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1955 Huffy Radio Bicycle. In 1949, Huffman developed the Huffy Convertible, which was a children's bicycle with rear training wheels and foot steps. [2] The invention of the training wheels revolutionized the market for children's bicycles, and this was the first Huffman bicycle under the Huffy brand.
The American company Huffy introduced training wheels in 1949 with its 'Convertible' bike. [6] The typical design for training wheels has not changed since this time. They are composed of two small wheels, one on each side of the rear wheel of the bicycle.
Founder of Huffy Bicycle Company George Phillips Huffman (September 6, 1862 – December 31, 1897) was an American businessman. His Davis Sewing Machine Company , which began producing bicycles in the late 19th century, was the precursor to the Huffman Manufacturing Company (later became the Huffy Corporation ), a manufacturer of bicycles.
Western Flyer was an American private label brand of bicycles, tricycles, scooters, play wagons, and pedal cars and tractors, and roller skates, sold by the former Western Auto stores. The trademark brand was first used in June 1931, and the brand of bicycles was sold until 1998. Western Auto had other companies manufacture the bicycles.
The museum has an early 1900s Harley-Davidson bicycle with a sidecar, a yellow and blue 1949 Donald Duck bike by the Shelby Cycle Company with a Donald Duck head on the front and a horn that quacks, a 1955 Huffy RadioBike which has a working radio built into the frame with volume-control and tuning dials, and a dozen colorful 1960s banana-seat ...
In 1996, Murray Inc., one of the last major U.S. bicycle producers along with Huffy Bicycle and Roadmaster (formerly AMF), received a major blow when U.S. courts ruled that imports from China were not a "material threat" to U.S. companies. [7] Within three years, Huffy, Roadmaster and Murray ceased manufacture of bicycles in the United States.
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