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Miami chainring minutiae

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I’d love to see those!
I was there a day late to see them. Heard that the buyer tried to buy just the pedals but the seller wouldn't take them off of the girls bike they were attached to.

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1. Not sure.
2. Re-measured a junior set today at 2" c-c --- for a ~1" crank, and ~3/8" drive pin hole, that would be about 1-5/16" metal 'landing' between holes.
 
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In addition to @redline1968 's proclamation ...
some rings have a small, drive-pin portal ....
some do not.

Building a Miami from parts acquired from
different places is not for the impatient.

The manufacturer was once one of the
largest producer of an array of wonderful
bicycles and motorcycles. Today, every-
thing Miami-built is elusive.

Have observed more Racycle stuff over the
years .. but even those fall numerically-short
compared to Davis relics.

If you're looking for a non-frustrating teen's
machine to build .. or just to find a few missing
parts to add to a machine that needs limited
attention to get it ready to ride .. or, maybe
just display ... stick with Westfield and Schwinn.
Great Bicycles ... plenty of availability.

But .. if you are steeled to walk the labyrinth ...
and are guided by a patient soul ... go ahead ...
ride the Lightning that Miami built.

..... patric
I'm riding it with clenched teeth Patric!!!!!

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Thanks, learning about Miami & Merkel Minutiae the hard way.
Miami 1-5/8" (unique);
Merkel 2" (among others);
Both with oversize crank/cone thread diameters, (ugh).

@Archie Sturmer

Young man ... your testimony, above ... is a partial demonstration
of the difficulty of locating replacement parts on a Miami-Built ...
or going into the business of building (from found parts) a full-on F-M.


Any reader that truly believes that scratch-building any Miami machine
is a walk in the park ... well, let's see you go for it -- then tell us about
your experience. No Need To Report All Those Times Where You Cried Like A Baby.
 
I was thinking, when typing "unique" there might be others...
Crescent sprocket hmmn.jpg
Not sure about this one, 1-5/8" C-C with a 'spider' and 5/16" pin hole (or metric), and common 15/16" diam. shaft; might be a (pre-Pope/Westfield) Crescent?
Almost there on the Flying Mackerel tribute.
Orange.jpgGrips Ball Orange 1.jpg
Found the frame without any badge holes.
Flying Mackerel tribute.png
Still looking for those $50 black & chrome decals.
 
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Bumping this Miami Chainring thread back up. A recent discovery of a Miami made Flying Merkel motorbike............................... https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/unknown-fresh-find-what-year-model.191640/ piqued my interest in these early machines as I very much admire the moto(r)bike-era cycles quite a bit. About the same time this post was up, I stumbled upon a questionable, dark red primer on one side and black paint over primer on the other, what appeared to be a fairly low mile Miami sprocket Flying Merkel related.
I took a chance on it as I was suspicious initially. Here are some before and after photos after receiving it and gently cleaning the paint off. 1-3/8" drive pin spacing with small 5/16" drive pin hole.
Before.....
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After.
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A pleasant surprise!
 
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