The Cycle Age And Trade Review
đź“– YCling[ife, Chicago, USA
đź“… Weekly
📆 1897-11-25 to 1900-10-25
đź’° $0.05 per issue
đź“š 151 of 153 issues
đź“… Weekly
📆 1897-11-25 to 1900-10-25
đź’° $0.05 per issue
đź“š 151 of 153 issues
The Cycle Age and Trade Review is a prominent American cycling magazine based in Chicago, focusing on the bicycle industry's developments from the late 19th century. It covers a range of topics including race reports from events in cities like New York and Boston, technical reviews of emerging bicycle technologies, and industry updates on manufacturing trends. The magazine features sections on club news, particularly from Midwestern cycling clubs, and detailed analyses of market dynamics, including pricing wars among manufacturers. Its unique emphasis on trade insights and legal disputes sets it apart from other cycling publications.
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The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 1 (1897-11-25)
Reports chainless-wheel price war: Western Wheel Works offers $75 chainless and $50 chain wheel; rumor of Coleman-Yost-Featherstone-Gormully & Jeffery combination; Pope Mfg. vows patent litigation.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 2 (1897-12-02)
Warwick Cycle Mfg. Co. attached for $150,000 despite solvent books; English makers adopt Hans Renold chain-wheel template; tube-patent venture fails to interest Lozier; Stanley show features Acatene chainless models.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 3 (1897-12-09)
Bevel-gear patent battles (H. C. Warren vs. Gleason; Bilgram dispute) among manufacturers and chainless bicycle makers; Pope Mfg. places Columbias in department stores; Overman sells Victors to Syndicate Trading Co.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 4 (1893-12-13)
Bilgram sues Gleason over bevel-gear cutter patents; threatens Warren and licensees. Gormully & Jeffery defend ram's-horn handlebar patents against a Pierce syndicate. America Cycle plant sold to J. Harley Bradley.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 6 (1897-12-31)
American firms form Single‑Tube Tire Co. in London (Col. Theodore Dodge); Dunlop loses suit to Fleuss over Bartlett patent; Warwick Cycle reorganization; Milwaukee Cycle Board revived under Henry P. Andrae.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 7 (1898-01-06)
Overman Wheel Co. creditors reorganize; trustee Henry H. Bowman to run Chicopee Falls plant; orders exceed $370,000 (including $186,000 bicycles). National Board urges larger first payments.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 8 (1898-01-13)
Jan 13, 1898 issue: debate on taxing unworked patents (Canadian/Belgian models); Spalding agency moves to Saks; Gimbles take Keating; American bicycles popular in Munich; St. Louis dealers add side-lines.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 9 (1898-01-20)
Single Tube Tire Co. launches European operations with repair depots; Colonel Dodge and H.C. Corson lead. Canadian makers expect strong season; Worcester cancels show; Wanamaker vows no price cuts.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 10 (1898-01-27)
Jan 27, 1898 issue: advocates postal savings invested in county road bonds; Pope chainless licensees limit $25 trade‑in; makers delay chainless deliveries; Shantung market could take millions of bicycles.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 11 (1898-02-03)
Toledo syndicate contracts supply 20,000–45,000 low-priced bicycles to department stores at $13.25–$15.25; Pope unveils $25/$27.50 Jack and Jill models; German bicycle duty may rise to $12.50.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 12 (1898-02-10)
Denver Bicycle Repairers' Association enforces repair-rate standards, pressures tire-makers; organized opposition to Reeves patent bill's annuity tax; Toledo/department-store 'shoddy' cycles mass-produced (500/week), manufacturers alarmed.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 13 (1898-02-17)
Chicago issue (Feb 17, 1898): Australian importers critique American bicycle shipping, finish, and design; suggest double-tube rear forks; Washington police seek laws against abandoning hired cycles; Congress considers metric adoption.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 14 (1898-02-24)
Reports French tariff debate (Descubes-Paulmier) with import/export statistics, Canadian import surge, Philadelphia/Kensington shows, slow uptake of chainless bicycles in Colorado, and new English Humber brazeless joints.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 15 (1898-03-03)
Reports: Cleveland dealers' contentious opening week amid snow; Sager Gear Co. incorporated in Rochester; Warwick Cycle Manufacturing Co. files insolvency; New York bill targets fraudulent advertising.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 16 (1898-03-10)
