I am new to the forum and to antique bikes. I reenact and was thinking about building a tribute Columbia G519 Military bicycle. I bought this bike from an online add, now I am not sure I have what I wanted.
The hand stamped number under the pedal housing is F74702 which, according to what I've seen, makes this bike a 1941 Columbia. A few things confuse me though. First, the rear end of the frame comes up. Columbia bicycles I have seen from this era are flat to the drop out. Second, it had standard chain and sprockets. I thought pre-war bicycles were skip chain.
Thanks in advance for any help in identifying this bike.
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The hand stamped number under the pedal housing is F74702 which, according to what I've seen, makes this bike a 1941 Columbia. A few things confuse me though. First, the rear end of the frame comes up. Columbia bicycles I have seen from this era are flat to the drop out. Second, it had standard chain and sprockets. I thought pre-war bicycles were skip chain.
Thanks in advance for any help in identifying this bike.
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