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rldebuse

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Simplex bicycle
« on: May 13, 2012, 11:06:21 AM »
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Re: Simplex bicycle
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2012, 12:20:22 PM »
That's pretty neat. Anyone on here have one? 
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Re: Simplex bicycle
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2012, 10:18:28 AM »
I had no idea Treen's Simplex company made bicycles.  I wonder if their primary customer base was consumer or industrial?
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Re: Simplex bicycle
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2012, 06:57:20 PM »
According to my father, this was quickly abandoned after he visited the Schwinn factory, and reported to his father that there was no way they could compete. I doubt that more than a few prototypes were made. My grandfather never mentioned it to me.
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