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• Frank Folger Osborn
  ...the two owners of [[Osborn & Alexander]], a hardware store which also sold bicycles. It became the [[Bicycle Bazaar]] when he exited the partnership.
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• Wheelmen's Hall
  ...e or more of members are utilizing the gymnastic apparatus or riding their bicycles around the large ball. “Wheelmen's hall” formerly the Turners' hall, bi
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• J. W. Leavitt & Co.
  ...[[John T. Bill]] under the firm name of [[Leavitt & Bill]], to distribute, bicycles. [["Jack" Leavitt]] in those days was one of the champion bicycle riders in ...cluding [[Los Angeles]]. They were soon the largest single distributors of bicycles in the world.
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• Bicycle Riders Hold a Successful Tournament at Stockton - The San Francisco Examiner, 05 Jul 1891
  ...Foster]] of Alameda in 2 minutes 49 3-5 seconds. Half mile on [[ordinary]] bicycles was won by [[John F. Brown]] of the [[Bay City Wheelmen]] in 1 minute 12 se The State champion race of one mile for [[ordinary]] bicycles was won by [[D. L. Burke]] of Los Angeles, [[F. E. Southworth]] of [[Oak Le
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• John T. Bill & Co.
  ...which began in [[San Francisco]] in 1894. [[John T. Bill & Co.]] dealt in bicycles, motorcycles automobiles, but return to the bicycle business.
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• W. H. Gibbons
  There were a few people who might have been this W. H. Gibbons, racing bicycles in 1884. The person mentioned in newspaper articles only raced for about on
  627 bytes (96 words) - 19:08, 23 April 2023
• Coaster brake
  ...uary 20, will exhibit a hub in sections demonstrating a new attachment for bicycles. The hub is so constructed that by back pedaling on a wheel fitted with it
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• Osborn & Alexander
  ...Alexander]], in [[San Francisco]]. It was one of the first places to sell bicycles in California.
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• Thomas H. B. Varney
  ...the obstruction. Besides these wheels we have a fine line of [[ordinary]] bicycles and a bicycle for boys or girls, which is a splendid machine. In fact, we c ...althy than horses, and if properly cared for will last for years. The best bicycles now manufactured are American machines, and this has been repeatedly demons
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• Charles John Kryster
  ...rles J. Kryster]] is now working up a proposition to go to the Yosemite on bicycles. Fifteen riders are wanted to take the trip. The expense for the entire tri
  1,022 bytes (137 words) - 15:14, 29 October 2021
• A BICYCLE MEET. - A Ride Over the Point Lobos Road Yesterday. - San Francisco Chronicle - December 26, 1878
  ...y fatigue, and others of the company, when on a down grade, allowing their bicycles to run with gravity as the propelling power, or with the hands removed from
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• Rambler quad
  [[Category:bicycles]]
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• Leavitt & Bill
  ...e from San Francisco to Oakland]]. They eventually added other [[:Category:Bicycles|bicycle brands]], and expanded to locations in [[Oakland]] and [[Los Angele ...ven the steering had ancestry in bicycles, with [[tricycles]] four-wheeled bicycles. Both were products of the industrial revolution and a very American flavor
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• THE BICYCLE SPEED TRACK - The Sacramento Bee, 07 Jan 1896
  The question of transportation of bicycles was also taken up and the Secretary was instructed to correspond with the S
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• Trueworthy's cyclery
  ...ones in the City and who is completing arrangements to build San Francisco bicycles.
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• THE BICYCLE IN 1993. - Akron Daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio 26 May 1893
  ...very direction. All patents will have expired and such large quantities of bicycles will be manufactured that the cost will be nominal and within the reach of
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• THE BICYCLE ORDINANCE - The San Francisco Call, 05 Feb 1896
  * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Francisco Call, Order No. 2932 - Providing regulations to be observed in the use of bicycles, bicycle tandems and vehicles and machines of a similar character.
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• Charles Dietle
  ...amp Taylor yesterday. They report the roads very fair. There were eighteen bicycles on the boat. ...amp Taylor yesterday. They report the roads very fair. There were eighteen bicycles on the boat.
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• Clyde Conkey
  A party of five gentlemen from [[Alameda]] passed through town on their bicycles Sunday morning. They were out for a [[record]], and they got one, making th
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• CYCLES AND CYCLERS. - A Sport Which is Fast Becoming Popular on This Coast. - The San Francisco Examiner, 03 Aug 1890
  In order to fully answer numerous queries about bicycles, an [[San Francisco Examiner|EXAMINER]] reporter recently called on several ...the obstruction. Besides these wheels we have a fine line of [[ordinary]] bicycles and a bicycle for boys or girls, which is a splendid machine. In fact, we c
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