Unbadged Chainless ID Assistance Please!

[New Mexico Brant]

Does anyone recognize this chainless? 3” spacing center to center on the badge holes. Very delicate fork, cranks, and other treatments. It has a six digit serial number: 797167.

Thank you for any help!

 

[New Mexico Brant]

It also has the “Pat. Nov. 18, 1888” on the bottom bracket that has been discussed on the forum before.

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

Killer bike Brant ! Is the part in the last pic the remnants of a rear spoon brake ? Maybe the tab with the hole held some sort of rod actuation ?

 

[catfish]

I think it might be a Spalding.

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

Definitely looks crescentesc. Esp the cap by the cranks and the knurling on the gear cover. Plus it's got the hub activated scrub brake abc used. Only problem I the way the rear is done is totally wrong for crescent + badge holes
There has to be some sort of connect.

 

[fordmike65]

Definitely looks crescentesc. Esp the cap by the cranks and the knurling on the gear cover. Plus it's got the hub activated scrub brake abc used. Only problem I the way the rear is done is totally wrong for crescent + badge holes
There has to be some sort of connect.

Here are pics of my 1899(I think) Crescent. There seem to be several differences...

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Smith National patent, (acquired by Pope?).

Chain Ring Identification | Antique Bicycles Pre-1933

Sayre & Company ad from November 26, 1948 issue of The Terre Haute Tribune says their Duplex bicycle was introduced in 1911:

thecabe.com

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

Here are pics of my 1899(I think) Crescent. There seem to be several differences...
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Nice bike. Yeah "crescentesc" in the cap and cover. Definitely an abc bike.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Killer bike Brant ! Is the part in the last pic the remnants of a rear spoon brake ? Maybe the tab with the hole held some sort of rod actuation ?

Thank you Jim. Yes, definitely a rear spoon brake; it would be great to see another complete example to see how it is actuated.

 

[locomotion]

Thank you Jim. Yes, definitely a rear spoon brake; it would be great to see another complete example to see how it is actuated.

my guess is a ABC era brand, but not Columbia.
the spoon brake and rear hub is ABC
I have a few of those spoon brake ABC Columbias, I will try to snap a picture of one tomorrow.
you just need a cloth hanger piece of steel (correct length) to go from the hub shorty brake arm to the spoon brake hole
one end is threaded (spoon brake end) with a square nut and the other end is twisted in (hub end)
I also have a bike that both ends are twisted
if I remember correctly, the brake arm should be pointing up to have the correct length to brake ratio.