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1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle
1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle

1914 Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Standard Velocipede Bicycle

$ 198

Availability: 97 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Year: 1914
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Stored in a bone dry apartment, and rust free This is an outstanding exemplar of a 100+ year old child's bicycle tricycle. This a rideable museum piece in outstanding condition, everything is there, and perhaps a bolt or two needs to be tightened. Please see all photos, which are self-explanatory. Front wheel is easily detached and put back on.
  • Brand: Gendron Pioneer

    Description

    Item is located in Manhattan, NYC.  Please message me with any questions, or more pics (I can only post 12)
    Its been in the family years, I've ridden it as a child, and there is no more room to store it, so it much be sold.  Viz the research done, it is this:
    1
    910s Gendron Pioneer Tricycle Vintage Toy Standard Velocipede Bicycle
    All Gendron bikes and trikes have an important pedigree – Peter Gendron was instrumental in the development of the metal wheel, and the company’s brand name ‘Pioneer’ was therefore apt.
    In the late 1890s Gendron was a big exporter to France, and his machines were sold there until France established its own cycle industry, after 1900.
    This is one of the earliest styles of Gendron velocipede tricycle, described by the company as a ‘truss frame’ and easily distinguished from the more refined versions of the 1920s-1950s by the cruder rear end:
    I've dated this one to somewhere in the mid 1910s...1914-1917 or so
    ‘
    A velocipede is always welcomed by any boy.’