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slcurts
Finally riding a big boys bike
Iverider posted an ad from 1897 that shows what it looked like. The bike is in pieces in a bucket right now; I'll have to spread it out for a photo.
locomotion
Cruisin' on my 1897 Comet
yes, I did see his post, it shows something in the center, but it doesn't show what the center piece is made of
decal?, metal insert? plastic type insert? painted on headtube? or something else?
Blue Streak
Wore out three sets of tires already!
A Bellis Model F sold at 2006 Copake Auction. Auction listing says badge was celluloid and nickel plated.
locomotion
Cruisin' on my 1897 Comet
nice find, i never think about searching the Copake past sales for examples
celluloid ..... that is the word that I was trying to find when I said "plastic type"
a decal maker could probably easily reproduce that little insert
slcurts
Finally riding a big boys bike
Aha, so that’s where that photo came from. I just found it elsewhere but couldn’t tell whose bike it was.
slcurts
Finally riding a big boys bike
For anyone waiting for photos of my Bellis, here she is. As I said, it's pretty generic looking. The frame has a lot of pitting and had been painted blue, as shown in the original badge photo. I was going to paint it for use as a prop, but now that I know what it is I may have to rethink that. The catalog says it came with 28/32-spoke wheels and that's what these are, so I"m assuming the hubs and probably the rims are original, but the spokes are new. The rims are in great shape but the tapered wood bars are obviously broken.
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