Triggered by Marcus Hellmans reply i looked through Horstmanns book again. Crescent of Chicago was founded by german immigrants and had in 1897 an output of 110.000 cycles, making them nr.1 in the world market.
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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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> [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Martin Appel
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 9:07 AM
> To: Sheldon Brown
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> Subject: Re: AW: [CR]Why is there no German threading?
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> Sheldon Brown schrieb:
>> Michael Schmid schreib:
>>
>>> My two cents here:
>>> I think the german bicycle industry was at least as big as the
>>> english
>> Not so sure about that, because the English bicycle industry had a
>> very large export market, while the German industry was mainly geared
>> to the domestic market.
>>
>>> and probably bigger than the american inudstry
>> Quite possibly. It's interesting to note that the early U.S. industry
>> was VERY heavily influenced by German immigrants. I'll just mention
>> the names "Schwinn" and "Wald" but there are others that I can't
>> recall from the early part of the 20th century.
>
> A maybe interesting sidenote; i own a book written by young german Heinrich
> Horstmann who rode around the world on a bicycle in 1895. When he returned
> from that juorney he started importing US made "Crescent"
> bicycles to germany...
>
>
> Martin Appel
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