1915 Sears Chief - The Orange Chief changes hands - my new project

[dfa242]

That's a picture from the previous owner of my '24 Elgin on the right in Gary's last post. Here's one that shows the paint scheme a little better after a good cleaning.

 

[bricycle]

That's naaaaace!

 

[ejlwheels]

That snowflake sprocket is different from the usual Elgin snowflake and the only other place I have seen it is on Excelsior (Michigan City, Indiana) bikes and in their catalogs...

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[chitown]

That more square looking snowflake ring goes back to 1905-8 era Chicago Excelsiors. Must have had a bunch of NOS they had access to.

 

[dfa242]

Interesting - here's a closer view.

 

[dfa242]

Here's another one on Nostalgic.net that appears to have that sprocket - check out the paint on this one!

http://www.nostalgic.net/bicycle316/picture1268

 

[bricycle]

My 23? Elgin. Same ring?

 

[carlitos60]

1915 Sears Chief

:o:o:o

With my initial question I did not mean to Change the Subject of The 1915 Sears Chief-The Orange Chief!!!!!

That is a Very Special Bike, since it Started It All!!!!

Enjoy that Baby!!!!!

 

[ejlwheels]

I think this ground has been covered before, and a diversion from the Chief...

The Elgin on Nostalgic.Net has a bottle cap badge, which suggests that it was made by Davis rather than Excelsior?

 

[bricycle]

The Elgin on Nostalgic.Net has a bottle cap badge, which suggests that it was made by Davis rather than Excelsior?

So did my 23 pictured...