Photos

Patrick Mulvey and a crash in progress

Crash!

Early attempts at flight…

Detroit bike shop, 1920

Chicago’s CYO Club in the 1940’s

Not all cycling history is black & white.

Race start, 47th Chicago Six-Day

Behind the scenes and in action…

Dan Priest 1995 NORBA Nationals

New old photos every year.

Old cycling club photos (Chicago 1937)

Some of the earliest cyclocross pics

Frank Kramer, one of the greatest.

Oscar Juner and Frenchy Gilles

Alexi wins the ’84 Olympics

Early cyclocross (note the tie)

Glenn Ford & Rita Hayworth

Debaets and Hill goof off.

Before there was Facebook and Instagram, cyclists created photo albums.  We got our hands on some great stuff.  Most of our photos come from Jeff Groman’s personal collection of photos that the riders and their families gave him, as well as years of scouring old photo albums and cycling periodicals for the best shots.

There are the old staged publicity shots.  Think about athletes posing for their trading cards.  We have Frank Kramer, Sammy Gastman, Alf Goullet, Bill Honeman, and Charlie Bergna’s publicity shots just to name a few.

There are the old action shots.  A track-race crash caught in mid-air.  A rider attempting to break the human-powered land speed record.  A cylocross race back in the 1930’s.  Two riders clowning around, passing a basketball between them while riding.  Fun stuff.

There’s the archival stuff.  The U.S. Cycling team at the 1960 Rome Olympics (or one of the U.S. Cycling team at the 1999 Tour of Morocco).  Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth astride a tandem on a Hollywood back lot.  The Madison Square Garden venue during the 1934 Six-Day race.

Don’t let this history slip away,  come in and study the old photos on our walls.