Tandem ID

[fat tire trader]

Hello,
I purchased this tandem frame locally. Does anyone know who made it?
Thanks,
Chris

 

[fordmike65]

@Jesse McCauley

 

[bike]

Strange one! fork is reminiscent of Raleigh...

 

[sam]

I've seen those cut-out threaded BBs cups on Crescents. And the low end Swedish crescents of the 70s were still using them.

 

[Blue Streak]

Two references from the February 12, 1897 issue of The Wheel describing and showing a round and hollow fork crown used on the Nile bicycle by Mason & Mason:

 

[fat tire trader]

That's it! Thanks! Does anyone have any more info on Mason and Mason?

 

[Waffenrad]

The cut-out in the bottom bracket often indicates a Fauber or later Fauber-compatible crankset.

 

[fat tire trader]

The cut-out in the bottom bracket often indicates a Fauber or later Fauber-compatible crankset.

That's what I was thinking. The "bike guy" that sold me the frameset told me that he had had the cranks but sold them and he did not have any pictures of them. Parting out a Schwinn is one thing, but.....

 

[MEKANIXFIX]

Two references from the February 12, 1897 issue of The Wheel describing and showing a round and hollow fork crown used on the Nile bicycle by Mason & Mason:

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Very interesting info about the company who built-in well illustrate

 

[Tom1968]

It's 1933 or 1934 Colton tandem rear steer ism restoring one now