https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/home daily 1.0 2018-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517685086560-N6MMF09LCP4JSB4C2C7T/Patent_Drawing_Number1CROP.jpg Roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1514871478598-GYM2WBP6I0PDF5Z0I4J9/KeatingRM+BEST.jpg Roots - In September of that year, Robert M. Keating would join the show, crafting his version of the ultimate bicycle (then commonly referred to as a "wheel"), and The Keating Wheel Company was born. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1514939868208-4HTFSF6TZCTD0H1L23V6/marin-trails-original.jpg Roots - "As a social revolutionizer it has never had an equal. It has put the human race on wheels, and has changed many of the most ordinary processes and methods of social life." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1514938776441-G1YHK3VX2GT9739KBXWE/0f94db1fd75445af70cb55b2b7cba88c--vintage-photos-women-vintage-bicycles.jpg Roots - "Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel ... the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1514942643203-Y33JQQEKIJTM7PUTL6MB/KWC_Pamphlet-9802PS.jpg Roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517691907422-NLZ6GCJBD5YS7L156TAU/Keating-factory_brighten.jpg Roots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1513115145782-T7LI0EE01FVHHXJUIR89/website_banner.jpg Roots https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes daily 0.75 2020-05-12 https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2020/5/12/casey-robertson-illustrates-wilburt-stevens-maltby monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1589385195841-VMYXX0DV7I06CUGTSLEN/Keating.jpg Notes - Casey Robertson Illustrates Wilburt Stevens Maltby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1589385226156-D3H1M5HVFO05UX9PZ692/Maltby+on+a+Keating.jpeg Notes - Casey Robertson Illustrates Wilburt Stevens Maltby https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2020/4/28/an-american-cyclers-rhapsody monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1588185359867-LCS4144MYLRICSP4GK08/madge_florence_cycle.png Notes - An American Cycler’s Rhapsody https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1588185188052-RF7ZLWLSKWVE5MSGM94E/American+Cyclers+rhapsody+The_Inter_Ocean_Sat__Aug_31__1895.png Notes - An American Cycler’s Rhapsody https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2020/4/10/bicycle-crumbs-family-portrait monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1586543578118-XJWH842HP2Z1KHJMFU3B/IMG_7189.JPG Notes - Bicycle Crumbs Designs Our Family Portrait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1586543581069-OKNRU5FF8F3GMUBBSIJB/keating.jpg Notes - Bicycle Crumbs Designs Our Family Portrait https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1586543578197-0IIRN4JAKA5AQ2WN4DJF/IMG_7188.JPG Notes - Bicycle Crumbs Designs Our Family Portrait https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2019/11/26/keating-wheel-company-factory monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517691907422-NLZ6GCJBD5YS7L156TAU/Keating-factory_brighten.jpg Notes - Keating Wheel Company Factory - Middletown, CT https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2018/4/30/our-first-t-shirt monthly 0.5 2018-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1525214284360-9HCKVDULG86Z1OIJ3QL9/Tshirt_Combo3.png Notes - The Diamond Tee https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2018/4/25/the-bicycle-squad monthly 0.5 2020-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1524703418788-MB2TBY64CGUIOOK4GWG9/nypdbikesquad.jpg Notes - The Bicycle Squad https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2018/4/25/thenationalshow1895 monthly 0.5 2020-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1524702281351-T5ZR6RNC35HKXBNVE7AD/IMG_1029.JPG Notes - The National Show - 1895 https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/maltby monthly 0.5 2020-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1523982194115-NA2XR815JOE1EOYVI3MM/1Maltby+Keating+Wheel+1896.jpeg Notes - Wilburt Stevens Maltby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1523982186318-UPE6FEM3M0JWEP1W67CQ/247B55E8-7BD2-4379-8856-310237E2B526.JPG Notes - Wilburt Stevens Maltby https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/1901-ladieslightroadster monthly 0.5 2018-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1521479804652-ITB6R46JXFUW4D8TSQEA/Keating_Womens_Bicycle-9992.jpg Notes - 1901 Ladies' Light Roadster, Model 91.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1521479844329-9WZFS6F6GC18W72XR0NZ/Keating_Womens_Bicycle-9998.jpg Notes - 1901 Ladies' Light Roadster, Model 91.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1521479948722-ZQ7DBQ45M1KA1CXRFU9C/Keating_Womens_Bicycle-9987.jpg Notes - 1901 Ladies' Light Roadster, Model 91.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1521479910494-HBW3FUTFPGFC1GJXJX39/Keating_Womens_Bicycle-9986.jpg Notes - 1901 Ladies' Light Roadster, Model 91.  https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/hfcampbell monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1519968230618-GNYJN0GS411M2DLQ5JB8/Screen+Shot+2013-11-18+at+11.59.39+AM.jpg Notes - H.F. Campbell x Providence City Hall https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/2018/2/14/nahbs monthly 0.5 2018-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1518714264546-5I1SJE6H63SDXX5QXVBA/offtonahbs_color-9960.jpg Notes - NAHBS 2018 https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/two-revolutionizing-inventions monthly 0.5 2018-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1526565590867-XZMKB7EE39QBGOMZK59A/refereecycl1618951896chic_0518_combined.jpg Notes - Two Revolutionizing Inventions https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/notes/van-corker monthly 0.5 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1525796849782-AQAK5Q3S2IBSRWUHUDUX/Screen+Shot+2018-05-08+at+12.21.48+PM.png Notes - Van Corker Goes For A Scorch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1525795038244-V6TVGQGY6K1G9EQT9L4S/Van_Corker.jpg Notes - Van Corker Goes For A Scorch 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517684320302-UCFJC3MQTDHXQGSZIODI/Keating_Wheel_March_1895-9954PS.jpg Our Story https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/vintagemotorcycles daily 0.75 2019-01-21 https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/contact daily 0.75 2018-04-14 https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/newsletter daily 0.75 2018-02-14 https://www.keatingwheelcompany.com/the-bicycle daily 0.75 2021-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517885514417-MO8TJUH2P0SU2H6VLM23/Keating_Mens_Frame_LowRes-0012.jpg The Bicycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517884660125-EIZ0W16XNHW23109D6LV/Keating_Mens_Frame_LowRes-0022.jpg The Bicycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517884751043-97VXBTW6YBNYTZDD98BE/Keating_Mens_Frame_LowRes-0014.jpg The Bicycle Zero-offset stems were typical of the era, but Keating's handlebar design was unique to him. Seen here in "Race" mode, the bar could be flipped for a more upright and comfortable riding position depending on the riders sensibilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517885232129-1N2SFIITVIZ2UEV0TSLI/Keating_Mens_Frame_LowRes-0055.jpg The Bicycle Maintaining chain tension with horizontal dropouts remains as relevant today as it did in 1897. Keating's remedy was quite novel for the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517885138940-YKGWQ1XYWXM7E5GA9GS7/Keating_Mens_Frame_LowRes-0033.jpg The Bicycle Keating script leather saddle, standard on all models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517889447764-Y80QULN71JZQB2PNXCTL/Keating_Mens_Frame_edit_LowRes-0041.jpg The Bicycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a050840f9a61edf3ca1a059/1517886080983-UQM3IGD7UMURASTLP552/Keating_Mens_Frame_LowRes-0061.jpg The Bicycle Keating's "Direct Tangent Spokes" and custom low-flange hub - an early predecessor to todays straight-pull design.