Help to identify about 1895 Racer

[radsonne]

Is there anyone who would help me to identify the maker.
The chainring stays ( or chainting arms ? Sorry I don't have a better word, I am from Germany) are extremly thin, they measure 1/8 inch (3mm). The fork crown is like an open half tube. Most parts as the chain are built quite light. Te wooden Plymouth rims are marked patent 1893 and 1895. Thank you for your help

 

[lgrinnings]

I know this is a logic stretch, but with that in mind, here goes... If the rims are original to the bike, Plymouth rims were manufactured in Indiana (pic below). I have a Richmond ladies bicycle (Richmond, Indiana) sporting a pair of Plymouth rims. It’s “possible” this bike, too, is from an Indiana manufacturer if Plymouth’s distribution was fairly limited. Indiana was an early hotbed for bicycle racing and the birthplace and home of Major Taylor at the start of his career. Anyhow, I know it’s thin and there are a lot of “if”s and “possibly”s, but Indiana may be a good place to start your search if the features you’ve called out don’t readily lend themselves to a manufacturer.

 

[radsonne]

Ingrinnings Thanks the stamp is the same as on yours

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[rustyjones]

Waverley?

 

[AA Gappen]

I have 3 Ladies bikes from Indiana Bicycle Company (Indianapolis) - 2 Waverleys and an Ivanhoe. There are some similarities to the oldest of the 3. Head badge holes are vertical on the Waverleys and horizontal on the Ivanhoe. The fork is completely different, but the other Waverley and the Ivanhoe do have the rounded fork crown.

 

[radsonne]

The bottom bracket axle has on all those I looked at in the net a flatned part where the crank is fixed. This seems to be typical or a petent.The axle is round at my racer.

 

[locomotion]

I would not call this a "racer" Doesn't have right stance and geometry IMO. Most likely replaced wheels. Original wheels would probably have welded spokes where they cross.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

I have seen a fork like that advertised as a “Spaulding” by Albert Spaulding sporting goods of Chicago (A.S. Chicago fame).
[I remember using a Spaulding glove in little league baseball].
I believe that the term for the thin components of the chain ring sprocket might be called “spokes” (like on a chain wheel), or 5-arms.

 

[radsonne]

locomotion please would you concretize "Doesn't have right stance and geometry IMO"

 

[rustyjones]

Mine has a similar rounded fork Crown but is not hollow on the underside...