Collecting and Restoring Antique Bicycles

-Tips on locating antique bikes, and determining their condition and authenticity.

-How to ride the several varieties of high-wheel bicycle.

-Detailed information on early manufacturers, models, and design features.

-The first appearance of drive shafts, rack and pinion steering, differential gears, multi-speed gearing, band brakes É all invented for the bicycle!

-Restoration versus preservation, including when and how to strip and re-paint.

-The antique bicycle club movement, and the growing interest in collecting antique and special interest bikes.

-An appendix of antique bicycle resources, from bicycle museums the world over to machinists who can make replacement parts.

-An appendix of 2100 brands of bicycle made in America before 1918, with their manufacturer, city of origin, and date of first notice.