George Omelenchuk built bike

 This bicycle was seen at a recent midwest swap meet and it is a nice example of an American framebuilder in the 1960s, in the Detroit area. There was very few American builders at that time, Eisentraut was just starting out. George Omelenchuk starting building frames and then expanded to rims, hubs, stems and other parts of the bike. His wife Jeanne, was a national champion in cycling and speedskating, the first woman to ever win two national championships in two different major sporting events. She was cycling National Champion in 1952 and 1953, and represented USA in the Winter Olympics in 1960, 1968, and 1972.

If anyone has more information about George Omelenchuk, his shop and his bike building history, please contact me, I would love to learn more. There is very little information on the internet about him. 

Nice inch pitch block chain.

Thanks to a follower of the blog explaining the disk- "the discs on the rear wheel are snail cams and were used to adjust the chain tension.. it is difficult to see in the photo but they usually have a peg at the front which they push against.."

Headclip headset.

Older stem, 1930s?

 Name stamped in the front rim, the back rim(Lobdell) does not match, but the hubs do, they are BSA.

Rear spokes are tied, but not soldered?

pictures 4- oh what a bore!

Part of the pictures series. This time we have a Moulton, Omelenchuk, and an invisible bike.
The Moulton was build during the period that Huffy was subcontracting them to import cool bikes(they also imported a super cool Carlton with Cappela lugs, and translucent paint over a chrome frame. My coworker Matt has one). This Moulton has a Sturmey Archer 4 speed internal hub and uses 17" wheels, that Moulton had specially designed and made.
The Omelenchuk rear wheel in a Omelenchuk frameset is very nice. There is not much available internet about George Omelenchuk, which is a shame. He was a local tinkerer and built and manufacturered a lot of his own components including stems, hubs, rims, etc. The hub was made by him and was on his wife's Jeanne's track bike. She won national titles on her bikes 5 times. here is a little blurb about Jeanne-here. Here is a little blurb about George OmelenchukBike Cult website.

and an invisible bike!!