![]() ![]() Manufacturing quality as well as the technical standard of the Roadmaster bicycle line - once the pride of the company - had fallen to an all-time low. American Machine and Foundry AMFīrooklyn, New York (1900 120 years ago)Īfter two decades of consistent growth, the AMF Wheel Goods Division stalled under the long-distance management of a parent company bogged down in layers of corporate management and marginally profitable product lines. American Machine and Foundry (known after 1970 as AMF, Inc.) was one of the United States' largest recreational equipment companies, with diversified products as disparate as garden equipment, atomic reactors, and yachts. Otherwise I believe the bike is all original. The seat is not original to the bike, it is a Mesinger Comfort Bike Seat. ![]() ![]() The serial number is B259971 which indicates it is a 1955-56 bike. The diameter of the balloon tires is 26' Brake has recently been restored. In 1953, after a prolonged labor strike, AMF moved bicycle manufacturing from a UAW-organized plant in Cleveland, Ohio to a new. AMF Roadmaster Bicycles In 1950, after purchasing the Roadmaster line of children’s and youth bicycles from the Cleveland Welding Company, American Machine and Foundry entered the bicycle manufacturing business with its newly formed AMF Wheel Goods Division.
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