Repairing Bicycles for Diapers Inc.

08/13/2022

We all biked around Mackinac Island !

03/13/2022

Yep he's mine.

11/14/2021

This is why you don't buy bikes from department stores... (shifters are upside down)

10/10/2021

Birthday Bikes for my boys! From the same place I spent my youth working!

04/09/2021

02/15/2021

https://news.wttw.com/2021/02/11/ask-geoffrey-schwinn-bicycle-company

Bicycle sales in Chicago have surged over the past year as the pandemic has forced more and more people outside for exercise and recreation. But it’s hardly the city’s first “bike boom.” Geoffrey Baer takes us back to when Chicago was called “the Detroit of bicycles.”

08/11/2020

That was the best bike ride ever Dad! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

06/03/2020

I asked D what are these sticks for? He said " I want my bike to look like yours daddy " (brake and gear cables) love it!

05/15/2020

Safety first!

04/27/2020

My Dylan wore out his first bike tire by skidding, couldn't be prouder... I'll let the bill slide on this one, no pun intended 🤣😂🤣😂

12/27/2019

Chicago was the center of the industry in America, with 30 factories turning out thousands of bikes every day. Bicycle output in the United States grew to over a million per year at the turn of the century. On 10 August 1893, the Columbian Exposition held “Wheelmen Day” as over 600 members of the League of American Wheelman Club paraded through the White City. The Chicago Tribune called it a “dancing river of fire rushing along at breakneck speed.” Most bicycles carried two Chinese lanterns, while several others carried as many as fifty.
According to the 1898 Chicago Bicycle Directory: A Reference Book of the Trade, approximately two-thirds of the country’s bicycles and accessories were manufactured within 150 miles of the city. In 1895, German immigrant Ignaz Schwinn and meatpacker Adolph Arnold formed Arnold, Schwinn & Co. Their bicycles were recognized as among the finest. Ignaz was not only an ingenious designer and an exacting supervisor; he was an astute businessman as well, so Arnold was able to be the ultimate “passive partner”. By 1899, Schwinn was producing one million bicycles a year. Another massive bicycle factory in Chicago was Western Wheel Works which produced the famous Crescent brand. They were located at 501 N. Wells Street.Pic is of the Chicago Bicycle Club at the Columbian Exposition Dedication Parade (1893)