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For Sale is a 1900 Columbia Model 66 Chainless lady's safety bicycle in superb condition. See photos and description here:
Columbia Mod 66
Produced by the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, the Columbia Chainless Model 66 was designed for women riders with its swooping low frame tubes. Bicycles played an important...
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Some notes:
Leather, nickel, and cork all in excellent condition and believed to be original. No signs of any rust.
Correct hubs with ball-end spokes. Frame, rims and spokes likely repainted.
Era-correct single-tube tires are in good condition and hold air. Wheels are straight and true.
Period-correct bell included. Yes, it works.
Small dent on top of downtube.
The bike is rideable.
Rare to find one of these in such fabulous mostly-original condition. The bike sat in a funeral parlor lobby in Iowa for about 60 years. It's clear it never saw much use and was always properly stored. I'm a long-time Wheelmen member and have had the bike for the past 25 years; time to pass it on to a new caretaker.
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