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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
    3 KB (419 words) - 05:30, 28 December 2022
  • 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
    2 KB (333 words) - 15:42, 13 December 2021
  • 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
    2 KB (363 words) - 17:33, 11 June 2023
  • 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
    1 KB (164 words) - 16:21, 5 January 2022
  • Trueworthy's cyclery
    ...ones in the City and who is completing arrangements to build San Francisco bicycles.
    1 KB (231 words) - 16:56, 29 July 2023
  • 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.
    4 KB (701 words) - 15:45, 6 July 2023
  • 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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  • GOLDEN GATE PARK JOTS. - The San Francisco Call, 08 Apr 1895
    ==== A New Track Being Prepared for Those Who Ride on Bicycles. ==== FOR BICYCLES.</div>
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  • Theron Rufus Lillie
    From bicycles to phones and suits, Theron Lillie influenced early Lodi ...dable development of comfortable pneumatic tires, was experiencing a boom. Bicycles were used for common transportation. Bicycle shops were sprouting up in cit
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  • THE BICYCLISTS ALL ACQUITTED. - Were Arrested by Patrolmen Who Misunderstood the Law. - EINTRACHT ELECTION. - The San Francisco Call, 07 Feb 1896
    * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Francisco Call, The bicycles used in San Francisco are generally of the kind sold for [https://www.in201
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  • CROSS COUNTRY CLUB. - A Race Arranged Between Pedestrians and a Wheelman. - The San Francisco Call, 27 May 1892
    ...eed and endurance are the natural result. Several members of the club ride bicycles, and one of the wheelmen has issued a challenge to the pedestrians to race
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  • RIGHTS OF THE HORSE AND THE BICYCLE ON PARK ROADS. - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1894
    ...anger from horse-drawn vehicles. Back of this, they say that the number of bicycles in the Park is nearly or quite as great on a pleasant day as the number of "Bicycles are a nuisance when you got them around where horses are,” said [https://
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  • WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Francisco Call, 06 Feb 1896
    * 1896/02/06 [[WAR WAGED ON WHEELS. - Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. - The San Francisco Call, ==== Bicycles and Bicyclists in the Tight Clutches of the Law. ====
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  • John W. Leavitt
    ...[[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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  • THE WHEELMEN. - The Rise and Fall of the Ariel Bicycle Club. - Oakland Tribune, 18 Apr 1888
    ...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
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  • Charles W. Conger
    ...ncisco, who are making the trip from Vancouver, B. C., to San Francisco on bicycles, arrived here to-day. They have followed the railroad track most of the way
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  • George A. Faulkner
    ...o9 354 Twelfth street, Oakland, CA]. They sold [[Warwick]] and [[Rambler]] bicycles.<br/>[https://www.ebay.com/itm/314573040275 Ebay] ]]
    3 KB (474 words) - 16:51, 29 July 2023
  • George F. Day
    ...thers belong the honor of being the first to make the [[Yosemite]] trip on bicycles.
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  • Emily (Stuart) Mohrig
    ...an Francisco]] arrived in [[Stockton]] Saturday, having ridden up on their bicycles. They left this forenoon for [[Sacramento]], and will return to San Francis
    4 KB (562 words) - 18:27, 21 July 2023
  • C. A. Howard
    ...amp Taylor yesterday. They report the roads very fair. There were eighteen bicycles on the boat.
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  • Percy Edward Haslett
    ...brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles.
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  • Our Sett
    ...s here last winter. Of the other three members [[Wilbur Knapp]] is selling bicycles, [[J. Fagothey]] has opened a cyclery near the park, and now Thomas is tryi
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  • City's Businessmen as Wheelmen - San Jose Mercury-news, Volume LXXIV, Number 73, 13 March 1908
    ...was made, and successfully. The programs and the badges were packed on the bicycles. A couple of extra tires and a few newspapers were included in the loads, a ...frightening them, so they alighted and were walking quietly, rolling their bicycles by their sides, when they were suddenly confronted by a man with a shotgun
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  • DIAMOND'S QUARTERS - Alameda Daily Argus, 09 Jan 1896
    ...ments, and a hometrainer. It will also be used as a storeroom for members' bicycles.
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  • Garden City Bicycle Club
    ...em. According to the records of the Wheelmen, the only seven men who owned bicycles in San Jose in 1884 - namely, R. G. Bailey, H. D. Boschken, J. E. Gibson, A
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  • Colonel Ralph de Clairmont
    ...ngham]], a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre ...he oldest bicycle rider on the coast, and imported one of the first French bicycles made in the present form.
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  • Edward Carl Bald
    ...seconds and 12 thirds. His prizes included 18 diamonds, 8 gold watches, 8 bicycles, silverware, furniture and a lot of other things.
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  • The Wheelmen. - San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov 1889
    ...ophia Gardens' track to reduce the standing quarter-mile record for safety bicycles, and exceeded in lowering it by 2 2-5s. Mr. Gee fired the pistol, and the t
    3 KB (532 words) - 19:48, 20 August 2023
  • CYCLING NEWS TO DATE. - Club Runs and Private Excursions to Different Points Outside the City. - The San Francisco Examiner, 27 Jul 1895
    [[Grant Bell]], who has ridden bicycles these many years, did a [[century]] last Sunday without any apparent effort
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  • George Andrews
    ...irginia City, Nev., last Wednesday from this city, having made the trip on bicycles in seven days. The party found a depth of 10 feet of snow on the summit of
    3 KB (550 words) - 15:41, 29 July 2023
  • The Wheel. - San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 1887
    ...nd now only awaits the Governor's signature to become a law. It recognizes bicycles and similar machines as vehicles, and declares them entitled to the same pr
    4 KB (577 words) - 19:21, 8 July 2023
  • MANY EVENTS FOR WHEELMEN - San Francisco Chronicle - July 31, 1904
    ...ers will ride their small cushion-tired wheels, and in fact, there will be bicycles of every description when the riders line up for the start.
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  • G. A. Nissen
    ...istance from [[Redwood Canyon]] to the Acme Club, a distance of two miles. Bicycles were for sale everywhere then. [[George A. Faulkner]], whose shop was at 12 .../clip/19124089/the-days-of-95knaveacmebicycles/ The Days of '95 Knave Acme Bicycles 24 Dec 1939, Sun Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspapers.com]
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  • R. W. Turner
    ...brothers belong the honor of being the first to make the Yosemite trip on bicycles. [[ON WHEELS. - A Great Day for California Bicycles - Winners of Races - The San Francisco Examiner, 10 Sep 1886]]
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  • L. S. Upson
    ...d last night from Monterey. They intended to make the return trip on their bicycles but only rode as far as San Francisco, a distance of 150 miles, as their ti
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  • BICYCLE-RIDING. Meet on the Point Lobos Road, and Formation of a Club - Fri, Nov 29, 1878 - Page 3 - San Francisco Chronicle
    ...ngham]], a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre
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  • San Francisco Bicycle Club
    ...ningham, a grand meet took place on the Point Lobos road, at which all the bicycles in the city, together with their owners, by whom they were ridden, were pre ...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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