Page-78, a reprint from an 1887 issue of the publication Life's Comedy. The bicycle was the great emancipator of women.

Page-79, More proof that the bicycle had a considerable influence on the emancipation of women. See the 1896 editorial about women & bicycles and the illustration from Vogue Magazine.

Page-100, a picture of Mr. D.P. Harris, founder of the D.P. Harris Hardware & Mfg Co. Also a time line about the American Bicycle Industry addressing the bicycle bust of the late 1890s and early 1900s. A picture of the Indian Bicycle shown with tank, pump & light was selling for the reduced amount of $26.00-$45.00.

Page-101, containing a picture of armed servicemen (Cycle Scouts) of the year 1917 with their bicycles in France. The text is interesting.

Page-102: (1) A 1928 Shelby Bicycle advert, (2) pictures of famous bicycle industry leaders from the early 1920s, Frank Schwinn, Horace M. Huffman of the Davis Sewing Machine Co., E.F. (Ewald) Pawsat of Wald Mfg Co., and (3) The quantity of American produced bicycles (statistics) s listed for some of the years between 1904 (250,478 units) and 1929 (307,845 units).

Page-108, (1) A 1936 advert for Borg-Warner's INGO-BIKE, (2) Statistics of USA bicycle production for the years 1930 (285,000 units) to 1939 (1,218,261 units), A 1933 advert for the Schwinn Balloon Tire bike.

Page-112, five advert pages from 1936; (1) Roadmaster Bicycles displayed at the New York Toy Fair by The Cleveland Welding Co., (2) the Dayton Super Streamline bicycle, (3) the Mercury Bicycle by the Murray Ohio Mfg Co of Cleveland, Ohio to be displayed at the 1939 World's Fair in New York, (4) the Rollfast Streamlined Sport Motorbike De Luxe, Model V-24F, and (5) a Murray Streamlined child's tricycle with head lamp & parking lights.

Page-116, (1) Statistics of USA bike production during the 1940s; 1,290,925 units in 1940, 2,761,437 units in 1948, (2) Specifications for a VICTORY bike, and (3) A picture of a Shelby VICTORY bike.

Page-117, an advert from The Murray Ohio Mfg Co now located in Nashville, TN. Murray was founded in 1919 in the state of Ohio. Six of Murray's models from past years are illustrated: (1) a 1929 Spirit of America Airplane chain-drive pedal car, (2) 1939 Deluxe bicycle, (3) 1932 Hy Wheeler bike with detachable side car, (4) 1931 sidewalk cycle, (5) 1932 5-ton Mack Dump Truck pedal car, and (6) 1931 tubular child's tricycle (velocipede) with bicycle type seat.

Page-118, photos of some of the prominent American Bicycle Industry leaders from 1946 when they returned from the armed forces after WW-II. Pictured are: Frank V. Schwinn, Edward Schwinn, Miss Cecile Meeham, Joseph D. Seltzer, Denny Coughlin, Charles J. Fogarty, William 'Bill' Stoeffhaas, Paul Oberlin, Norman Russell Clarke (at the head of the table), Claud Norton, Horace Huffman Jr., Fred Smith, Dan S. Mitchell, S.K. Pruett, H.W. 'Bill' Snyder, Clyde H. Brokaw, Harry W. Kranz & Frank Hannon, all of the aforementioned are attending a BMA (Bicycle Manufacturers Association) dinner during the 1946 BIA (Bicycle Institute of America) Convention. Also pictured in individual poses are; Fred Smith, Ed Fieser, Len Wilson, Fred Todrys and Henry Ferri.

Page-124, some sample adverts from the 1950s; (1) Carlisle 1.75 Middleweight Tires & tubes, and (2) the Rollfast American Flyer model middleweight bicycle. Also pictured are bikes from two new American bike makers; Chain Bike and Stelber.

Page-128 with statistics of bike production in America for the 1950s; 1,904,278 units in 1950, 2,562,338 units in 1959. In 1954 the American made middleweight bicycles was widely introduced into the market. Imported lightweight bikes captured 42% of the American market by 1955. There is an advert for Gulco Fire Back Reflectors, now a product of Bright Star Industries which was headed by Chuck Bishop at the time.

Page-130, statistics for bike sales in America in the 1960s with domestic production and imports being listed separately; 2,592,910/domestic plus 1,186,596/imported totaled 3,779,506 for 1960 vs. 5,966,184/domestic plus 1,534,138/imports totaled 7,500,322 units for 1968. Notice the sharp increase in the domestically produced bicycles. The high riser (aka Sting-ray or polo-seat) type bike accounted for a large quantity of domestically produced bicycles.

Page-132, a list of the founding date of many bicycle related companies in America. Howie's family company, West Coast Cycle Supply Co (aka WCC or WCCSC) is included in the year 1940. WCC was founded by Howie's parents, Leo & RosaBelle Cohen in Mpls., MN.

Page-138, a sort of time line covering the evolution and growth of the American Bicyclist and Motorcyclist magazine (aka ABM). The evolution started with the BICYCLING WORLD founded in 1879. In 1883 the L.A.W. Bulletin merged with the BICYCLING WORLD. In 1901 the publication was consolidated with THE WHEEL. Several more name changes, start-ups & mergers resulted in publications named; Bicycling World & Motorcycle Review, Motorcycle Illustrated, Motorcycle & Bicycle Illustrated (1906), Bicycle News (1915). All of the aforementioned were weekly publications. American Motorcyclist & Bicyclist began monthly publication in 1925. The May 1934 issue was the name change from American Motorcyclist & Bicyclist to American Bicyclist & Motorcyclist. In later years THE CYCLIST (published by Walter Bardgett and THE CYCLING BULLETIN (published by Otto Eisele) were also merged into the American Bicyclist & Motorcyclist (aka ABM).

Page-148, an article about the 'bicycle bust' of the late 1890s when dozens of American bicycle & bicycle related factories went bankrupt and huge fortunes were lost. Prices of bicycles & related products plummeted due to over production, excess inventories and a decline in demand.

Page-166, with adverts from; (1) Howie's family company, West Coast Cycle Supply Co which was located on San Pedro St at the time and was beginning to advertise the American Eagle then Nishiki Japanese bikes built by Kawamura Cycles, (2) Farber Cycle & Hobby (Bill Farber), Pettee Cycle Supply Co (Irwin & Miles Hayutin & Joe Bernstein), (3) Northwest Bicycle & Supply (Bill & Clyde Stedman), (4) Stuyvesant Distributors (Sol Corso), (5) Memphis Cycle & Supply, and (6) Frank Gebbia Associates.