ID for this ebay bike?

[chitown]

Any ideas on make or year?


http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-ANTIQUE-BI...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3caf5469d6

 

[Andrew Gorman]

At a glance it's not a Columbia/Pope since it doesn't have the usual Columbia/pope fork. It looks like ca. 1900 with the block chain and fixed rear hub. Could be a fun project!

 

[walter branche]

keating wheel company---holyoke mass. 1892-1898,this looks like a later model closer to 98 ..

 

[Andrew Gorman]

Here's some more information on Keatings:
http://books.google.com/books?id=B0NhAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA100&dq=:keating+wheel+company%22&hl=en&ei=n6NJTJPWMoKC8gbt7cjtDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%3Akeating%20wheel%20company%22&f=false