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The Shelby Cycle Company manufactured bicycles in Shelby, Ohio from 1925 to 1953. [1] Their bikes are popular among collectors for their styling. [ 2 ] They produced a bicycle in 1928 with a Charles Lindbergh theme called the "Lindy Flyer", and they were responsible for the Donald Duck bicycles in the 1950s.
Its concept was "a bicycle with a nice permanent back wind". This pattern gave its name to the French slang term for moped. 30 million copies were produced until 2002, evolving much through different models during half a century. 1950 – The British-made Cyclaid 31cc bolt on bicycle motor is introduced. [14]
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. 0–9. 1950 in cycle racing (2 C, 2 P)
The company produced many thousands of cycles and motorbikes. Weekly production was said to peak at 5,000 bikes, 600 mopeds and 120 motorbikes. It exported to Commonwealth countries using the Rambler trademark. The company had sporting success. By 1950, Norman Cycles had been acquired by Tube Investments, which used the Raleigh name for cycles.
Roadmaster Mt Fury Roadmaster Cape Cod on New York street. Roadmaster Bicycles were first introduced by the Cleveland Welding Company in 1936. In 1950, after purchasing the Roadmaster line of children's and youth bicycles from the Cleveland Welding Company, AMF entered the bicycle manufacturing business with its newly formed AMF Wheeled Goods Division.
By then, Hercules had lost its understanding of the market. Its racing bike had steel handlebars when alloy was the fashion. It had five gears when 10 were normal. It had heavy tubing and not Reynolds 531. The last bicycles with the Hercules name were produced by Raleigh factory in Nottingham. The name was allowed to die, although Hercules ...
[11]: 72 [19]: 69 Honda received a Bicycle Industry Grant of ¥400,000 from Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in October 1950 and an additional ¥100,000 Bicycle Innovation Grant in December, which enabled Honda to increase production of the D-Type to 167 units per month by the end of the year and 300 units per month ...
New Hudson bicycles were produced in Birmingham, initially at the St George's Works, and latterly at BSA's Waverley Works. Advertising by dealer, H. Fitzpatrick, in June 1907 mentioned the speed records achieved on New Hudson bicycles by Mr G Flint, including records for the 1/2 mile standing start, the 1/4 mile flying start, and the 1/4 mile ...