„Ride On!“ - Lightner Museum Exhibition, Florida, USA 
Ride On! Historic Bicycles from the Keith Pariani Collection
February 2, 2023 – September 30, 2023
In the 1890s the bicycle took over the hearts and minds of Americans. By the early twentieth century, almost 300 bicycle manufacturing firms were established in the US. Swept up in the craze for cycling, the Lightner Museum’s historic building, the Hotel Alcazar, offered its own bicycle academy, allowing its guests to tour Gilded Age St. Augustine on two wheels.
Drawn from the collection of St. Augustine bicycle aficionado Keith Pariani, Ride On! features bicycles selected by Pariani as important examples of design in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century bicycle manufacture.
Address: 75 King St. in St. Augustine, Florida, USA
Contact: https://lightnermuseum.org/exhibitions/
306 - Lightner Museum Exhibition 2023
1868 American boneshaker animal motif head
The oldest bike he owns dates back to 1868, which was about seven years before people began to call these contraptions “bicycles.” “It’s got a cast-iron eagle head on the front of it, which is very, very unusual for an American bike,” Pariani explained. “There are only two American bikes that had some type of animal motif. The Europeans did it quite a lot.”
1885 The Quadrant Tricycle Co. Birmingham, England - Tandem Tricycle
1887 Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co., Chicago, USA - Ideal
1888 Columbia Light Roadster
This is original Pariani cross country bicycle from 1984 and The Thomas Stevens San Francisco to Boston Ride
c.1889 Overman Wheel Co., Boston, USA - Victor
1889 White Cycle Company - White Flyer
Two known in the world. Serial number 19.
1890 White Cycle Co. Westboro, Mass., USA - Cycle Bronco
100% original condition including tires and leather seat.
1890 The Eagle, Stamford, Conn., USA - Eagle High Wheel
1891 New Mail, Chicopee, Mass., USA - New Mail safety
1893 Hickory Wheel Co., Newton, Mass, USA - Elliot Hickory Gentleman Roadster
