When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Arrow flight made by Shelby

-

Gamertech

Look Ma, No Hands!
Seeing as everyone wants me to start a new thread here it goes again. I need help with information about this bike I purchased. They say the badge is from 20’s-30’s but the frame is older??? That’s already confusing, I have a hendee Indian bicycle with a similar bottom bracket from 1916.

44900A90-FC8A-4D1C-ADB8-EA80E9F5A6BF.jpeg


A46F92DF-BC76-41CE-966C-B0420799663D.jpeg


81F0AD96-C79B-41B4-934B-ADA8285A7C59.jpeg


868C7983-7BE7-44B5-A7C8-8B4128313192.jpeg


57FC62D8-9319-4A16-A2CE-4F26636D9D01.jpeg


7CD86FE7-AF2D-4268-8597-669DEF9A331E.jpeg
 
O by the way the bottom bracket on the arrow flight has a serial number but also says made in England. Looks like serial number K154021

image.jpg


image.jpg
 
Hmm....now that's odd. Can you take a peek in the frame headtube & check for another set of badge holes? Seems this may be put together together to some extent...or maybe not. Could be the frame never had a badge & someone added the badge & other pieces including the headset from a 30's or so Shelby built bike they had lying around.
 
No extra badge holes it does look factory, but I was doing some research on the Shelby company itself and realized there are two companies and the earlier Shelby company which made ideal bikes used steel from England.
 
Maybe one of our resident TOC experts can help with the Shelby? I've not seen that crank hanger before but if it was indeed made in England it certainly isn't a Shelby. Re: your "Hendee" Indian, if in fact, it is an Indian it is Westfield built. Just curious what makes you think 1916? BTW you can post on your Indian in this thread https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/h...tocycle-co-bicycles-information-thread.41878/ V/r Shawn



Between 1916 -1923 they used this style of bottom bracket and a buddy of mine has the exact same frame style plus the serial number says what year.
 
Between 1916 -1923 they used this style of bottom bracket and a buddy of mine has the exact same frame style plus the serial number says what year.

If you have cracked the serial number code for the early Westfield built Indians @47jchiggins and myself would be very interested in knowing this. Does your bike still have a badge on it? V/r Shawn
 
We are getting off the main topic here and my friend has all that information and as soon as I have it I’ll post it on the Indian post and no my bike didn’t have any badge on there which made me think it wasn’t a Indian at all
 
Back
Top