E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency
Company typeBicycle Manufacturing
IndustryBicycle production
GenreBicycles
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
FounderEdward Carl Stearns
Defunct1899; 125 years ago (1899)
FateMerged with the American Bicycle Company of Chicago
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
Key people
Herbert E. Maslin
ProductsYellow Fellow
Number of employees
2,000
ParentE. C. Stearns & Company

E. C. Stearns Bicycle Agency was established in 1893 by industrialist Edward C. Stearns, who began business as a hardware manufacturer and branched out into bicycle production from 1893 through 1899.[1]

All Stearns bicycles were called "Yellow Fellows" because of their yellow-orange color.[2] They were manufactured at Stearns' plants in Syracuse, NY.

  1. ^ "Bicycle Brands Home Page". The Wheelmen, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2011.
  2. ^ https://www.cnyhistory.org/2015/07/yellow-fellow/