It is difficult--if not impossible--to determine all the business enterprises and cycle clubs that existed in Indiana around the turn of the twentieth century. The list presented here is a starting place for exploration of your own local bicycle history.
The Indiana Historical Bureau would like to know the results of your research and have copies of materials that you may find.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sources: The names of bicycle manufacturers and businesses have been compiled from records of Steve Carter and the Indiana Division, Indiana State Library. The names of cycle clubs are from The Cycle Club Bulletin, 1:41 (June 13, 1896), 3.
Bicycle clubs:
Businesses: $
Allen County
- Ft. Wayne Cycling Club
- Y.M.C.A. Triangle Cycling Club, Ft. Wayne
- Morgan & Co., Ft. Wayne
- Randall Cycle Co., Ft. Wayne
Blackford County
- Congress Cycle Co., Hartford City
Bartholomew County
- Columbia Brass & Iron Co., Columbus
Clark County
- Rodgers Clark Cycle Club, Jeffersonville
Clay County
- Brazil Road Club
De Kalb County
- Butler Co., Butler
Delaware County
- Ball Cycle Co., Muncie
Elkhart County
- Elkhart Cycle Club
- Ariel Cycle Club, Goshen
- Acme Cycle Co., Elkhart
- Soudan Manufacturing Co., Elkhart
- Elkhart Cycle Co.
- Spark Cycle Manufacturing Co., Goshen
- Ariel Cycle Manufacturing Co., Goshen
- Walker & Stutz Co., Goshen
Fayette County
- William Roberts & Son, Connersville
Floyd County
- T. S. Evans Manufacturing Co., New Albany
Grant County
- Marion Cycle Club
- Marion Cycle Co.
Hamilton County
- Cicero Cycle Club
- Noblesville Racy Club
Henry County
- Knightstown Cycle Club
- Speeder Cycle Mfg. Co., New Castle
Huntington County
- Huntington Cycle Club
Jackson County
- Timms Manufacturing Co., Seymour
Jay County
- Jones Cycle Co., Portland
Jefferson County
- Madison Cycle and Athletic Club
Kosciusko County
- Warsaw Cycling Club
- C. L. Leonard, Silver Lake
La Porte County
- Crown Cycle Co., La Porte
- Great Western Manufacturing Co., La Porte
- Allen Manufacturing Co., Michigan City
Madison County
- Alexandria Bicycle Club
- Anderson Wheelmen
- Anderson Bicycle Wheel Co.
Marion County
- Indianapolis Cycle Club
- Junior Cycle Club, Indianapolis
- Montauk Club, Indianapolis
- U.S. Military Wheelmen, Indianapolis
- Waverly Bicycle Club, Indianapolis
- H. T. Conde Implement Co., Indianapolis
- Arrow Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Sensitive Governor Co., Indianapolis
- National Bicycling Co., Indianapolis
- S. A. Haines Co., Indianapolis
- Dellis Cycle Co., Indianapolis
- Central Cycle Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Hay & Willits Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Eclipse Bicycle Works, Indianapolis
- Indiana Bicycle Co., Indianapolis
- Van Camp Hardware & Iron Co., Indianapolis
- Famous Cycle Works, Indianapolis
- H. T. Hearsey & Co., Indianapolis
- V. B. Holton Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Wheelmen's Co., Indianapolis
- Indianapolis Cycle Co.
- Mohawk Cycle Co., Indianapolis
- A. M. Kleinschmidt, Indianapolis
- Munger Cycle Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Outing Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Standard Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- W. G. Ribble Co., Indianapolis
- Specialty Mfg. Co., Indianapolis
- Vanguard Cycle Co., Indianapolis
- Progress Manufacturing Co., Indianapolis
- Pettis Dry Goods [New York Store], Indianapolis
Marshall County
- Plymouth Cycle Club
- Plymouth Cycle Manufacturing Co.
- Marble Cycle Manufacturing Co., Plymouth
Miami County
- Peru Cycle Exchange
Montgomery County
- Tallyho Wheelmen, Crawfordsville
Noble County
- Albion Bicycle Club
Perry County
- Triumph Cycle Club, Tell City
Porter County
- Valpo Cycle Club, Valparaiso
St. Joseph County
- South Bend Cycle Club
- Collmer Brothers, South Bend
- Collman Brothers, South Bend
- Brown Brothers, South Bend
- Colfax Manufacturing Co., South Bend
Shelby County
- Century Cycle Manufacturing Co., Shelbyville
Sullivan County
- Ledgerwood Cycling Club, Sullivan
Tipton County
- Tipton Cycle Club
Vanderburgh County
- Evansville Cycle Club
- Copeland Cycle Manufacturing Co., Evansville
- Single Center Springs Co., Evansville
- Evansville Cycle Works
Vermillion County
- E. E. Harris, Perrysville
Vigo County
- Wabash Cycling Club, Terre Haute
- Terre Haute Manufacturing Co.
Wabash County
- Dragon Cycle Club, Wabash
Wayne County
- Richmond Cycle Club
- Richmond Bicycle Co.
- Henley Bicycle Works, Richmond
Whitley County
- Churubusco Cycle Club