Coventry Eagle.

it was the first lbs bike I owned. I saved up paper route money, and bought it in 73 when I was 14.

Free Spirit from Sears. I owned at least two as a kid.

I've got one on my MTB.

American Eagle is also a Netherlands-based MTB company, partly owned by the legendary racer Bart Brentjens. A good friend of mine rode their Atlanta 2.0 hardtail for a while - excellent bike!

Nishiki
Kestrel
Proflex
Royce Union
Huffy
Gitane
Bridgestone

In the early aughts, you could purchase fairly generic road frames new on eBay. They were decent enough quality and nobody else seemed to have them.

I had a Curloo and an Olympus (scandium, not a camera). Both were perfectly solid performing aluminum bikes. Unlike unheard of bikes from a boutique maker, these were likely mass produced basic frames that were painted to give them a niche. Good luck finding a derailleur hanger.

Of my current collection, I’ve never seen a Tallerico or Spectrum in the wild. I’ve only seen 2 or 3 Canfield's. There’s lots of Ritchey’s but they’re rare enough that when I see someone else on one, we’re instantly buddies.

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According to this site, John Deere enjoyed huge sales of bicycle in the 1890s ($150,000 worth) but ended in 1900. They sold adult bikes again in 1973-75.

Onza
Libertas (Belgium)
About a thousand threaded headset lock nuts
LP Composites (still make kite board stuff)
Bruce Gordon Cycles
Avocet

Bell. Their helmets fit my noggin the best.

Is Panasonic still around?

I had a Maruishi in college.

And what about Shogun?

Bruce Gordon.

Mine is on my fat bike. They looked like the only game in town for a 12 speed on a Shimano HG freehub. Happy with it, but not enough snow this year to really do a lot of riding. Warm winter;)

Rudge - Mine was a touring bike when I got it in 1960 in England. It had a 4 speed Sturmey Archer gear set in the hub and made it it into a light heavy racer (?) with a fixed wheel (48t crank pulley and a 12t sprocket.

I loved that bike.

No mention of Huffy yet!!! And it was a TdF bike.

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Dan

Foes
Mantis
Waygoose
Landshark
Mountain Goat
Fat City Cycles
MT. Racing
Mammoth
Fishlips Cycles
Brave Cycles
Off Road Toad
Muddy Fox
Boulder Bicycles
Catamount
Mountain Tamer Quad
Bullseye
Cook Brothers
Topline
PowerGrip
Tioga
Etto (Helmets)
Moots


These are some of the names I remember from advertisements seen in Mountain Bike Action from the late 80's through the mid 90's. Off the top of my head....

Steve B included Huffy in post #30. ;)

Curtlo
Sycip
Independent Fabrications
Principia
Storck
Parlee
Ritte
Ibis
Webco
Redline
Universal
Bontrager (back when Keith owned the company, and they made bicycles)
Gary Fisher

Engin Wanna see one? :D

Control Tech
Makers of sweet, sweet titanium/carbon road handlebars.

AX-Lightness
Makers of the Vial Evo disc...and very comfortable sub-100 gram saddles. Their handlebars have a transverse fiber lay up that resists clamping forces. Superior engineering at its finest.

Extralite
Makers of ridiculously light bicycle hubs, headsets, stems, and some other stuff that isn't the lightest, but still is pretty good.

NiteRider

Darimo.
They'll make you a sub-100 gram seatpost specific to your weight and bike. They also make handlebars & stems in-house, to order.

Berd.
They make spokes so light they float on water.

THM
They make sub-300 gram cranksets. They also charge $1000 for a 30 gram, $6 power meter.

You can alsoretrofit the Sensitivus Powermeter in any metal hollow axle you want if you are the DIY type.

They also make a much copied shock absorbing seat post and much lusted after 120 gram brake set.

Aican
Makers of shift & brake housings that are lighter than Jagwire links or other alligator segment systems.
They also make aluminum core shift cables that weigh 1/2 standard cables.