The Wright Van Cleve was the bicycle that Wilbur and Orville Wright introduced in April 1896 as the first machine to carry their own name plate from the Wright Cycle Company in Dayton, Ohio. It was named for the Van Cleve family, among the first settlers of Dayton, to suit the city's centennial year. The brothers assembled it mostly from bought-in frames, handlebars, cranks and tires, and made only the wheel hubs themselves. Those hubs held oil and kept out dust, and later the brothers added a coaster brake of their own design. The first Van Cleves had a tall frame and sold for about 65 dollars, and the cheaper St. Clair followed later in 1896. The 1900 catalogue offered the Van Cleve in Standard and Special grades at 47 and 32 dollars. The brothers built very few after 1902 and none after 1904, and a handful of examples survive in museums.
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In 1896, they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve, named after an early settler of Dayton, and the St. Clair, named after a territorial governor.
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successively occupied six different locations in Dayton, Ohio
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1. National Park Service: Wright Cycle Company (Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park)
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Each of the bicycles constructed by the Wrights would be a high quality machine constructed to order.
2. Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company: Wright Bicycles (Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company and Museum of Flight)
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They introduced the "Van Cleve" on April 24, 1896.
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In 1900, the Wrights announced a "bicycle pedal that can't come unscrewed."
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After becoming increasingly invested in the Wright Glider, the Brothers manufactured very few bicycles after 1902, and completely stopped after 1904.
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In 1896, they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve, named after an early settler of Dayton, and the St. Clair, named after a territorial governor.
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successively occupied six different locations in Dayton, Ohio
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In 1896, they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve, named after an early settler of Dayton, and the St. Clair, named after a territorial governor.
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In 1896, they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve, named after an early settler of Dayton, and the St. Clair, named after a territorial governor.
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In 1896, they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve, named after an early settler of Dayton, and the St. Clair, named after a territorial governor.
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