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
Syracuse, New York
,
United States
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/