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ca. 1910 Racycle Roadster

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Freqman1

Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
I bought this and a Stearns from the Ernie Harmon auction last month. A humongous thanks to Andy @Commish1969 for picking up, packing, and shipping the bikes. An outstanding packing job ensured the bikes arrived safely. I believe this bike to be fairly correct except for maybe the seat post and rear hub. As you can see the rear rim is toast but overall this should be a fairly straight forward restoration. All nickel parts are still pretty nice and the grips, pedals, and Kelly bars are above average for what I normally see on these. V/r Shawn

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Very nice bike ..... Congrats

I would bet that the rear rim was probably damaged while trying to mount the Universal tire.
Those tires are extremely difficult to put on if you don't warm the rubber first. Looks like a fresh crack in the wood.

That rims can be repaired IMO without even noticing the damage. But obviously, it would only be good for show and not for riding.
 
Very nice bike ..... Congrats

I would bet that the rear rim was probably damaged while trying to mount the Universal tire.
Those tires are extremely difficult to put on if you don't warm the rubber first. Looks like a fresh crack in the wood.

That rims can be repaired IMO without even noticing the damage. But obviously, it would only be good for show and not for riding.
Thanks, I considered taking it apart and gluing it but I'll leave that for the next person to decide. V/r Shawn
 
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Thanks, I considered taking it apart and gluing it but I'll leave that for the next person to decide. V/r Shawn

here is a video of the Ernie Harmon collection ...... lots of stuff
you can see your bike hanging from the ceiling at around 12:44
the bike in the video didn't seem to have Kelly bars and the rim doesn't seem to be broken, I might be wrong, it's difficult to see, he goes pretty fast through the bikes like they are nothing
 
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that tape is a good idea, never seen that before
but the problem with the rim is that the force (spokes and tire) is pushing it inwards towards the hub, the tape would only help if the force was outwards IMO
Here are Ghisallo carbon fiber/wooden rims.

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