Wholesalers report strong New York bicycle sales despite department-store bargain pushing; European makers keep conservative prices; announces Associated Bicycle Dealers of Chicago and a private repairmen's minimum-price schedule.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 17 (1898-03-17)
March 17, 1898 issue examines Southern trade contraction, dealer exclusives, second‑hand allowances, tire demonstrators, export orders, and Denver department‑store cycling promotion with sponsored racer.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 18 (1898-03-24)
Chicago's rainy 'general opening' drew interested buyers—medium-priced $35–$50 cycles sold; jobbers raised prices $2–$3; German exporters outcompete U.S. in South America via credit and local networks.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 19 (1898-03-31)
Department stores cut into Denver dealers' bicycle trade; public favors $50 and $75 chainless models; Montreal smuggling of U.S. high-grade bikes; President Potter distances L.A.W. from Sherwood purchasing-agency plan.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 20 (1898-04-07)
April 1898: Cleveland dealers face bicycle shortages; small firms build custom machines; prices concentrate at ~$50 and $35; Whitely organizes makers; Ewart sues Baldwin Adjustable Chain Co. over chain patents.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 21 (1898-04-14)
April 14, 1898 issue reports Cleveland war-scare cutting bicycle sales and Warwick branch auctioned; Duryea Motor Wagon reincorporated; New Zealand laments high American parts prices; article on frame durability.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 22 (1898-04-21)
Chicago and Denver reports: buyers prefer mid-to-high‑grade bicycles; parts shortages (crank‑hangers, hubs); single‑piece pedal patent dispute (Arthur Sidwell, Walter Measure); department stores sell $20–$30 machines.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 23 (1898-04-28)
April 28, 1898 issue: Syracuse dry-goods house drops local bicycle agency after promoting its cheaper 'special'; calls for uniform cable codes; failed Cincinnati auction; Chicago manufacturers note war-induced lull.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 20, No 128 (1900-05-03)
May 3, 1900 issue reports A. B. C. removing its name from Buffalo branch ads; 300 Niagara bicycles sold at half-price; Gaylor sues Willis over Kelly handlebars; Iver Johnson ad.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 24 (1898-05-05)
May 5, 1898 issue reports tinsmiths becoming bicycle repairmen, Iver Johnson and Fairbanks rim ads, Buffalo's strong sales despite Spanish‑American War, and Shelby tubing shortages from government contracts.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 25 (1898-05-12)
May 1898 issue: Denver dealers weather sales dip as soldiers sell bicycles; installment credit endemic; repairers relax rules; Chicago makers lay off tool-room workers and outsource parts, becoming assemblers.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 26 (1898-05-19)
Chicago May 19, 1898: Cleveland's bicycle trade revives—strong demand for high-grade, out-of-town models and lightweight racing machines for Decoration Day; bankruptcies include Buffalo jobber W.C. Boak and Elastic Tip Co.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 27 (1898-05-26)
Issue exposes Components Tube Company flotation scam implicating Du Cros and E.T. Hooley; reports auction disrepute and trade lull from weather and war; includes racing note 'Elkes beat Porter'.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 28 (1898-06-02)
June 1898 issue: dealer sidelines in Columbus and Denver; accessories, repairs, sporting goods, typewriters used to offset seasonal downturn; articles include acetylene lamp tests, tandems, Chicago’s great race, American motocycles.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 29 (1898-06-09)
Chicago June 9, 1898 issue: Wisconsin trade robust; farmers buying higher-grade bicycles; Milwaukee factories busy; Louisville orders removal of sidewalk bicycle racks; technical piece on two-color frame enameling.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 30 (1898-06-16)
Chicago June 16, 1898 issue: Ohio dealers diversify—Columbus Bicycle Livery (P. B. Chaney) adds electrical work; J. C. Sherwood sells sporting goods; Wheeler Saddle Co. fire; Mexico firms build gasoline moto-cycles.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 31 (1898-06-23)
June 1898 issue reports London motor-car meet showcasing steam and petrol omnibuses, Paris speeding complaints and threats, poor American bicycle tires harming Danish exports, and US retailers blaming overproduction.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 33 (1898-07-07)
Chicago issue (1898-07-07) details anomalous cycle trade—New England factories overworked while others stagnate; features acetylene lamp tests, motor-mechanism and steam-truck trials, and race news (Michael, Cooper).
