Western Wheel Works was a Chicago bicycle company started by Adolph Schoeninger in 1866.

[9] It is known as a pioneer in the mass production of bicycles: rather than machining bicycle "parts such as hubs, sprockets, chain guards, fenders, and rims", it employed the much faster process of stamping them,[10] thereby more than doubling the output of the factory in 1891.

[4] In 1899 the company joined a trust which was set up to control the bicycle market in the United States.

Forty-two factories were part of the trust; the major barrier to organizing it was the manufacturer of rubber tires.

[12] The trust which formed under the name American Bicycle Company only lasted a few years.