Bikes in the Ford Museum, Detroit Michigan

Several years ago my brother in exile escorted us through the Ford Museum. My interest in bikes was strong enough that I took these shots of the antiques on display there.

 Bicycles literally paved the way for the dominance of the automobile.

The Moulton with 20 inch (flat!) wheels makes it into a museum. I hear that it was at one point the fastest in the world.

Tandem plus!

A high wheeler with foot rests. Otherwise, you have to put your knees over the handlebars on a steep incline!

So much for my shots of bikes in the Ford.

Here is another picture, not by me, of another bike in that museum. It is, according to the caption, an 1889 Pope Columbia "safety" bicycle. These were, I believe, the first mass produced non-high wheelers in America. Note the slanting crossbar (or top tube, if you prefer) just like a modern (post 2000) bike.

By way of comparison, here is the 2013 version of my newish bike, the Kona Dr Good, also with up slanting top tube:

Mine is a 2012, which did not come with the nifty front carrier. I took this at Liberty! lbs in St. Catherines.

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