Casey Robertson Illustrates Wilburt Stevens Maltby

Digital illustration of an analog photograph, how about that! Thank you Casey Robertson (aka @champagne_rodman) for helping us have some fun with history. This is Wilburt Stevens Maltby. Maltby and I both graduated from the same high school, but were separated by about 120 years. Maltby also happened to be employed and sponsored by the Keating Wheel Co during the 1890s as a trick cyclist. Thank you Casey for pumping some new life into this old photograph of ours, and continuing on Maltby’s legacy!

Nick KeatingMay 13, 2020Bicycle, Vintage, Illustration, Design, Analog, Maltby, Keating, Keating Wheel Company, Casey Robertson, 1890s, Track, Trick, Cycling, KWC

An American Cycler’s Rhapsody

It’s always a treat receiving messages from folks who have stumbled upon some cycling history in their family who hope to fill a hole in their research or share stories passed down across the generations.

One in particular came through the mailbox this week that, given our current state of Covid quarantine, became a strong reminder of connection and how the bicycle can ignite curiosity and bridge the gap between time (over a century in this case) and space (some thousand + miles).

Nick KeatingApril 29, 2020Keating Wheel Company, Poem, Isaac A. Pool, Bicycles, History, Story, Vintage, WTF Bike Explorers, Freedom, Equality Comment