Hello,
My parents recently bought some land on Lake Superior and while looking in an old collapsed shed in the woods I saw what looked like a bike saddle spring sticking out of the dirt. After some digging and root pulling I was able to unearth this. Headbadge says century cycle company and looks very similar to another Century badge I've seen but the other says Arnold Schwinn where this one says century cycle company. Note the dropouts and fork truss mounts. Also from what I've been able to find is that the stem is a pre war style.
It appears the bike was painted all black but after some light sanding it looks to have had a red head tube with points that went down the top and down tubes, as well as red long triangles on both sides of the seat tube.
Serial number is 706073
Any help you folks might have with helping me identify this bike would be appreciated
Cheers,
Steve
My parents recently bought some land on Lake Superior and while looking in an old collapsed shed in the woods I saw what looked like a bike saddle spring sticking out of the dirt. After some digging and root pulling I was able to unearth this. Headbadge says century cycle company and looks very similar to another Century badge I've seen but the other says Arnold Schwinn where this one says century cycle company. Note the dropouts and fork truss mounts. Also from what I've been able to find is that the stem is a pre war style.
It appears the bike was painted all black but after some light sanding it looks to have had a red head tube with points that went down the top and down tubes, as well as red long triangles on both sides of the seat tube.
Serial number is 706073
Any help you folks might have with helping me identify this bike would be appreciated
Cheers,
Steve