https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/ 2026-05-09T15:49:58+00:00 https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/ https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2022-10-23T13:35:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://mtbtimeline.com/wiki/columbia/start?rev=1666532121&do=diff ---------- Columbia Bicycles Columbia was started in 1877 by Col. Albert Augustus Pope in Hartford, CT, becoming the first bicycle to be made in the USA. The Pope Manufacturing Co., the owner of the Columbia brand, were headquartered in Boston, MA and manufactured most of its bicycles in Westfield, MA starting in 1887 until 2008. By 1900 Columbia was the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world. Along the way it was also first to use coaster brakes, a diamond frame, spring forks and pneumati…