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| Schwinn Bicycles - $20.97 (List Price $29.95)
by Jay Pridmore, Jim Hurd (Contributor) German immigrant Ignaz Schwinn launched the company that bears his name in 1895 and set the bicycling standard in the U.S. for decades. Here the Black Phantom, Varsity, Paramount, and Fastback come alive through lavishly illustrated with original archival material, much of it from Chicago's Bicycle Museum of America. 250 photos, 200 in color. Hardcover - 192 pages (September 1996) Motorbooks International; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 10.35 x 10.34 |
| The American Bicycle - $20.97 (List Price $29.95)
by Jay Pridmore (Contributor), James Hurd The first ever color history of the American bicycle industry, from the high-wheelers a century ago to the high-tech lightweight wonders of today, The American Bicycle examines the bicycle's shift from transportation to recreation, its uniquely "American" design, plus collecting and nostalgia. 250 illustrations, 200 in color. Hardcover - 192 pages (October 1995) Motorbooks International; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 10.34 x 10.29 |
| Schwinn Sting-Ray (Enthusiast Color Series) - $11.16 (List Price $13.95)
by Liz Fried Liz Fried captures the look and feel of the musclebike era in her book. She details the inception and development of the Sting-Ray craze, but doesn't provide the necessary details for collectors to use this book as a reference. The book includes some very fine photos of Schwinn Sting-Rays and wets the reader's appetite for more. Paperback - 96 pages (August 1997) Van der Plas Publications; Dimensions (in inches): 0.34 x 9.03 x 8.44 |
| No Hands : The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn Bicycle Company, an American Institution - $17.50 (List Price $25.00)
by Judith Crown, Glenn Coleman (Contributor) The Schwinn bicycle is one of childhood's icons, a piece of Americana. The story of the Schwinn Bicycle Company is also an American story, now an all-too-common one. Chicago-based Schwinn was a century-old, once-proud family business unable to change with the times and had fallen prey to internecine family squabbling. Although its classic bicycle is now a high-priced, much-sought-after collectible, the company misread the market in the 1980s and initially scoffed at the concept of the mountain bike. During the last half of that decade, sales plunged by half, and the company filed for bankruptcy in 1992. Shortly thereafter it was purchased by private investors. Crown and Coleman covered the company's demise in the hometown weekly Crain's Chicago Business and here re-tell Schwinn's saga in fascinating detail. This is a corporate history that will have widespread appeal. David Rouse Copyright© 1996, American Library Association. All rights reserved Hardcover - 350 pages (November 1996) Henry Holt & Company, Inc. ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.26 x 9.55 x 6.52 |
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