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  2. List of bicycle brands and manufacturing companies - Wikipedia

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    This page lists notable bicycle brands and manufacturing companies past and present. For bicycle parts, see List of bicycle part manufacturing companies.. Many bicycle brands do not manufacture their own product, but rather import and re-brand bikes manufactured by others (e.g., Nishiki), sometimes designing the bike, specifying the equipment, and providing quality control.

  3. Penny-farthing - Wikipedia

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    A penny-farthing in the Škoda Auto Museum, Czech Republic. The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. [1] It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel.

  4. Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau - Wikipedia

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    IFA produced bicycles, motorcycles, light commercial vehicles, automobiles, vans and heavy trucks. All East German vehicle manufacturers were part of the IFA, including Barkas, EMW (which made Wartburg cars), IWL, MZ, Multicar, Robur, Sachsenring (which made Trabant cars) and Simson.

  5. List of bicycle types - Wikipedia

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    Strida folding frame bicycle in yellow. An old-fashioned penny-farthing or ordinary has one high wheel directly driven by the pedals and one small wheel. A dwarf bicycle has a chain-driven front wheel, exemplified by the Kangaroo. On an upright bicycle, also called a safety bicycle, the rider sits astride the saddle.

  6. Bianchi (company) - Wikipedia

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    Edoardo Bianchi, a 21-year-old medical instrument maker, started his bicycle-manufacturing business in a small shop at 7 Via Nirone, Milan in 1885. Bianchi pioneered the front-wheel caliper brake . One of his first developments was to make the front wheel smaller and use the chain invented by Frenchman Vincent to reduce pedal height.

  7. Olivier brothers - Wikipedia

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    The Olivier brothers, Aimé, René, and Marius, were among the first people responsible for recognizing the commercial potential of the bicycle. The Olivier family was wealthy, owning multiple chemical plants in France. The family were based in Lyon. While students in Paris in 1864, the brothers were among the first users of the velocipede.

  8. American Bicycle Company - Wikipedia

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    American Bicycle Company (1899-1903) was an American bicycle company (Trust) led by Albert Augustus Pope. The company was formed to consolidate the manufacturers of bicycles and bicycle parts. In the 1890s the advancements in bicycle design led to unprecedented demand for the new Safety bicycles. The "American Bicycle Company" trust only lasted ...

  9. Falcon Cycles - Wikipedia

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    In the 1880s, Hotchkiss, Mayo & Meek Ltd was established in Coventry as a manufacturer of bicycles. In 1897, the company name was changed to Coventry-Eagle when John Meek left the company. [1] From 1898, like many bicycle manufacturers they began experimenting by adding small petrol-engines to their heavier bicycle frames.

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