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front fender looks post war - 2 separate indents for rods and fork arms rather than one long indent
what does the mounting tab on the rear fender look like?
and
what is the serial #
I would suggest that your frame is possibly a Michigan City Excelsior for a few reasons:
Schwinn frames do not have a gently curved bend in the top bar.
Schwinn frames do not generally have a lower bar attached
to the head tube separately/above the downtube (unless they are Tall frames)...
Now I know what my mystery cranks and pedals are.
Both of my cranks and pedals are threaded with RH threads.
I thought that was strange, especially without locknuts.
Are both of yours RH also?
thanks
British Westwood rims take 635 tires, mostly only available in 1 1/2" width
Canadian Westwood rims take 622 tires - basically the same as current 700 lots of variety in width, tread, and color
Thanks. I will try the oversize tap.
I found some nuts from Corbin and/or
ND Model A will fit but some don't.
I haven't been systematic enough yet.
Nevertheless, I am short of nuts for those hubs also.
I guess my personal (stubborn) approach is to do no harm to the original parts
(except for modifying an already damaged part).
Corbin and ND model A nuts seem to fit.
thanks
I have an 1896 Victor rear hub.
The axle thread size appears to be 3/8 - 24.
The axle threading is the same as that on the tip of the crank.
Standard 3/8 - 24 nuts from the hardware store do not fit.
It the thread British Whitworth or what am I missing?
Where can I find nuts that will fit...
No.
It doesn't take the ball end.
It takes straight spoke with a peened end, like a finishing nail.
You can buy straight spokes or you can common straighten "J" spokes.
They both have roughly the same peened end.
The most difficult part is figuring the spoke length
because spoke calculators...
the frame integrated stand ears are a 1916/17 Schwinn feature,
possibly continuing into the early 1920s
(all borrowed pics, none of the bikes are mine)
I have that same crank.
20s/30s Iver Johnson BB hardware fits it,
threads, cups, bearings, everything,
but I have not yet found a pic of it on any bike.
If 1894 was the peak year for demand (and presumably production)
https://www.masslive.com/living/2013/06/stephen_jendrysik_victor_bicycle_rode_economic_rise_fall.html
and during the peak Overman produced 80,000 bicycles per year (some branded as Spaulding)...
I have yet to verify, but I think the "flag" badge begins in 1896.
1894 and 1895 catalogs and details are nearly identical.
I would speculate that the serial numbers started again at zero for 1896
and that the factory would have been able to tell them apart by the badge and possibly other small...
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