Sylph (bicycle brand)
19th century bicycle brand
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Sylph was a brand of bicycle designed by Charles Duryea in the late 1800s.[1] They were initially manufactured by Ames Manufacturing Company, in Chicopee, Massachusetts, starting in 1890, and then by Rouse and Hazard, in Peoria, Illinois, from 1892 to 1898.[2]
Notoriety
- One Sylph model had a smaller wheel in front and handlebars mounted below the seat that came up on either side of it.[1]
- A photograph of a "Duryea Sylph springframe safety bicycle" was used by David V. Herlihy for his 'Bicycle, The History'.[3]
- Rouse and Hazard manufactured 200,000 Sylph bicycles between 1894 and 1898[4]
- The Sylph brand won "top honors" at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893.[2]
- The Sylph model A incorporated a spring suspension it the frame.[5]
Gallery
Sylph Model A. Drop Frame Bicycle Advertisement
Sylph Model B. Diamond Frame Bicycle Advertisement