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 34 (1898-07-14)
Issue reports optimistic cycling trade outlook, restrained price-cutting, sale of Terre Haute Mfg. plant (auction July 26), and Chicago Stamping Co. insolvency implicating United States Bicycle Co. and alleged fraud.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 35 (1898-07-21)
July 1898 Australasian cycle trade: rising colonial manufacture, import figures, cemented tires unpopular; New Zealander claims rubber-toughening process; Cleveland parts makers busy with stamped-sprocket and foreign orders.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 36 (1898-07-28)
Reports cheap American bicycles auctioned in Gothenburg and Stockholm harming reputation; Swedish unfamiliarity with single‑tube tires; Washington expands bicycle police; D.C. dealers arrested as unlicensed junk dealers.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 37 (1898-08-04)
Aug 4, 1898 issue: Charles H. Sieg Mfg. receivership in Kenosha with 10,000-machine order; Toronto tire-joint failures from heat; Hooley exposes financial scandals in English cycle firms.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 38 (1898-08-11)
Denver dealers cut high-grade bicycle prices; repairers' association enforces forfeits; Pope licensees set bevel-gear (chainless) bikes at $75; Shelby Tube publishes new tube price schedule; New York foresees trade boom.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 39 (1898-08-18)
Aug 18, 1898 issue: Shelby tube price uncertainty; small builders' losses (one made $8 on 40 machines); Kokomo tire price hikes; National Board meeting; bazaar discounts; broken-fork accidents.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 40 (1898-08-25)
Aug 25, 1898 issue: C.S. Stockton urges manufacturers to stop cut‑price dumping; report on Hay & Willits receivership suit; C.H. Sieg creditors' meeting; Cleveland parts trade and patents.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 41 (1898-09-01)
Chicago September 1, 1898 issue reports agents abandoning custom-built bicycles for repair work, low demand for 30-inch wheels, Glidden withdrawal, dealers' license court case, sheet-steel price rise, international trademark commission.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 42 (1898-09-08)
Chicago Cycling News (1898-09-08): New England makers gearing for busy fall; chain-driven bikes expected at $50, chainless $75; Northampton machinery sold; Duquesne leaving cycle manufacture; Philadelphia dealers diversify.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 43 (1898-09-15)
Chicago Bicycle Trade (1898-09-15): Northampton Cycle reorganization, A.L. Moore machinery purchase, S.B. Call kinetoscope agency, Ohio State Fair boosts sales, Japan raises bicycle tariff to 25%, Denver repairers' association.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 44 (1898-09-22)
Sept. 22, 1898 issue examines carbide storage invalidating insurance policies for acetylene lamps, Elwood‑Ivins taper‑gauge tube patents and world‑mill rumors, rising steel‑ball demand, and bicycle trade topics.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 45 (1898-09-29)
Goodrich Co. acquires John F. Palmer's tire patents; Chicago office retained. Mexican market: San Luis Potosi dealers Scott & Co. and Luis G. Maldonado sell bicycles, acetylene lamps, American shoes.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 46 (1898-10-06)
Sept 29 Newark meeting of hub-and-pedal makers (Dr. Stockton) appointed committee (Warren, Mosher, Dreyfuss) to organize; Spaulding insolvency detailed; C.H. Pugh shows hollow steel rims; G.&J. cuts Rambler prices.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 47 (1898-10-13)
Yost sells Toledo plant to Breckenridge and Tolerton; Erie Cycle & Motor Carriage formed; Ames Mfg. quits; Clement teams with Pope and Fabrique Nationale to build Les Usines Clement.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 48 (1898-10-20)
Oct 20, 1898: Buffalo second‑hand stock scarce; dealers consolidate; Overman plans 25,000 1899 bikes; Featherstone drops jobbers for direct dealer agencies; 500 unsold department‑store bicycles.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 21, No 49 (1898-10-27)
Conference of bicycle part makers (Stockton et al.) agrees to fix minimum prices; Peugeot Frères robbed for ~100,000 francs; Pope Mfg. announces 1899 Columbia chainless pricing; Elyria Tree Co. formed.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 50 (1898-11-03)
Nov 3, 1898 issue covers faulty cheap bicycles causing fork breakages; Iver Johnson and H.A. Matthews ads (rear fork ends, pedals); American Humber likely to suspend 1899 production; tariff report.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 51 (1898-11-10)
Chicago dealers' board sued by promoters Tackberry, J.D. Guinea and Frank Hall over a 'Fourth Annual' cycle show; National Board funds defense; Warman‑Schub exhibited; B.E. Greene's show proposals criticized.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 52 (1898-11-17)
Reports Pope and Coleman forming Bevel Gear Wheel Company ($1,000,000) to control bevel-gear chainless patents; European bicycle tariffs; court ruling upholds purchase contracts; motor-vehicle trials at Charles River Park.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 53 (1898-11-24)
Nov 24, 1898 issue reports U.S.-Canada bicycle trade statistics, shrinking cycle exports, tariff risks, 3,000 English bikes returned from Australia, and dealers organizing to fight a $40 second‑hand license tax.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 54 (1898-12-01)
Issue reports National Cycle Board of Trade’s imminent dissolution (stockholders’ meeting Dec 20), Secretary George Hammann’s solicitation; English tube-makers’ financial troubles; U.S. Patent Commission ends hearings on trademarks.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 55 (1898-12-08)
NYC showmen plan Grand Central Palace exhibition Mar 23–Apr 1, 1899 with reduced booth rates; Pacific Coast trade strong; bell-makers set minimum prices; Frost Gear Case auction; Havana market.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 56 (1898-12-15)
Humber & Co. in financial distress; Martin D. Rucker suspected; Palmer/Lozier tire claims partly invalid; Chas. H. Sieg regains control; Lorain Wheel Works formed; F. F. Ide Mfg. quits.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 57 (1898-12-22)
