1970s clothing, alongside a gray specification panel789Blue-toned advertisement headed Still a Winner above the line It Is Custom-Built, showing a Schwinn Paramount Racer in profile with sketched groups of racing cyclists in the corners789Trade advertisement headed For Your Racer, showing a red Schwinn racing bicycle surrounded by labeled photographs of large-flange racing hubs, Dural featherweight hubs, Paramount and Superior crank sets, head sets, an axle set and a Goullet racing bar789The Schwinn wordmark in bold orange-red block capitals with a registered trademark symbol, as printed on the 1978 catalog coverSchwinnTwo-page catalog spread showing a blue Schwinn Professional Track Paramount and a red Deluxe Touring Paramount photographed against black, above full specification columns and a row of component detail photographsSchwinnColor poster headed Ride a Schwinn Lightweight for Health and Pleasure, showing a young man and a young woman with two Schwinn lightweight bicycles on a coastal path below a lighthouseSchwinnCircular Schwinn badge with a red field, a white cross lettered SCHWINN twice, and a tan outer ring reading QUALITY and CHICAGOSchwinnCatalog cover photograph of a cyclist in a red jersey riding through woodland, overprinted Schwinn Lightweight Bicycles 1983SchwinnCatalog page for the Schwinn King-Sting KS1-0, showing a black single-speed cruiser on gumwall knobby tires above four detail photographs of the fork, crankset, saddle and rear hubSchwinnAdvertisement showing a rider in red racing leathers jumping a red Schwinn Scrambler at a dirt motocross track, with an accessories panel and a coupon for the 1976 Schwinn Bicentennial Bike BookSchwinnCatalog page headed New for 1974, Schwinn-Approved 10 Speed Le Tour, showing a couple with a Le Tour bicycle on a cobbled street beside a starburst reading New for 1974SchwinnDealer advertisement announcing the new Schwinn Sting-Ray as a mid-year 1963 model, showing the bicycle with high-rise handlebars and a long saddle, priced at $49.95SchwinnExploded parts diagram of Huret derailleurs and shift levers with numbered callouts, under a Schwinn script headerSchwinnMagazine advertisement showing two riders on Schwinn lightweights in a park beside a couple seated in tracksuits, with an inset panel for the Schwinn Super SportSchwinnCatalog page showing a blue mens and a red ladies Schwinn Deluxe Touring Paramount side by side, with a specification panel listing models P15-9, P10-9, P65-9 and P60-9SchwinnDealer catalog page showing a gold Schwinn Paramount Road Racer with drop handlebars, headed "There's Nothing Finer", with a specification panel listing Reynolds 531 butted tubing and Nervex lugsSchwinnColor catalog page showing a cream Schwinn Paramount Racer track bicycle with red and blue frame bands, above text headed Paramount Racer and the line Ride the Bike the Champions RideSchwinnMonochrome catalog page headed Six-Day Racing, with text on the Schwinn team and portrait photographs of racing riders at the foot of the pageSchwinnAdvertisement showing the film star Roy Rogers with his palomino horse Trigger beside a Schwinn-Built bicycleSchwinnTwo-page color catalog spread, the Schwinn Phantom B-17 26-inch boys model on the left with feature callouts and the Schwinn Panther Model D-27 on the right beside a boy in a green sweaterSchwinnColor catalog page headed World Bicycles, listing Arnold, Schwinn and Company models 101 to 111 with the Chicago Kildare Avenue addressSchwinnSepia catalog page reproducing an 1890s Arnold, Schwinn and Company advertisement with a globe trademark reading The World, above the heading Famous Schwinn-Built Bicycles of the 90s and TodaySchwinnPage 41 of the 1939 Gentil et Cie catalog headed Selles Idéale, showing ten models numbered 1151 to 1160 with their dimensions and spring counts beneath the Dunlop Drilastic diamondIdealePage 39 of Gene Portuesi’s Cyclo-pedia in full, listing the Idéale No. 90-3 and No. 90-2 competition saddles, the No. 91 swallow, the No. 39, the Rilsan 2000, 2001 and 2002, two saddle clips, the No. 41 cover and the No. 44 child carrierIdealePage 113 of the Établissements Fernand Simon supplier catalog, headed Selles en Caoutchouc Texto-Gom et Idéale Dunlop, showing ten rubber topped saddles with model numbers from 6750 to 6805 and their pricesIdealeClose-up of a red Schwinn Paramount head tube showing chrome-plated ornate cut lugs at the top tube and down tube joints, above a Campagnolo headsetSchwinnRound Schwinn Paramount head badge on a red head tube, with a raised chrome four-point star inside a black ring lettered SCHWINN PARAMOUNTSchwinnCatalog cover headed Raleigh The All-Steel Bicycle 1951 for Luxury Cycling, showing cyclists riding past a figure in Elizabethan dress laying down a cloakRaleighColor poster headed The Cycle by which others are judged, showing four cyclists on a lane watching a fox hunt pass a cottageRaleigh

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Ideale171Bianchi159Colnago111Mercier107Automoto105Logos105Daniel Rebour93Legnano93
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