Chuck Schmidt wrote and snipped:
As has been pointed out by Phil Brown, Hans Ohrt introduced lightweight bikes to the Hollywood stars from his Beverly Hills bike shop in the late 1930s. Nothing new.
Small point of information.
Hans Ohrt was Hans Ohrt Lightweight Bicycles, later incorporated was added.
Beverly Hills Bike Shop was a different shop on Robertson. That benefitted when Hans Ohrt gave up Schwinn.
Above the front door of Hans Ohrt was a bronze plaque:
"It is my notion that mankind would all be better mortals if they all rode bicycles" -Hans Ohrt
Passed under it every day to work in the 70's.
John Jorgensen
Torrance Ca