Help Identify

[JimRoy]

Cabers, I'm working on a 20s or 30s bicycle restoration and need help identifying what it is. The S/N: N88553

Thanks in advance for your help. JimRoy

 

[barneyguey]

Do you have photos of the bike?

 

[barneyguey]

 

[rollfaster]

Yep, need to see more.

 

[Cowboy in NC]

Please picture the whole bike or maybe just the frame--- could be 1935 Elgin...---Cowboy
Could be a lot of things...

 

[JAF/CO]

Looks like the bike with NO NAME!


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[JimRoy]

Sorry for the lack of info. I believe I have a 1920 Snyder built DP Harris Rollfast. Thoughts?

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Does look Snydery, and of course the big H Harris chain ring. The frame stays look too wide for '20s singletube tires. Probably a mid '30s model.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

I was curious about how one might ascertain what is/was a 1920’s (1927, 1928, or even earlier) Snyder Rollfast bike. Found the serial number picture and wonder if the example could be an unlikely 1935 Westfield but with a Rollfast badge and sprocket. The broken fork looks wider, like for balloon tires. When did Snyder Rollfast adopt their signature bottom bracket joints; 1920’s(?).
Looks like the volcano joints are almost there, but look much less pronounced; perhaps just a prior method.

 

[SKPC]

@Archie Sturmer ---asked once before on another thread about the volcano joinery timeline. @piercer_99 's "Trailblazer Motorbike" he now has up and running has distinct volcano BB joinery. Late 20's/early 30's Snyder made most likely but your machine here @JimRoy does not seem to have that distinct joint. So maybe not Snyder? Maybe early DPHarris Snyder? So we still wait for someone to show us a mid to late-20's Snyder with this distinct feature...