Arch & Truss Bar Bicycles, A Catalog Of Information

[dfa242]

This one was available in the 1923 Paul Revere catalog for $12 down and $5 a month.

 

[fordmike65]

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Oooohhh...dat's nice

 

[cds2323]

Here's a 1923 Mead arch frame.

 

[bricycle]

see, I'm not the only one that calls "truss bars" "Arch Bars".

 

[mre straightbar]

I do too

 

[fordmike65]

It's all too cornfusing...

 

[JEAN MARIE]

Hi ,

I got recently this bike in Paris , and am busy looking for its make and model ; so far I've found a couple of dozens of archbar manufacturers across France and US , but not been able to determine which one is it ;
probably not an Iver J , nor a Westfield /Pope/Columbia

if you can read french , you'll find many pictures and info on our forum here : http://forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=25702
any idea ?

 

[frampton]

41 Iver

 

[cds2323]

Not sure who made this bike, looks like an Iver chainring? It's a picture from 1920 of a man named Tony Pizzo who road across the US. Notice he was also chained to the bike?!

 

[JEAN MARIE]

Hello ,

buzy compiling data from the web , here I'm happy to provide an updated but still uncomplete and unvalidated list of US origin truss bridge bikes ;
in green the ones for which I have at least a picture and/or documention ; in black the ones to be confirmed and documented

indeed , we may find several times the same name , like King or Excelsior ; your help is needed to clarify

my final goal is to have a proper table with fields : Manufacturer name , brand, model N° , date, city , state