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Chrome plating is not illegal in California... Using hexavalent chromium will be after 2027, and good riddance- it is nasty stuff. Trivalent chrome is and will be legal. It is a different process and some shops won't bother to adapt.
Usually the cable spins to the right. Chuck it into an electric drill to check. And grease the heck out of the cable housing to keep the noise down. Maybe the brackets are left and right?
40 hole rear is British standard up to mid 20th Century(?)- are the threads BSC (British Standard Cycle)? There were some proprietary threads too, but this hub is complete and ready to go on your clubman!
Better tubing definitely would help, but you'd have to build your own frame! Light and responsive bikes were made in the 1890s. By the 1930s bikes were all using gas pipe, but high quality aircraft tubing was available.
Someone here was selling aluminum reproductions a few years ago. Dig through the board and you can probably find them. Same story with originals- they show up for sale here occasionally and may not have sold.
Interesting. At least into the 1920s Iver Johnson tried to sell bikes to adults as transportation. And all US manufacturers seemed to make diamond frame lightweights through the 1940s- I'm not sure how those were marketed. Schwinn put up a good effort with the New World, Superior and Paramount.
I have headbadge for a DeSimones San Jose "Golden West" bike- no bike attached, but it has a 1920's-1930s look to it. Local legend has that they were very active in the bay area velodromes.
Barnes built a "White Flyer" -here's one a little earlier than yours:
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/barnes-white-flyer-special-model-20.156682/
I've never seen one in person.
EDIT: According to the Wheelmen, they went out of business in the bicycle bust of 1899-...
Oh... I didn't get that far. It wouldn't hurt to give them a phone call- old fashioned, but it will probably connect you with a human eventually, who might have more information. Just a suggestion, not necessarily a good one.
Not my bike in the picture- just found that on the web. If you are dead set on finding one, join the Veteran Cycle Club and put an ad in their newsletter. Or someone with one for sale might too:
https://v-cc.org.uk/
A couple more....
https://cicli-berlinetta.com/product/freschi-supreme-road-bike-58cm/
https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/384725-weird-russian-track-bike-2.html...
A Waller? There were several British and European builders trying to shorten the wheelbase as much as possible:
My first thought was a Hetchins Flying Gate, but they only have a single verical tube (correction- it's Baines who made them, not Hetchins)-...
A long time ago I pointed out that 1930's girls bikes were geared lower than boys bikes. A room full of women in their 80s were furious about that. That's why we could never beat the boys!
Splitdorf made magnetos, so maybe a voltage output gauge? Pegged at 40 volts seems high for a car or motorcycle. It seems to say volts on the face behind the fog. Looks cool though!
First things first, Bielelfeld does not exist, even though it was a hotbed of bicycle manufacture:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy
That is a joke... I think Angela Merkel was from there.
What is the rear hub? Your bike doesn't have the steerer locking knob that is usually...
Depends how you define a bike- any velocipede/boneshaker with a wrought iron frame, steel tires, solid wood rims and spokes is going to be 75#+ at a guess. Highwheelers were a little lighter- mostly. For ballooners. Columbias seem to be heavier than others. People I knew who grew up in...
Don't forget the glideacycle. Hard to google these days because there is a commercial product with the same name, but no treadles:
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/just-bought-my-second-glidacycle.120161/#post-800640
The 1980s Alenax:
http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012/12/alenax-ultimate-vintage-freak-bike.html
And the current Elipti-Go. I've seen a few of these on the road the riders all looked exhausted. Must be a real workout!
https://www.elliptigo.com/bike-family/#sec-elliptical-bikes
Among the High Wheels, the Star:
https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/181251
And the King:
https://www.copakeauction.com/featured-lot/very-rare-c-1889-king-48-high-wheel-ordinary-safety-bicycle/
That is pretty crusty! I'd start with a vigorous brushing with a stiff plastic brush and follow up with Scotchbrite wheels on a Dremel. Are there two mating parts? be careful where they come together
This showed up on an old tool nerd site. An old cast iron bike repair clamp. Heres a downloaded picture, you might have to register to see the whole (kind of uninformative) thread.
tool nerds
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-bicycle-repair-workshop-shop-161887679
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