BICYCLE MUSEUM OF AMERICA 

• Location: 7 West Monroe St. (St. Rt. 274), New Bremen, OH 45869

• Hours – Fall/Winter Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.; Summer hours, Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday, 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.

• Phone: 419-629-9249

• Admission: General, $3.00; Seniors, $2.00; Students (K-12), $1.00; Under age 6, free; Groups over 15, $1.00 per person. Call for further information on group arrangements. Memberships: Single, $10.00 per year; Family, $20.00 per year.

The bicycle has to be the world’s most popular vehicle. The Ohio Bicycle Museum of America offers viewers an opportunity to see how it all began. At the museum bicycles are displayed according to eras. See the 1892 Victor, which must have seemed like the Rolls Royce in its time. It sold for $130 – during a time when salaries were generally $18 per month. The museum also offers glimpses of the 1880s high-wheeler designs and the 1886 model of the bicycle-built-for-two.  More modern bicycles, including race models, are displayed. But, let’s not forget the balloon tires of the 1940s and 1950s. New Bremen offers a notable museum in a historic setting.

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