1912 Picture of Shop in Detroit
10-05-11, 07:02 PM
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1912 Picture of Shop in Detroit
https://www.shorpy.com/node/9414?size=_original
Interesting that some of the new bikes I see today look a lot like the ones here.
Interesting that some of the new bikes I see today look a lot like the ones here.
10-05-11, 07:10 PM
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Single-speed, upright bars, white balloon tires, sprung leather saddles... some would say the bikes were better than today's.
10-05-11, 08:26 PM
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I don't think they would feel much more diferent than today's beach cruiser. Who knows, those bikes could still be on the road today.
10-05-11, 08:45 PM
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What's with all the phonographs? The owner having a tough time making a living selling bikes? Or is it really a phonograph shop that's selling bikes to get by?
10-05-11, 08:54 PM
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I see an Indian as well. I think this is the same Metzger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Metzger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Metzger
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10-06-11, 05:53 AM
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I see an Indian as well. I think this is the same Metzger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Metzger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Metzger
https://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010/12/1...-shop-in-1912/
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With all the new tech, everybody can get a bike that fits their needs and riding style.
10-06-11, 07:44 AM
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10-06-11, 09:15 AM
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(though 28 mm tires are edging a little close to "narrow").
10-06-11, 12:42 PM
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Those appear to be phonograph cylinders occupying the cubbies in the cabinetry on the right wall. Anyone else have a better idea? Disc records had been commercially available for twenty years when this photo was taken, but cylinders were still (apparently) readily available. Technology was a slower animal then.
10-07-11, 03:33 PM
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Got records (discs?) on the left wall. Yup things moved A LOT slower back then.
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Those tires didn't. They also were vulcanized as a tube and were not sewn up. They had to be repaired from the outside if punctured. They did, however, make for a less expensive wheelset and tires.
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Had that pic as my desktop for awhile, had no idea where it was taken.
10-07-11, 08:52 PM
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picture is too small, can't see a thing. can anybody blow it up for me?
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I see an Indian as well. I think this is the same Metzger:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Metzger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_E._Metzger
10-07-11, 10:43 PM
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I was in the National Air and Space Museum this spring. I got to see a Wright St. Clair bicycle in the Wright Brothers exhibit. It really was a pretty modern bike, a fixie with mustache bars, steel frame, tires close to a 26 x 1.25, what I run on my utility bike. Considering how rough the roads were then, I don't think you'd want skinnier tires.
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I also noticed that Indian on the left side of the shop. That's one of the goofiest looking rear fenders ever.
Wikipedia has a better picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndianHedstrom.jpg
Wikipedia has a better picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndianHedstrom.jpg
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I also noticed that Indian on the left side of the shop. That's one of the goofiest looking rear fenders ever.
Wikipedia has a better picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndianHedstrom.jpg
Wikipedia has a better picture.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IndianHedstrom.jpg