Issue reports failed Dec 20 dissolution of National Cycle Board of Trade (17 votes short); New England demand for chainless bicycles; American firms eye Italian market and tire opportunities.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 58 (1898-12-29)
Issue reports Chicago union pushing for union labels, refusing labels for acid-cleaned frames; tire-makers deny Flint's $30M trust rumors; Elgin company halts motor plans after Dewitt Campbell's death; Georgia tax proposed
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 59 (1899-01-05)
Jan 5, 1899: National Cycle Board votes to disband; Philadelphia show spaces auctioned; F.F. Ide plant reopens in Peoria; Codling president dies; Wanamaker to sell Orient bikes, disputes Humber price-cut.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 60 (1899-01-12)
Reports on rubber firms' combination to control crude rubber and cut prices 7%; Harry Rouse restarts bicycle production; International Union plans co-operative union‑labeled bikes; Austrian overproduction; brazing method.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 61 (1899-01-19)
German makers' association vows to refuse credit to dealers stocking American bicycles, threatening U.S. exports; Buffalo firm launches $1/week installment plan and local show; Australian market revives amid auctions.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 62 (1899-01-26)
Humber Company faces receivership petition by B.F. Goodrich after Revere Rubber and E.T. Hooley suits; bankruptcy rulings favor creditors; brazing-by-immersion furnace shown by Chicago Brazing Furnace Construction Co.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 63 (1899-02-02)
Reports Swedish tariff (Jan 12) affecting bicycle imports; lists needed parts, Brooks saddles favored; American parts gaining; American Saddle Company forms in Cleveland ($2,000,000); H.A. Lozier opposes Georgia tax bill.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 64 (1899-02-09)
Buffalo court suits over installment bicycles; Single Tube Tire Co. adapts tires for British roads; Decauville factory fire (Evry-Petit-Bourg); Canadian duty complaints; Morgan & Wright patent dispute.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 65 (1899-02-16)
Feb 16, 1899 issue reports Canadian consolidation rumor denied by Toronto makers; Pittsburgh cycle show with motor tricycles; Chicago warehouse fire destroyed cycle stock; formation of American Saddle Company.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 66 (1899-02-23)
Denver dealers alarmed by overcapacity; G. A. Wahlgreen to promote free-space cycle show; Manhattan Brass fire minor; death of David Bradley; new Warwick Cycle Co.; Buffalo sub-agency rivalry; Philadelphia exhibition.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 67 (1899-03-02)
Chicago reports Buffalo dealers' $1 down/$1 weekly bicycle bargains, warnings about dangerous cheap forks and failures, arrest of swindler James Ferro, and Chicago jobbers' association led by Paul Armstrong.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 68 (1899-03-09)
Buffalo department store begins in‑house bicycle manufacture, offers 100 high‑grade wheels at $18; Toledo firm buys Red Cross rubber line; Paducah dealers report installment sales, repair pricing irregularities.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 69 (1899-03-16)
March 1899 issue reports Buffalo heavy sales (notably chainless bikes), aggressive price wars ($18/$25 machines), reduced second‑hand trade, Louisville demand for 30‑inch wheels, St. Louis municipal indifference, Dunlop stock oversubscription.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 70 (1899-03-23)
A. G. Spalding is gathering options for a New York-financed consolidation of US bicycle manufacturers; assures no immediate price, agency, or factory changes; attorneys, accountant, and syndicate involvement noted.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 71 (1899-03-30)
Western dealers report revived bicycle demand; $50 safety models popular; skepticism over chainless bikes; bad spring weather delays riding; Spalding syndicate secures purchase options and readies accountants for consolidation.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 72 (1899-04-06)
April 6, 1899 reports factory consolidation moves with accountants reviewing options; A.G. Spalding clarifies alliance aims; Sieg Mfg. accepts union label; Rex stock sold; Minneapolis trade association enforces rates.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 73 (1899-04-13)
April 13 issue reports Philadelphia dealers’ March sales up 100%, $50 new bikes, second‑hand allowances $8–15, Spalding-led parts consolidation options, Cleveland sold‑out inventories, costly western freight, repairers’ rate talks.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 74 (1899-04-20)
April 20, 1899 issue reports Dunlop tire patent victory over Roth interference, Spalding's injunction vs Philadelphia fraud, booming spring bicycle trade in Milwaukee and Cleveland, plus technical features.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 22, No 75 (1899-04-27)
April 1899 issue: Philadelphia repair shortage, brisk spring sales, surge in tandems and large-wheel experiments (30/32"), cut‑price Spalding flyers, Coleman‑Spalding consolidation dispute.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 76 (1899-05-04)
May 4, 1899 issue reports booming Salt Lake and Buffalo bicycle trade, formation of Utah Cycle Path League, Iver Johnson advertising, and St. Louis dealers' reorganization led by Hill.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 77 (1899-05-11)
Coleman forms International Vehicle & Manufacturing Co. in Trenton (paid-up $82,000, up to $50,000,000) to oppose Spalding's bicycle trust; Western Wheel Works withdraws option; Spalding silent.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 78 (1899-05-18)
Spalding's American Bicycle Company nears launch after acquiring options on 106 firms; Coleman wavers, tube firms consolidate (Pope, Shelby, New Albany); claimed 95% U.S. output, 4,300,000 annual capacity.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 79 (1899-05-25)
May 25, 1899 reports American Bicycle Company trust delayed to Aug 1; $35,000,000 financing; Coleman objects; Indiana Bicycle Co sold to trust; Norman Wheel Co raises prices $10/wheel.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 80 (1899-06-01)
Cycle Age warns manufacturers to prepare for 1900 season despite American Bicycle Company combine; discusses Spalding's plans, Coleman dispute, parts-supply risks (wood rims, chains, Smiths of Milwaukee).
