The Metz Bicycle MuseumDescriptionMore than 100 years ago, in the late 1880s and 1890s, the village of Freehold was probably the bicycle capital of the world.
Not only did the first world champion bicycle racer, Arthur Augustus Zimmer-man, reside in Freehold, but in the 1890s Zimmerman operated a factory that manufactured the "Zimmy," a bike that he had designed himself.
David Metz, 86, a retired businessman, has done his best to guarantee that the borough will remain a special place for bicycle enthusiasts with his Metz Bicycle Museum at 54 W. Main St.
Metz, who has been collecting bicycles for almost 60 years, opened his museum in 1998. It is considered to house one of the greatest collections of restored antique and rare bicycles in the world. Some of the bikes in the collection date back to the mid-1800s.
The centerpiece of the collection is a carefully restored 1896 "Zimmy," which Metz tracked down in the late 1990s, 100 years after Zimmerman was king of the world's wheelmen.
Getting ThereAddress:
Freehold, NJ 07728
Phone:
(732) 462-7363
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