Stelber Cycle Corp was a manufacturer of
bicycles located in
New York City
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. It was granted a patent for a bicycle stabilizer in 1952. It offered
cruiser bicycle
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s in the 1950s and several models during the 1960s in the
wheelie bike
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style designed by
George Barris under the Iverson brand name. The Iverson Dragstripper is popular for conversion to the
lowrider bicycle
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style. In the 1970s, Stelbler offered an
electric
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tricycle
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Some tricycles, such as cycle rickshaws (for passenger transport) and freight trikes ...
that it claimed could travel 50 miles on a charge at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour.
References
Cycle manufacturers of the United States
Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York City
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