The winter of 2013-14 was brutal in the Upper Midwest. We went weeks without high temperatures clearing 0-degrees Fahrenheit.

Those were also the first months following the decision to form Gryphon Velo Racing. We were starting a team from scratch. We had no website, no money, no uniforms, a couple riders, a Twitter account, and an idea.

We also had a photo editing program and decent search engine to find old photos on the iterwebs. Here’s a quick look at some of the very early promotional images from GVR. All are from 2013-14.

These early bicycles were called penny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler, Hi-wheel and ordinary bikes.

While looking for these I found a few photos/posters/ads that never got altered.

Could we see more?