Montreal Bicycle Club
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      • Phylis Cole & Joan Cole
      • Disreali
      • Dr. Parry E. Doolittle
      • Joseph Drury
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      • Daisy Greville
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      • Exilda Lachapelle
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      • Kirkpatrick Macmillan
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      • Louis Rubenstein
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    • 1817-1867 Dandy Horse Era
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      • MBC Uniforms and Symbols
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      • Canadian Wheelmen's Association (CWA) Annual Meets
    • The MAAA grounds and the transition to the Safety Bicycle
    • The Bicycle Craze of the 1890's
    • The 1899 International Cycling Association World Championship in Montreal
    • Collapse of 19th Century Bicycle Organizations
    • Conclusion >
      • 1900-1918 Everyday transportation
    • Scrapbook >
      • 1870's Ice Velocipede >
        • 1878 MBC By Laws
      • 1880 MBC Meeting to join LAW >
        • 1882 Louise Armaindo 100 mile race in Montreal
        • 1882 Group Photo and early race
        • 1883 MBC History from CWA The Bicycle
        • 1884 Mr Jenkins Ottawa-Matane tour >
          • 1884 CWA request for funds by Karl Kron
          • 1885 Notman Composite Photograph >
            • 1885 Fixtures and race reports
            • 1885 CWA Meet in Woodstock
            • 1885 kangaroos and tricycles
            • 1885 W.G. Ross, early champion
        • 1886 Fixtures, race and CWA parade reports
        • 1887 Bertie Lane & CDN hill >
          • Toast to Bertie Lane
        • 1888 Ottawa Meet >
          • 1888 CWA Belleville Meet
          • 1888 Gnaedinger Cup
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      • 1890 MAAA grounds & road racing >
        • 1890 CWA Ottawa Meet >
          • 1891 Road Race, Safeties vs Ordinaries
        • 1891 Arrival of Safety Bicycle >
          • 1891 CWA Hamilton Meet
          • 1891 MAAA grounds racing
          • 1891 Annual Report
      • 1892 Springtime News >
        • 1892 Racing News
        • 1892 Kingston Meet
        • 1892 Century Run
      • 1893 Annual Report
      • 1894 Sarnia to Montreal Relay Ride >
        • 1894 CWA Meet Montreal
        • 1894 CWA Racing Rules
      • 1895 Annual Report
      • 1896 Annual Report >
        • 1896 Montreal Star Bicycle Issue
        • 1896 Wheel and Cycling Review article on Montreal
      • 1897 Annual Report >
        • 1897 Notman Composite Photograph
      • 1898 Annual Report >
        • 1898 Montreal Park and Island Railway
        • 1898 Queens Park Velodrome Verdun
      • 1899 World Championship Speculation >
        • 1899 Major Taylor sets World record
        • 1899 World Championship Report
        • 1899 Montreal Gazette 10 Aug
      • 1900 CWA & CCA
      • 1901 Annual Report
    • Records >
      • Online Sources
      • Books and papers on subject
      • Where to find Artifacts
      • detailed references
      • Historical Points of Interest
      • Historical maps of Montreal
      • 1894 CWA Meet Montreal Map
Picture
Birdie Munger
Picture
Picture
Major Taylor and Birdie Munger
Birdie Munger
   Louis  de Franklin "Birdie" Munger is most famous today for his association with Major Taylor.  However Birdie was also notable on his own. 

http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/m/moore_munger/moore_munger.htm

Quoting form the above URL
"Louis (Birdie) de Franklin Munger (b.1863 – d. 1929) was born in Detroit, Michigan sometime during 1863 to Theodore and Mary Jane Pattee Munger, two native Canadians who had emigrated to the United States in 1859. The Mungers established a small farm in Black Hawk County, Iowa, but relocated to Windsor, Ontario, Canada shortly after Louis's birth.

  The elder Munger eventually found work in the Detroit, Michigan patent office and in that capacity exposed young Louis to the world of invention. The 1880 US Census reveals that 16-year-old Munger was “working in a blind factory” but within two years his name began to appear as a contestant in regional high-wheel bicycle races.
"

   His name appears as a competitor at the July 1 CWA 1885 Meet at Woodstock Ontario. (The Meet at which A.T. Lane won the one mile tricycle race medal).  A few days later 10 July 1885 he and five other top racers from the US took part in the 100 mile race from Coburg to Kingston known as the "Big Four Century Road Race".  It was so called because it was part of a tour of  Wheelmen from Chicago, Buffalo, Boston and New York.  He finished second in this race despite a "fearful shake-up for Munger, who ran into a horse, or rather the horse backed into him. Forced thus to make a back dismount, and landing astride the backbone of his wheel, he was 'knocked out ' for the space of ten minutes".

  Despite this shake up. Birdie also rode a High Wheel Bicycle across the US in 1886,  founded bicycle manufacturing companies and eventually becoming wealthy as result of his tire patent.