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 81 (1899-06-15)
June 15, 1899: steel tubing shortages at National Tube Works raising bicycle part prices; Overman Victor price set at $28 amid restructuring; Cleveland assemblers (54 firms) produce ~4,500 bikes.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 82 (1899-06-08)
Issue reports on the A.B.C. bicycle combine: Spalding interview, manufacturers' output tables (668,000 ABC total), independents' resistance, Crown/Shelby/Sager/Hoffman/Meiselbach responses.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 83 (1899-06-22)
Reports June 1899: Colonel Dodge on Tillinghast patent and American Bicycle Company; Globe Cycle Works sold to MacWhirth; Overman cuts Victor price; League/Howard demand Pope return chainless patents.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 84 (1899-06-29)
June 1899 meeting forms nucleus of American Bicycle Company; A.G. Spalding elected chairman, C.W. Dickerson secretary; dozens of manufacturers join; committees set; policy to protect retail agents announced.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 85 (1899-07-06)
July 1899 report: Christchurch cycling boom; English then American machines; Dunlop double-tube dominance; auctions of Austral stock; prices and makes listed; Honolulu market controlled by American manufacturers, Cycle Board.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 86 (1899-07-13)
Cycle Age (1899-07-13) debates whether dealers should supply saddles, tires and pedals. Options force manufacturers to tie capital, incur storage, packing, credit and warranty costs; suggests limiting options.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 87 (1899-07-18)
July 18 report: American Bicycle Company formation finalized—capitalization cut from $80M to $40M; financing terms fixed (bonds, preferred, common); manufacturers paid partly cash/stock; Charles R. Flint gained tire options.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 88 (1899-07-27)
July 27, 1899: Minneapolis dealers reject racing after costly Lake Harriet litigation; tandem and chainless sales rise; Tacoma sold 2,350 wheels this season; German bicycle exports sharply increase.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 89 (1899-08-03)
Reports on American Bicycle Company trust: dissenting firms (Lozier, Monarch, Ames & Frost), leaders' views (Colonel George Pope, Spalding), production and sales plans; proposal for U.S. migratory trade exhibits abroad.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 90 (1899-08-10)
Report on U.S. assemblers' growth—Lyons, Stauffer (new adjustable pedal), Star Cycle Works; Empire State sells 2,500; Minneapolis dealers close early; Melbourne importers bring American/English parts.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 91 (1899-08-17)
Salt Lake City records ~2,000 bicycle sales aided by new Salt Palace board track; racing boosts demand; chainless bikes fail; Cleveland, Rambler, Orient, Barnes dominate; A.B.C. trust; Lozier on prices.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 92 (1899-08-24)
Australian auction glut forces price cuts; many dealers exit. A.B.C. company reorganizing (Spalding rumored president). Overman posts strong balance sheet, readies chainless 'spin-roller' model. Canadian combine buys four factories.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 93 (1899-08-31)
American Bicycle Company officer selection; Spalding named president; McMullen organizing independents against the trust; Soudan plant to Logansport; G. & J. fire loss; strong Portland sales; sundries clearance advice.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 94 (1899-09-07)
Report on formation of American Bicycle Co.: officers (Spalding, Pope, Bromley), list of absorbed manufacturers, production/sales plan, planned price rises, and a brewing tire conflict with Mr. Flint.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 95 (1899-09-14)
Christchurch reports rise of chainless Columbia, Sterling, Crescent bikes; accessory discounting; New Zealand agency terms and cash reductions; U.S. factory consolidations; Western Wheel Works theft by Fishel, Neuner, Zindler, Richert.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 96 (1899-09-21)
Goodyear denies sale amid Flint rumors; Buffalo boasts 50–60,000 daily cyclists; L. B. Gaylor resigns from Black Mfg.; Syracuse factory stays open; National Export Exposition automobile and bicycle exhibits delayed.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 97 (1899-09-28)
American Bicycle Company consolidates makers: stock split (30% preferred, 50% common, 30% cash), samples sent to Featherstone; branch closures (Pope, Meiselbach) likely; Richard Garland floats Dunlop Pneumatic Tire Co., Australia.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 98 (1899-10-05)
Reports Spanish cycling growth but no domestic manufacturers; opportunities for foreign makers, import agents and duty/packing advice; Pope Company denies sundry sale; A.B.C. records multiple factory transfers.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 99 (1899-10-12)
