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You are right. My apology.

Yeah, there really are criminals who are that stupid and vertically challenged.

Shine a flashlight down the seat tube. G&J always stuffed a card in and it will give you the exact date of manufacture and other details.

If it were a bicycle club, wouldn't there be at least one bicycle in the photo? Looks more like an athletic club. But that's not to say BBC members were not part of other organizations.

I don't think Dean ever made 28 1/2" diameter tires unless it was custom made. Most of his tires were 28". I've toyed with the idea of making tires using two sections of white butyl rubber tubing that is glued together 180° apart with smaller tubing on the inside. A fake valve stem can be added...

That looks like for a Stearns tandem. The bearings were eccentric which allowed for chain tensioning. The pedals are not original. You have a few extra screws but at least 4 go into the crank axles.

You don't need to be a member of the Wheelmen to participate in the Wheelmen facebook site, which is where all of the activity is taking place. If you don't want to participate there, that's your loss.

Off hand, I'd say this tintype is from the San Francisco area judging from the backdrop which is an illustration of the old Cliff House next to the S.F. Bay. It survived the 1906 devastating earthquake but burned down the following year.

Thanks Archie.

Any thoughts on the year? There are no frame numbers other than what is on the rear stay.The number 1310 is on the namebadge. Traces of original black enamel. Thanks.

It would appear that there were two Paul Revere bicycle companies. The first dates to 1896. It seems very unlikely after the late 1890's bicycle craze petered out, that this company was still in existence and manufacturing in the 1920's.

Are you sure it's a bike manufacture or an attachment that could be added to any bike?

I believe that is an English Coventry Machinists Co. About 1883- 1885. You should find a serial number stamped on the left side of the steering spindle inside the fork head. They were known as the "Club".

Those dust shields were acid etched lightly, so it may be too far gone to see anything. If it is removed and held at different angles to the light, something may show. Anyway, this is what they looked like. What I have here is a negative for a silk screen for making new shields.

That is a Singer Light Roadster. An English build and one of the better quality bicycles of its day. You should be able to see some script on the dust shield on the front fork head. About 1887-1888.

One very bad thing about UPS- DON'T BUY THEIR INSURANCE IF YOU PACK AND BOX YOURSELF!!! If you read their fine print in the shipping contract, they DO NOT PAY if you box it. They only insure what they box. I took UPS to court some years ago and won my case for damages UPS caused.

All you need are about 300 additional parts and you can have a complete highwheel bicycle.

Yes, G&J 1880's

The cover illustrations looks like N.C. Wyeth's artwork.

1901 G&J Rambler chainless.

Carl Burgwardt would have loved it.

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The Wheelmen library has a copy of the Featherstone 1898 and 1899 catalogs.

Fake junk. Not 1870. Supposed to be $18.70. Good luck on even that price.

When bikes were originally built, they weren't heavily pitted and rusted. I've restored many bikes over the years and sometimes it's easier to use powder coat as a primer after the frame is cleaned of rust, then sand it all down to get a flawless finish. Then I paint.

That's not a 1880 era saddle. Leaf spring yeah, not the saddle.

It probably is about 1895-1898. About the only way the rider can be identified is to go through old bicycle periodicals of the time frame such as the LAW Bulletin. Plenty of photos of racers, some great, some not so great.

Stearns also used the eccentric hangers.

Back in the old days, shellac was used.

Brush on some liquid silver solder flux available in welding stores. Sprinkle it with water frequently for about 2 weeks and you'll have a bolt that looks like a hundred years old. Hobby stores also have steel aging liquids.

Here's a matched pair of Westerns I restored some years ago.

Won't surprise me one bit if the state of New York forces another lock down for the monkey pox virus. Here we go again, same old tiresome crap.

What is that remark supposed to mean?

Some of these parts were actually cut in 64th increments or .015 larger. I would get an adjustable 3/8-24 die and recut the threads for a standard nut BUT ONLY for the length of the nut, you don't want the bearing race to be sloppy on the axle.

Can't help on i.d., but I used to run over these things all the time going to work in the morning.

This is for the left side.

I have to agree with Pelletman. My intuition is the frame is steel instead of being iron. Plus the hex head bolts raise red flags.

That is not from the company. This insert was added many years later because cushion tires are not manufactured anymore.

Old and New

I don't think there is enough clearance under the the fork head to use greentyres.

Just as a side note- most people pronounce the word Lenape as "Len- A- Pee" with the accent on the first syllable. Actually the correct pronunciation is Len-Op-Pee with the accent on the second syllable.

Repro junk. Not worth the effort.

There's a Stockton Historical Society. Contact them, they may be able to help you.

The building is still there.

$500-$750.

Locomotion, With Envirocron powder coating color chart, RAL 1007 is a very close match but for my restoration I used U-Tech enamel. For a one quart can the formula is- U-350 binder -382.8g U-325 dark orange -4.7g U-348 orange yellow -23.0g U-100 white high strength-28.7g U-437 yellow oxide-...

Fantastic find! The Stearns bikes were referred to as the "Yellow Fellow" and this tandem was called the Stearns Combination Tandem. Probably is 1898 although the 1899 model had a small round decal on the rear seat tube "American Bicycle Co. E. C. Stearns, N.Y." when they were merged into the...

Must be some other Victor Mfg. Co. If it was the Victor bicycle, the tag would read O.W.CO. (Overman Wheel Co.)

I use 95/5 silver solder. Uses low heat like a hand held propane torch.