The Phoenix

Wheeling through history

n a cramped basement in Watertown, collector Michael Kaplan squeezes another box of parts next to his $10,000 1934 Schwinn Streamline Aerocycle. At a bike shop in nearby Cambridge, 32-year-old Cig Harvey, in search of a gift for her husband, checks out a 1971 Hercules three-speed, while a group of Harvard sophomores looking for a rad ride to school try to score a slightly rusted Raleigh for 50 bucks. (09/05) More