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The company also makes balance bikes designed for riders without pedals. They also make rugged 24-inch mountain bikes, like the Sidewinder and the High Timber. At the close of the 1920s, the stock market crash decimated the American motorcycle industry, taking Excelsior-Henderson with it. With no buyers, Excelsior-Henderson motorcycles were discontinued in 1931. “F. W.”… Continue reading Schwinn Catalog Scans

“And the crook doesn’t have a clue. To him, it’s just another bicycle.” That decision foreshadowed a broader decline in U.S. manufacturing, with the sector supplying 5 million fewer jobs today than at its peak in 1979. Meanwhile, family income growth slowed, rising only about 15 percent over nearly a quarter-century. Americans without a college… Continue reading Schwinn Catalog Scans