Bike museum opens
for nostalgic cyclists
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By HARISH CHAND supported the claims of the museums While more than 40 bicycles are
The bicycle, evolutionary founders. "It's great!" said Elizabeth currently exhibited at the museum, a
predecessor to the automobile, has Wright, who graduated from the revolving display format will be used
wheeled its way into posterity at the University in May. "Only in movies after the upcoming Ann Arbor Art
Classic and Antique Bicycle Museum had I seen some of these." Fair. Future displays are likely to in-
of America in Ann Arbor. The new ,, clude adult tricycles, two passenger
facility attempts to educate children "It brought back a bit of nostalgia, ' "sociables," designed to carry two
about bicycling safety while preser- added Ann Arbor resident Christa people with up to a 100 pound weight
ving a unique piece of American life. Winjum. "I used to ride a bike like differnce, and a futuristic, lay-down
The museum, the first in the coun- that," she said, pointing to a contem- type bicycle. An authentic Olympic-
try dedicated to the antique bicycle, porary bicycle, style bike may also be forthcoming.
was opened June 13 by Jim Hurd and TAKING OF
Richard Loveland, two self- F your training wheels A bike safety clinic room is also in
proclaimed bicycling buffs and kids- ranks as a milestone with obtaining the works. Modern technology has in-
at-heart. your first car key, crossing the street creased bicycle safety since the time
alone, and passing your first bluebook when the "high-wheeler" killed over
BICYCLES dating from 1860 to tle exam. 1000 riders. Yet the biggest safety
present decorate the museum in device is the rider, whom Loveland
Nickels Arcade, invoking a sense of and Hurd hope to educate. The safety
nostalgia, the owners say. The bicycles represent milestones clinics will be provided free of charge
"When we ride one of these we're 12 themselves. The 1860s "boneshaker" and the museum's owners are pur-
years old again," says Loveland. was named for the jarring experience suing corporate sponsorship.
"You forget about what's going on at provided by its wagon-wheeled iron
the office." tires. The 1950s Bowden is During the art fair, Hurd and
"Everyone can relate' to the reminiscent of Pee Wee Herman's Loveland plan to offer free rickshaw
bicycle," he says. "It's their first real transportation in the movies. And also rides on the Diag. The museum is
shot at freedom." on display are acrobatic high-wheels open from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday
from the late 19th century, which through Friday and noon to 10 p.m.
Comments from museum visitors feature a 58-inch wheel. on Saturday.
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Daily Photo by CHRIS TWIGG
A 1960 Bowden 'Spacelander,' similar to the type used by Pee Wee Her-
man, is displayed in classic form at the Antique and Classic Bicycle
Museum of America.
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