A. B. C. directors refuse to disclose dealer policy; bonds underwritten. American Waltham plans Hartford move. Eclipse denies sale. Lonn, Adams & Westlake, Bradley consolidate into $250,000 company.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 100 (1899-10-19)
Report of Oct 19, 1899: independent manufacturers form Cycle Trades Protective Association in Buffalo to resist American Bicycle Company patent pressure, fund litigation (Owen bottom-bracket suit), listing member firms.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 23, No 101 (1899-10-26)
American Bicycle Company outlines policy: headquarters, five departments, nine selling branches grouping major makers, fixed wheel prices, patent enforcement, automobile production, export figures, and troubled bond sale.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 102 (1899-11-02)
Nov 2, 1899 issue: Iver Johnson and Diamond Rubber Co. ads; report on Hartford Rubber Works officers' Oct 26 dismissals amid negotiations with Charles R. Flint and the rubber trust.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 103 (1899-11-09)
American Bicycle Company plans Canadian branch (capital $2,500,000) to build 1900 models; Goodyear denies tire price combine; Cycle Trades Protective Association organized in Buffalo with 44 signers.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 104 (1899-11-16)
Cycle Age reports Nov 15–16, 1899 court upholding Tillinghast single‑tube tire patent — Col. Theodore Dodge prevails; Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company controls licenses; manufacturers face royalties and injunctions.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 105 (1899-11-23)
Report on creation of Single Tube Automobile & Bicycle Tire Co. to operate Tillinghast patent; Dodge defends ownership; sale of Pope's interest; 25¢ royalty and strict license terms detailed.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 106 (1899-11-30)
American Bicycle Co. buys Chas. H. Sieg plant ($246,000); Cassidy’s A.B.C. solicitations fail; Atlanta dealer fined under Georgia tax; H.W. Wyman enforces Sidwell pedal patents; Tillinghast tire meeting; Dodge appeals.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 107 (1899-12-07)
Coverage: French press attacks on American bicycles ahead of Paris exhibition (Dec 13–27, 1899); W.J.C. Elliott’s buying tour for Austral Cycle Agency; Rubber Goods Mfg. consolidation; Pope Mfg. expands Washington
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 108 (1899-12-14)
Buffalo agency readjustments (Pope, Lozier, G.&J., Spalding), passbook payment system successes, Albuquerque early trade, Dewey cycle lock by Charles J. Muldoon, A.C. Banker bankruptcy, A.B.C. patent licensing.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 109 (1899-12-21)
December 21, 1899 issue reports American Bicycle Company’s Smith‑Owen bottom‑bracket patent notice, $1 royalty demand rejected by independents amid litigation threat; Sears, Roebuck exporting cheap Chicago bicycles to Australia.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 110 (1899-12-28)
December 1899 issue reports A.B.C.'s planned suit enforcing Smith‑Owen bottom‑bracket patent, Eagle Bicycle's defiance, Indianapolis chain plant transfer to A.B.C., Hengerer guarantees, Milwaukee auto plans, holiday retail trade.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 111 (1900-01-04)
Cycle Trades Protective Association vows to defend independents against American Bicycle Co.'s enforcement of William E. Smith bottom-bracket patent; suits expected; Carlisle Mfg. retires; A.B.C.'s Georgia tax check returned.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 112 (1900-01-11)
January 1900 issue reports American Bicycle Co. preparing suit over the Smith-Owen bottom-bracket against Eagle Bicycle Co.; corporate reorganization; licenses signed; Partridge & Co. insolvency; Madison Square Garden cycle-auto show.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 113 (1900-01-18)
Chicago Cycle Age Jan 18, 1900: American Bicycle Co. sues Eagle Bicycle Mfg. (Smith bottom-bracket); A.B.C. may press Jeffery detachable-sprocket patent (US398158) against independents.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 114 (1899-01-24)
Jan. 21 New York Cycle & Automobile Show dominated by American Bicycle Co.; independents absent. Directors elect R. Lindsay Coleman president; A.G. Spalding retires; A.A. Pope becomes chairman.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 115 (1900-02-01)
Tillinghast license raises tire prices; Elmira dealers, Eclipse Co.'s Morrow-braked demand; Springfield repairers adopt catalogue pricing and hourly rates; Calkins patent rack license collections in Buffalo.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 116 (1900-02-08)
A.B.C. trust to enforce patents: counsel W.A. Redding announces suit vs Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co., imminent writ against H.B. Snyder, mentions G.&J. sprocket and Owen v. Pope delays.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 117 (1900-02-15)