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  • About
    • How to join
    • Contact us
    • Issues >
      • Sherbrooke Street Bike Path
  • Minute Book
    • Fixtures Calendar >
      • Instructions on Adding Fixtures to personal Google Calendar
    • 2 Dec 1878 Meeting
    • Club Minute Book 1878-1904
    • 2017 Annual Report >
      • 4 March 2017, Nuit Blanche
      • 21 March 2017, Re-Founders Meeting
      • 25 March - Earth Hour / Turcot Bicycle Overpass
      • 02 April - Fixture Ride highligthing Issues
      • 18 May Atwater Library Lunchtime Series Talk on Club
      • June - Fixture rides
      • July - Fixture rides
      • August - Fixture rides
      • September - Fixture rides
      • October - Fixture rides
      • November - Fixture Rides
      • December - Fixture Rides
    • 2018 Annual Report >
      • March 2018
      • April 2018 >
        • Pittsburgh to Washington DC Excursion
      • May 2018
      • June 2018
      • July 2018
      • August 2018
      • September 2018 >
        • Park(ing) Day in Westmount 2018
      • October 2018
      • November 2018
    • 2019 Annual Report >
      • January 2019
      • February 2019
      • March 2019
      • April 2019
      • May 2019
      • June 2019
      • July 2019
      • August 2019
      • September 2019
      • October 2019
      • November 2019
  • MBC Blog
  • Poppies
    • Sobriquets A-L >
      • Susan B. Anthony
      • Louise Armaindo
      • Daisy Bell
      • G. T. Bishop
      • Amelia Bloomer
      • Elsa von Blumen
      • Dorothy Cole
      • Phylis Cole & Joan Cole
      • Disreali
      • Dr. Parry E. Doolittle
      • Joseph Drury
      • Miss M.J. Frothingham
      • Daisy Greville
      • Alice Hawkins
      • F.M.S. Jenkins
      • Karl Kron
      • A.T. Lane
      • Exilda Lachapelle
      • Annie Londonderry
      • G.S Low
    • Sobriquets M-Z >
      • Kirkpatrick Macmillan
      • Susan McCormick
      • Birdie Munger
      • Mile A Minute Murphy
      • W.G. Ross
      • Louis Rubenstein
      • C.J. Sidey
      • James Starley
      • Henry Sturmey
      • Major Taylor
      • H.S. Tibbs
      • Queen Victoria
      • Maria E. Ward
    • Places >
      • Velocipede Era 1867-1874 >
        • Drill Hall
        • Nordheimer's Hall
        • Crystal Palace
      • High Wheel Era 1874-1891 >
        • 33 Chomedey Street
        • Lacrosse Grounds
        • MAAA Clubhouse (Montreal Gymnasium)
        • Blue Bonnets
      • Bicycle Craze of the 1890's
    • Things
  • History
    • 1817-1867 Dandy Horse Era
    • 1867-1874 Velocipede era
    • Birth of the High Wheel Bicycle
    • The High Wheel Bicycle comes to North America
    • Founding of the Montreal Bicycle Club >
      • MBC Uniforms and Symbols
    • The High Wheel Era in Montreal >
      • Canadian Wheelmen's Association (CWA) Annual Meets
    • The MAAA grounds and the transition to the Safety Bicycle
    • The Bicycle Craze of the 1890's
    • The 1899 International Cycling Association World Championship in Montreal
    • Collapse of 19th Century Bicycle Organizations
    • Conclusion >
      • 1900-1918 Everyday transportation
    • Scrapbook >
      • 1870's Ice Velocipede >
        • 1878 MBC By Laws
      • 1880 MBC Meeting to join LAW >
        • 1882 Louise Armaindo 100 mile race in Montreal
        • 1882 Group Photo and early race
        • 1883 MBC History from CWA The Bicycle
        • 1884 Mr Jenkins Ottawa-Matane tour >
          • 1884 CWA request for funds by Karl Kron
          • 1885 Notman Composite Photograph >
            • 1885 Fixtures and race reports
            • 1885 CWA Meet in Woodstock
            • 1885 kangaroos and tricycles
            • 1885 W.G. Ross, early champion
        • 1886 Fixtures, race and CWA parade reports
        • 1887 Bertie Lane & CDN hill >
          • Toast to Bertie Lane
        • 1888 Ottawa Meet >
          • 1888 CWA Belleville Meet
          • 1888 Gnaedinger Cup
        • 1889 CWA St Catherines Meet
      • 1890 MAAA grounds & road racing >
        • 1890 CWA Ottawa Meet >
          • 1891 Road Race, Safeties vs Ordinaries
        • 1891 Arrival of Safety Bicycle >
          • 1891 CWA Hamilton Meet
          • 1891 MAAA grounds racing
          • 1891 Annual Report
      • 1892 Springtime News >
        • 1892 Racing News
        • 1892 Kingston Meet
        • 1892 Century Run
      • 1893 Annual Report
      • 1894 Sarnia to Montreal Relay Ride >
        • 1894 CWA Meet Montreal
        • 1894 CWA Racing Rules
      • 1895 Annual Report
      • 1896 Annual Report >
        • 1896 Montreal Star Bicycle Issue
        • 1896 Wheel and Cycling Review article on Montreal
      • 1897 Annual Report >
        • 1897 Notman Composite Photograph
      • 1898 Annual Report >
        • 1898 Montreal Park and Island Railway
        • 1898 Queens Park Velodrome Verdun
      • 1899 World Championship Speculation >
        • 1899 Major Taylor sets World record
        • 1899 World Championship Report
        • 1899 Montreal Gazette 10 Aug
      • 1900 CWA & CCA
      • 1901 Annual Report
    • Records >
      • Online Sources
      • Books and papers on subject
      • Where to find Artifacts
      • detailed references
      • Historical Points of Interest
      • Historical maps of Montreal
      • 1894 CWA Meet Montreal Map