Saulkrasti Bicycle Museum

<p>It is the bicycle collection of father and son Jānis and Guntis Seregins, which is the only&nbsp;collection of antique bicycles in Latvia.&nbsp;They have been collecting cycles since 1977 when they joined the Antique Automobile&nbsp;Club and became fascinated with Latvia&rsquo;s cycling traditions.<br /> The collection&rsquo;s core is formed from technically unusual bicycles. The most notable&nbsp;exhibits of the collection are one of the first Latvian-made highwheel bicycles, made in&nbsp;1887 in the E. Mathies workshop in Liepāja, as well as the bicycle &quot;Safety&quot;, which was&nbsp;manufactured in 1888 in the bicycle factory of A. Leitners (the rst bicycle factory in Latvia).&nbsp;A unique exhibit is a wooden bicycle produced in 1940 at the VEF sport aeroplane factory&nbsp;by the well-known Latvian aviation pioneer Kārlis Irbītis, who used aeronautical&nbsp;construction materials and methods. In total, the museum has approximately 70&nbsp;Latvian-made and used bicycles.<br /> Besides bicycles there are many other pieces of cycling ephemera relating to sport,&nbsp;cycle clubs and bicycle production. The museum has an extensive collection of bicycle&nbsp;brands, bringing together 1000 badges from all over the world.<br /> The collecting process remains ongoing and the owners are grateful for any&nbsp;information about where potential new exhibits might be discovered.</p>