Shelby Steel Tube Co. reorganized into $15,000,000 corporation; Keating Wheel & Automobile reorganization and financing; Washington bicycle repairman John H. Parr arrested; bicycle boom emerging in Havana, Cuba.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 118 (1900-02-22)
Detroit dealers predict booming 1900 bicycle season — chainless, cushion frames, coaster brakes in demand as 5¢ streetcar fare spurs purchases; legal defeat for Stearns' agent case in Iowa.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 119 (1900-03-01)
Cycle Trades' trustees met in Chicago to plan defense of Snyder suit over Smith patent; Eagle and Snyder defendants; Meiselbach/Smith layoffs; Quaker City opening; independents prosper.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 120 (1900-03-08)
March 8, 1900 Cycle Age reports Tillinghast patent licensing consolidation (Col. Dodge), A.B.C. legal actions vs. Eagle/Snyder, Georgia court tax ruling favoring A.B.C., proposed Rochester cycle show.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 121 (1900-03-15)
March 1900: Colonel Dodge explains Tillinghast license price terms for single-tube tires; Eagle Bicycle Co. files bottom-bracket suit answer; Meiselbach reportedly buys Sieg plant; Chicago retail season opens.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 122 (1900-03-22)
Mar 22, 1900: Washington opening week highlights coaster brakes and chainless demand; dealer displays (Pope, Gormully & Jeffery, Orient, Cleveland); New England restricts credit; Sieg plant/Kenosha, Meiselbach shifts to typewriters.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 123 (1900-03-29)
Handlebar manufacturers meet in Cleveland to discuss consolidation; Washington dealers report rising coaster‑brake demand; Crosby & Dana buy Snow Cycle Chain and Springfield forging plant; Buffalo works rumored closed.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 124 (1900-04-05)
April 1900 issue reports Australian demand for American cycle parts, Morrow coaster-brake promotion, Abrahams customs dispute, elliptical sprocket in Sydney, U.S. sales boom and racing team signings, bottom-bracket litigation.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 125 (1900-04-12)
Bell‑patent suit: Liberty Bell Co. sues New Departure Bell Co. over Rockwell's 1899 push‑button continuous bell; Buffalo dealers face coaster‑brake shortages; American Bicycle Co. sues Eagle over Smith bottom‑bracket.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 126 (1896-04-16)
Coverage: Chicago deed-transfer rumors; Pneumatic Tire Association formed with B.F. Goodrich, Diamond, Goodyear leaders; Springfield sales boom; Buffalo price-cutting damages high-grade bicycle trade.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 24, No 127 (1900-04-26)
April 1900 issue: German trade journals attack American mail‑order bicycles (article 'Parasites' cites Klondike machines); patent notice vs Willis Park Row Bicycle Co.; Buffalo Cycle Mfg. plant closed, managers removed.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 129 (1900-05-10)
May 10, 1900 issue: Wolff wire plant sale, Wolff-American bicycles and automobile plans; Stockton Mfg. receivership; Calkins rack royalty dispute; new Seamless Steel Tube Co.; tariff effects.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 130 (1900-05-17)
May 17, 1900: coverage of American Bicycle Co.'s Snyder and Eagle suits, Colton sale to Keasey Pulley, Columbus plant closure, Atlanta dealers' trust dominance and police purchasing Eagles.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 131 (1900-05-24)
Bicycle bargain wars in Buffalo; T.C. Page resigns at Lamb Mfg.; St. Catherines fires destroy Canada Cycle & Motor and Welland Vale; Milwaukee Rubber Co. plans tire factory.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 132 (1900-05-31)
Issue reports Chicago trade in summer cycling goods, window-display tactics; American Bicycle Co. office turmoil; William Rooke's death; Metz suit over universal pedal patent; Chicago probe of sidewalk tire inflators.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 133 (1900-06-07)
June 7, 1900: Australian assembled bicycles win championships (Walne, Shrimpton); Sydney's Phlzackerley shows American parts (coaster brake, Sanger bars); Melbourne auction mart; freight cuts; Dodge v. Lamb patent suit.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 134 (1900-06-14)
June 14, 1900: Racine’s Wisconsin Wheel Works destroyed by fire; Outing plant partly burned; Clipper factory to close under Michigan anti‑trust law; strong second‑hand bicycle trade; ABC legal news.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 135 (1900-06-21)
Riggs-Spencer Co. formed to produce Sager gear in Rochester; Cleveland auction stirs local trade; German credit-protective association organized; Columbus repair trade strong; Kelly Handle Bar Co. readies patent suit.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 136 (1900-06-28)
