About the Author
Tucker Schwinn is a photographer and creative based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After earning a BFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago in 2010, Tucker worked for SRAM Corporation, a large US-based bicycle parts maker, until 2017. He then returned home to work alongside his father, Richard Schwinn, at Waterford Precision Cycles until the factory closed in 2023.
About the Subject
Waterford Bicycle Factory
Waterford, Wisconsin
1981-2023
Named for the city where it was located, the legendary Waterford factory manufactured custom, made to measure steel bicycles for customers around the world as well as quietly developing and producing product for brands across the cycling industry over four decades.
