Originally Posted by
Bikesmith
I have three Mossberg bicycle catalogs (1974 (30 pgs), 1975 (32 pgs), & 1976 (16 pgs)), I tried to scan them but the files were huge and I couldn't upload them, does anyone know how I can get these scanned and post them on the site (without them being 10MB+ files)
These bicycles were built in New York, O.F. Mossberg (the gun company) bought the company in the '70s, they also made bikes for Montgomery Wards and Western Auto, when the economy got tight they tried to sell it but nobody was interested.
Tim
I had a '70s Montgomery Wards "10 speed" back in high school and it was clear that it was made by the same company that made "Rollfast" bikes, which was located in Little Falls, NY. These bikes were total crap (although the Shimano Lark deraileurs worked o.k.): Ashtabula crank, cheapo steel Cherry centerpulls, steel rims with various "Wald" stamped steel/zinc plated parts. It was all that I could afford. Rode it until the bottom bracket shell split at the weld (seamed tubing). I think the same bikes were sold as Mossbergs for awhile.