USA Retrospective

The Bikes of the Time...

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As the sport of skibobbing spread across the country, the entrepreneurial spirit could not be denied.

American bikes of various designs were created and manufactured to supplement the European models

already available. Some of the Yankee offerings are showcased below...

   * This is definitely a work in progress... If you have any information or photos relevant to this subject that you would like to share, please contact: postman@ski-bike.org

American Bikes

(Currently Known)

All American

Apollo

Sitzski

Ski-Bike (2)

Ski Bug

Wooster

SITZSKI (top & bottom photos)

Mfg by: Spectra Sports Inc, San Rafael, CA | List: $155 |

Owner: Fred Petersen

History...

ALL AMERICAN | Mfg by: American Skibob Mfg Corp, Littleton, CO

The SKI-BIKE | Mfg by: Ski-Bob Inc, Stratford CT | Features: Carved solid wooden skis | Owner: Rod Ratzlaff

Note: The patent design application for this youth bike was filed in 1957 and granted in 1959. This is probably the first skibike manufactured in the USA in the modern (post 1950) era. I purchased this bike brand-new in the box in 2005.

SKI BUG | Mfg by: Totalmold Inc, Englewood, CO | Features: Fiberglass construction

WOOSTER | Mfg by: Rubbermaid,USA |

Owner: Dave Gonzalez

APOLLO | Mfg by: De-Vol, Minneapolis, MN | Made in Japan | Owner: Ron Mickelberry

SKI-BIKE | Mfg by: Ski Bike Inc, Montclair, NJ | Owner: Lee Sauder

Note: The bike owner says his father purchased this bike for him in 1946-47, at a fund raiser. That dating would make this the first known adult production skibike manufactured in the U.S, and probably the entire world!

If the information is accurate, this bike has some very significant historical ramifications...

UNKNOWN | Mfg: California, probably in the 1960's | Features: Aluminum bike-skis & foot-skis | Have any info?