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Bike with a 1888 patent date

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Bozman

Wore out three sets of tires already!
Can anyone help me identify this bicycle. It has a serial number of 467 and a patent date of November 18, 1888! Headbadge is missing.
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@Bozman

Any lubrication fittings on the crankcase.

Thick fenders braces ? .. pretty-much like a Miami-Built ?

How about the crank drive pin ... is one visible from
back of ring ?


If there is a drive pin ... is it round or rectangular ?

Lemme know.

..... patric
 
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@Bozman

Any lubrication fittings on the crankcase.

Thick fenders braces ? .. pretty-much like a Miami-Built ?

How about the crank drive pin ... is one visible from
back of ring ?


If there is a drive pin ... is it round or rectangular ?

Lemme know.

..... patric
One piece crank. And it has a lubrication fitting on the top of the crank case.

It appears to have never had mud guards.


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One piece crank. And it has a lubrication fitting on the top of the crank case.

It appears to have never had mud guards.


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Doood ... ya gots ta answer my questions about your machine
if you expect identification help.


Help Me Help You .....

I'm about two hours into researching your bicycle.

Go back and answer my questions about your bicycles ..... I just can't make myself say ''please''.
 
How about the crank drive pin ... is one visible from
back of ring ?

If there is a drive pin ... is it round or rectangular ?

No drive pin on the crank. It has a form fitted crank without the pin.


Sorry about not answering the questions right the first time. Been working on 3 bikes at a time today.
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That chain ring has a double D drive, that most usually associate with Westfield (Col. Pope, et al).
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For a turn of century bike, 1898 patent (+/- a couple years), perhaps Dikeman may be the correct link.
 
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