fat tire trader
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Hello,
I traded a 1936 Schwinn frame with a locking fork and a Excelsior badge for this frame yesterday.
So far the only bikes that I have found pictures of that have a brace like this are Reading Standards.
I have also read that Reading was acquired by the Great Western MFG. Co. I don't know what year. Can anyone confirm that this is a Reading?
Does anyone know of another company that made a frame with a brace like this? I read in one of the threads that Dayton may have made a frame with a similar brace in 1910.
The fork is bent so gracefully. Is it possible that it was designed this way? Or is it gracefully damaged?
Some of you may have seen this at a swap meet recently. I got it from a Flipper.
Thanks,
Chris
[video=youtube_share;kJCKwqyR7KY]http://youtu.be/kJCKwqyR7KY[/video]
I traded a 1936 Schwinn frame with a locking fork and a Excelsior badge for this frame yesterday.
So far the only bikes that I have found pictures of that have a brace like this are Reading Standards.
I have also read that Reading was acquired by the Great Western MFG. Co. I don't know what year. Can anyone confirm that this is a Reading?
Does anyone know of another company that made a frame with a brace like this? I read in one of the threads that Dayton may have made a frame with a similar brace in 1910.
The fork is bent so gracefully. Is it possible that it was designed this way? Or is it gracefully damaged?
Some of you may have seen this at a swap meet recently. I got it from a Flipper.
Thanks,
Chris
[video=youtube_share;kJCKwqyR7KY]http://youtu.be/kJCKwqyR7KY[/video]
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