The Wheelmen 

For a look at a bygone era, don't miss The Wheelmen. This national, non-profit organization is dedicated to keeping alive the heritage of American cycling, promoting the restoration and riding of early cycles (1918 or earlier), and encouraging cycling as part of modern living. Members are intent on learning lost skills, retelling lost stories, researching and writing of the golden era of cycling.
The Wheelmen embrace a broad range of bicycle-related activities, centered on the historical aspects of cycling. Such activities include riding in parades, tours and demonstrations, holding rides, participating in events to promote modern cycling, displaying bikes and memorabilia, researching, writing and publishing cycle history, collecting bicycle literature and memorabilia, restoring cycles, restoring and recreating uniforms and costumes, recreating grand dance balls, picnics, developing buglers, show and tell meets, swap meets, auctions, slide shows, visiting historic sites and museums, and trick riding.
Collectors and restorers have salvaged thousands of antique bicycles and preserved large quantities of bicycle memorabilia, literature and other valuable materials of the golden era of cycling. Many Wheelmen have built outstanding collections of cycles that rival the best of museums.
The club was founded in 1967 by 12 men, mainly from the Philadelphia area at Hoopes Park, Wilmington, Del., at its first Official High Wheel Tour. Today the club has more than 1,000 members across the United States, Canada and overseas. In the 30-plus years of its existence, the club has participated in major events such as the 1976 Bicentennial in Philadelphia, the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn., and grand parades in New York, Detroit, Washington, Milwaukee and Indianapolis. The group is an annual favorite at the Great American Brass Band Festival. 
Each year the club has an annual meet. The annual meet is an activity where many Wheelmen worldwide join together in one spot for a four-day celebration of antique cycling. Ten-mile tours on 1918 or earlier bicycles area also held in conjunction with annual meets as well as 25 and 100-mile rides, bicycle games, uniform and costume judging, and bicycle judging.
The club caters to the needs of all aspects of cycle history, collectors, non-riders, and riders of high wheels, tricycles, tandems and safety bicycles. Men, women and children of all ages are welcome to participate in events throughout the year. Wheelmen membership is open to everyone worldwide whether you own an antique bicycle or just enjoy the early days of our history when cycling was being born.