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[[Image:1920-Ace.jpg|right|thumb|1920 Ace]]
[[Image:1920-Ace.jpg|right|thumb|1920 Ace]]
[[Image:1923-Ace-XP4.jpg|right|thumb|1923 Ace XP4]]
[[Image:1923-Ace-XP4.jpg|right|thumb|1923 Ace XP4]]

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1920 Ace
1923 Ace XP4

American Bill Henderson set up ACE after selling Henderson to the Schwinn bicycle company in 1917. Ace produced bikes with an inline-four layout. The most popular was the XP-4, which set a world record of 130mph (209kph) in 1923. The rights to the ACE brand were sold to Indian who built a similiar Four.

1925 Ace Four