From its 1895 founding to its 1992 bankruptcy, "No Hands" charts Schwinn's rise, cultural impact and eventual collapse ...

From streamlined Aerocycles and classic Phantoms to Varsity eight-speeds and Sting Ray Krates, vintage and antique Schwinn bicycles are runaway hits with collectors. In addition to the fond memories ...

Men of a certain age who relish the memory of their old Schwinn “banana seat” bike may want to pull a wheelie: The company has reintroduced this two-wheeled icon of the 1960s. Schwinn introduced the ...

Say hello to Errol Hostetler and shake his hand. Hostetler is an original Schwinn company man, a holdover from the 1950s when the then-Chicago-based Schwinn took ambitious whipper-snappers and set ...

For much of the 1960s and the early 1970s, no suburban streetscape would have been complete without them: A squadron of kids clutching sky-high handlebars on low-slung bikes in eye-popping, hot-rod ...

In 1895, bicycle manufacturer Arnold, Schwinn & Company was founded in Chicago just as a craze for the two-wheeled conveyances was sweeping the country. But it didn’t last long. Within a few years ...

NEW YORK — Al Fritz created stylish roadsters yearned for by young hot-rodders in the 1960s and '70s. But his rolled on two wheels, not four. Mr. Fritz, who died May 7 at age 88 in Barrington, Ill., ...

Frank V. Schwinn, 67, chairman and chief executive officer of the Chicago-based Schwinn Bicycle Co., pioneered development of the firm`s independent network of bicycle dealers. The family-controlled ...

The direct forerunner of the Chopper was Schwinn’s Orange Crate from the 1960s, itself an adaptation of bikes cobbled together by West Coast USA teenagers to look like ‘chopped up’ Harley Davidson ...

Whether it's the "brrrring-ding" sound of the bell, the banana-shaped seat, or the bold, bright colors, Schwinn bicycles always have evoked childhood memories for many people, according to Michael De ...

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