Scott’s Bicycle Shop 757 N Ridge Rd. Not sure when this shop was open. 1990s – 2000s if I had to guess.

Bicycles on display at the Sedgwick County Museum.

The ladies bicycle, an 1894 Overman Wheel Company Victoria, was donated by Emmett Carpenter, of Hamilton’s Bicycles, in 1979. According to Mr. Carpenter, this was the first ladies’ bicycle sold in Wichita.

The Burt Bicycle was donated by Shirlene Jackson in 1985. Burt Bicycle Company was in Wichita. The 1894 Wichita City Directory lists Burt & Stage Bicycles at 152 N. Market; 1896 Burt Cycle Company at 106 S. Lawrence; 1898 Burt Bicycle Manufacturing Company, 239 N. Main. It was not listed after 1900.

Thanks to Ed Antrim for the photos and Jami Frazier Tracy, Curator of Collections at the museum for the information.

Wescon Products Company of Wichita (formerly Western Control) manufactures bicycle parts such as handle bar grips and brake cables.

H.H. Hess & Co. Hess & Delong. 209 North Main St. Wichita, Kansas. Bicycle sales. Columbia, Hartford, Cleveland, Laclede, Rambler, Imperial, Barnes’ White Flyer and Ideal.