If that is so, yes. But I have never heard of them. I know British marques, some as old as 1860's that made it through to 1900. But I'm not aware of any German ones. Doesn't mean there aren't any htough..
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-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of David Ross Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 1:28 PM To: CR discussion list Subject: Re: AW: [CR]Why is there no German threading?
I haven't been following this thread closely, and so I haven't seen any references to Durkopp if they have been mentioned. Didn't Durkopp start making bicycle in 1867 or something like that? And they continued until at least the 1950s. That's a pretty long tenure, and I think qualifies them to have been "there at the beginning!"
Dave Ross (with a ca-1937 Durk K-V mod 116 restoration in progress) Portola Valley, CA
David Toppin schrieb:
> The Germans weren't really there at the beginning (1880's) of the
era,
> Pope, Overman, Spalding, Gormully & Jeffrey . Of course Baron von
Drais is
> credited with the invention of the hobby horse, and he was German.
Some
> believe there were others before him because his machine seems to be
too
> refined to be the first...
>
> Schwinn wasn't around until 1895 when the bicycle industry was in
full
> swing. That was the heyday.
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