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Another mystery bike

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That is interesting. This bike does not have Iver cranks and bottom bracket, nor the Iver style fork. I'm not sure what year they started making their cranks. I'll have to study my Iver catalogs and photos of Ivers online.
Thanks,
Chris
 
The rear dropouts don't look Iver except for their nicely finished appearance. The adjuster hole on an Iver is drilled into the forging rather than stamped. This frame looks more like an early Westfield built frame. The chainring is Fauber and is commonly found on Great Western Mfg. bicycles of the era, but the rear dropouts don't match that of a Crown bicycle either.

You can access a mess of Iver catalogs online if you want to verify. The oldest in my sig line has the closest rear dropout in appearance but they are still different.

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The Pattee appears to have a collet type seat post cluster instead of a expanding seat post. In addition the fork, which is hard to see in the picture looks like it has a crown with a spear point on the fork blade, while mine has a triple plate fork crown. My fork is nickel plated. By the way, the lock smith finished the lock on my Flowcycle and just called to tell me that the lock on my BSA is done, so they will have room to work on one of your bikes after I pick up the BSA this morning.
Thanks!
Chris
 
Chris, the Patee bike looks a lot like yours? I never discern a bikes DNA by a quill, handlebars, pedals, or a seat post collet...these items could've been changed or removed to the owners discretion once the bike left the dealer. Many high-end bikes from the 1890's came with the expanding seat clamp, or added as an aftermarket upgrade. It was not proprietary to any particular brand or model.

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Regarding the Patee's fork: they did come with the triple plate fork.

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Cool about the keys...next week I'll drop off my Flocycle and Wingbar.
 
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