Coverage of Snyder Mfg.'s legal answer denying American Bicycle Company's Owen bottom-bracket patent claim, alleging A.B.C.'s 1899 consolidation, price-fixing, patent monopolization, and conspiracy to restrain bicycle trade.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 137 (1900-07-02)
Milwaukee to host 21st League of American Wheelmen meet beginning July 10; racing under National Cycling Association; smoker July 12 and picnic to North Milwaukee Park; Stearns workforce dismissed amid trust reorganization.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 138 (1900-07-12)
Trust orders Grand Rapids Clipper plant closed; assembles 5,000 machines. Fowler inspects. Iven‑Brandenburg reorganization. Wisconsin Wheel Works to rebuild in Racine. Julius Andrae seeks creditor extensions.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 139 (1900-07-19)
Manson Cycle Co. placed in receivership; Manson sues creditors for $50,000. Multiple bankruptcies (Brown-Lewis, Waters/Chicago Tube); Tillinghast single-tube suits vs Goodyear/India; spoke consolidation adds Fay & Bowen.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 140 (1900-07-28)
Andrae & Sons creditors approve 50¢-on-dollar settlement; Strohmeyer named treasurer. Sterling bicycle plant closed by trust, machinery to Western Wheel Works. Fowler Cycle relocation talks with Grand Rapids/Muskegon.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 141 (1900-08-02)
Aug 2, 1900: Kelly Handle Bar Co. sues Marion and Cooper over Green adjustable-handlebar patent (corrugations); Cycle Trades Protective Association defends bottom-bracket suit; Goodyear injunction dissolved; ball-makers meeting.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 142 (1899-08-10)
Denver repairers oppose a $50 'second‑hand' license; Cleveland trust to consolidate Lozier/Rambler distribution; C.J. Iven & Co. forms supply partnership; Auburn Ball Bearing Co. organized.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 143 (1900-08-16)
American Bicycle Co. rejects International Bicycle Workers' Union agreement; unions single out Pope Mfg.; Denver dealers fight second‑hand license; Davenport dealers debate evening closings; ball makers centralize sales via Buffalo distributor.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 144 (1900-08-23)
American Bicycle Co. slashes prices, selling Pope sundries at Chicago Columbia store; old Northwestern Cycle Co. bankruptcy explained; Soudan Co. seeks 25% creditor compromise; Americans skeptical of Paris motor cycles.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 145 (1900-08-30)
Central Distributing Co. gains control of U.S. steel-ball output; Grant Works moving to Franklin, PA; Orient motorcycle agencies expand; Parrish & Bingham, Bardons & Oliver, Wisconsin Wheel Works grow.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 146 (1900-09-06)
Articles on cycle trade in the Philippines (M. T. Hashim & Co. selling Rambler in Manila, Iloilo), packing/shipping advice, Worcester Cycle Co. mortgage, and death of R. Phillip Gormully
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 147 (1900-09-13)
Previews Motor Age auto exhibition (Chicago Coliseum, Mar 1901), Inter Ocean auto show with exhibitors list, Eclipse Mfg. Co. NYC HQ and sales, and Bicycling World’s purchase of The Wheel.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 148 (1900-09-20)
Cleveland bicycle firms pivot to automobiles: Collister & Sayle create Cleveland Automobile & Supply (Locomobile, Waverley, Elmore); Peerless builds De Dion tricycles; Riggs-Spencer readies chainless frames.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 149 (1900-09-27)
Obituary for Harry G. Rouse, Peoria dealer/manufacturer and L.A.W. founder; report on Chicago automobile show where motor‑cyclists Champion and Skinner, and Alexander Winton, posted notable race times and disputes.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 150 (1900-10-04)
Oct 1900: Col. Theodore A. Dodge upholds tire license prices; Stearns factory to produce Frontenac bicycles; Madison Square cycle show set Jan 12–19; Soudan consolidation fails; A.B.C. bracket suit.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 151 (1899-10-10)
American Bicycle Co. annual meeting: treasurer reports $600,000 profit but no dividend; directors re‑elected; consolidation closed small factories; 4,445,000 bicycles delivered to July 31; automobile manufacture planned.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 152 (1900-10-18)
October 18, 1900 issue covers tire-makers' price dispute under the Tillinghast license, Warner Co.'s suit vs. Alden Rubber, Shapleigh's Neustadt purchase, and San Francisco trade organizing.
The Cycle Age And Trade Review, Vol 25, No 153 (1900-10-25)
Oct 1900 issue: Tire-makers' conference stalls as Colonel Dodge keeps license terms; Julius Andrae readies 1901 models; Regas motor-bicycle (J.H. Sager); Alden Rubber expands; racing sponsorships highlighted.