In a message dated 1/30/2004 10:48:40 AM Eastern Standard Time, chriseye@comcast.net writes: I continue to be amazed by the machines that were built as early as the late 1930s. Had to have been a lot earlier than that, although quality is an elusive issue I suspect, but the popular song, "Bicycle Built for Two" certainly was about the turn of the 19th-20th century period. Lou Deeter, not as old as Chuck Schmidt who might have been there, but old enough to have learned the song in elementary school. Orlando FL