Really old bike shop photo

[dyna-ti]

Anybody got the softwear to grab a name off that motorcycle in the foreground :?

 

[cyfa2809]

:shock: 1909 excelsior auto cycle i believe
Single-Cylinder IOE Engine

 

[cyfa2809]

also
http://www.design-engine.com/barber/cannondale01.jpg

what, no lefty!

 

[mikee]

just imagine how crap a lot of those bikes would be to ride tho

 

[lewis1641]

Answering my own question, wonder if they are wax cylinders on the right and this was a music shop first, bicycle second? A go-ahead dealer with 78s on the left knowing this was the way forward?

what would the wax be for paul?

 

[Agency_Scum]

Beautiful. Be great to get some " where and when " information. Judging from the gas lighting I'd say turn of the century.

 

[jimihendrix]

just imagine how crap a lot of those bikes would be to ride tho

Thats probably what a lot of 17-18 year old trail centre riders say about our bikes

 

[cyfa2809]

Beautiful. Be great to get some " where and when " information. Judging from the gas lighting I'd say turn of the century.

detroit, 1912, Metzger bicycle shop. Detroit City Gas Co

Hence
gas light fixtures

 

[paininthe]

Answering my own question, wonder if they are wax cylinders on the right and this was a music shop first, bicycle second? A go-ahead dealer with 78s on the left knowing this was the way forward?

what would the wax be for paul?

Before records where flat they used to be wax cylinders

wiki entry

 

[lewis1641]

cool. never knew that