Clipper - Grand Rapids Cycle Co. / E-Bay

[Kato]

Saw this - never really hear of them - only in biz a few years
If story is true pretty interesting. Looks like it got the old black paintbrush treatment

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335809022&icep_item=274037325344

 

[New Mexico Brant]

I saw this one in person at the Round Top antiques fair in Texas this fall. Sadly it seems someone at the historical society did a poor pseudo-restoration on this bicycle. As I recall, besides the new paint, they crudely sanded the nickel off of the stem and re-plated the bars in chrome.