Author Topic: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918  (Read 5218 times)

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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #15 on: January 21, 2013, 09:39:38 pm »
Sweet! Thanks Mart! The shape is unique enough that I think I can find it that way. But yeah, 1,000 different badges sounds like fun...
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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2013, 09:50:04 am »
Try a google search of the most popular racing bikes from early 1900`s !! Also read that some of these were called "track bikes" rather than racers so that might help !! That gear design would hopefully be unique to that bike/maker !!

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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2013, 10:10:12 am »
Wow! I can see why this could become such a daunting assignment... :P

http://www.thewheelmen.org/sections/bicyclebrands/bicyclebrands.asp


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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2013, 10:58:03 am »
Can I inquire where in the country this was?  Might help with manufacturer at that time!

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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2013, 02:08:12 pm »
Take a glance through this gallery and see if anything matches up.  Might want to send a note off to them, they might be able to help.

http://www.oldspokeshome.com/full-museum-image-gallery

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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #20 on: January 22, 2013, 06:34:23 pm »
According to the profile it was purchased "somewhere between Heaven and hell." He says he is three thousand miles from Nashville and Iowa, so I would guess the west coast somewhere. Or Canada.

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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #21 on: January 22, 2013, 06:59:46 pm »
California !!~  If I remember correctly !!

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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #22 on: January 22, 2013, 10:06:05 pm »
frogpatch, my side hurt I laughed so hard!  This group is tooooo much some times!
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Re: Here's a fun one. Bicycle from at least 1918
« Reply #23 on: January 22, 2013, 11:15:14 pm »
I feel popular. I do reside in California. Southern California even. Thirty miles south of Disneyland kind of Southern California. Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell is the album title of Social Distortion's 1992 album (another SoCal band). I like the album, and the term works for forum locations. I'm a bit strange like that. I also just got off of a ten hour shift so that's why I'm late to the party.

But enough about me. Back to the bike taking up way too much space in my office...

The wheels are Fairbanks Boston wheels, and those I know a bit about. I very much appreciate the links, and I now have better platforms to start with on the research needed to get this thing sold. I do not know what part of the country that it came from as memory's had faded over the years, and the bike came out of Hemmings when the original owned listed it for sale. I'm going to stop by the used book this weekend and see if I can find any books on antique bicycles. I don't know much about them at all, and it's really time that I learned. Thanks for the links and ideas everyone! This place rocks!
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