For example, Raliegh was historically an English company. The country designations are somewhat arbitrary. companies (Schwinn, Trek, and Raleigh America), then Italian (Bianchi), French (Peugeot, Motobecane and Roold), Japanese (Nishiki, Fuji, Kuwahara, and Univega), and Taiwanese (Giant). The road bicycles are the museum's largest category and are divided by manufacturer, with first U.S. Road - lightweight bikes for traveling on streets.The bikes here are grouped here into six, somewhat arbitrary, categories: Indeed, many well-made used bikes are much better than some department store bikes today. Many older bikes are still quite useable and still satisfy the casual recreational user. Bike technology, of course, changes, but nowhere near as fast as computer technology. The rest have been acquired used, primarily at garage sales. A few of the bikes were purchased by me, or for me, new, including the brown 1971 Schwinn SuperSport, the Trek 750, the Univega 700FS, and the Trek 850 (for one of my sons). Bicycles are wonderfully simple, eloquent and efficient machines.
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