Even though Schwinn and other manufacturers had discontinued their cantilever frames and started specializing in BMX bikes, there was still a market for the old classics. When Lowrider Magazine busted ...

Did you know that Harley-Davidson used to sell bicycles? We're not talking about the company's original motorcycles, which were basically bicycle frames with motors slapped on them. No, these were ...

The bicycle has had an impact over time on travel, fashion, and even marriage, says historian David Ortiz. The earliest bicycle design, called the “ordinary,” “penny farthing,” or “hi-boy,” was very ...

Bicycles were invented in 1817 by German inventor Karl von Drais. Since then, they've grown to become the most popular form of transportation (besides walking) worldwide. For many, bicycles are a ...

Yes, they convey spindly men with gaunt faces and extreme farmer tans around France every summer. (No rider in the propeloton has a more ghastly rictus than current Tour de France leader Chris Froome, ...

The bicycle has come a long way from its wooden-wheeled, pedal-free ancestors. What started as a strange contraption that required riders to push themselves along with their feet eventually became one ...

The Elmhurst History Museum’s new summer exhibit, “The Bicycle: Two Wheels to Adventure,” is an ideal fit for Elmhurst, where bike routes crisscross the city for travel ranging from family outings to ...

) owned by almost every U.S. household, the bicycle seems unsophisticated -- downright retro. So it might come as a surprise to learn that designing a practical bicycle took great minds hundreds of ...

My first bicycle was not, in fact, a bicycle. I rode it in 1968, when I was two years old and as tubby as a bear cub. It had four wheels, not two, and no pedals: strictly speaking, it was a scooter.

For nearly a century, Schwinn bikes were made in Chicago. Today, echoes of the company’s golden age are found in independent bike shops. Nowadays, if you see a low-riding bicycle with high handlebars, ...

NEW BREMEN, Ohio (AP) — In a former hotel here in rural, western Ohio is a museum offering more than two centuries of bicycle history, from early high-wheelers to candy-hued 1960s Sting Rays. There's ...