Late teens/early 20's Indian

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Thanks for the info about the "Gibson" rubber. FYI, the pedal itself was announced in 1921 by Westfield, making its debut in 1922.View attachment 796370

That's the same pedal but long after it was used on other bikes

 

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That's the same pedal but long after it was used on other bikes

Just do a search on ebay... search gibson pedals then search westfield pedals. What ever they are called should be determined by what happens in your search. Obviously if no Westfield show up then that's not what they're called and you e been calling the pedals by an incorrect name. Find all the "chickey" loves himself paper cuts you want... EVERYONE BUT YOU,calls them Gibsons

 

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This guy most know the answer, he sells the rubbers for Gibson pedals: You can contact him: [email protected]
My blocks are in great condition, so no complaints.

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These are goooood!

 

[fordsnake]

Out of respect to ohdeebee and his thread, I'll start a new post to further the discussion of the nomenclature of this pedal.

 

[Bikermaniac]

And a little nickel

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Judging for the inner ring carved on your chain ring, if it's original to the bike, your Indian should be 1920 or 1921 last year for the split bottom bracket as far as I know. From 1916 to 1919 the chain ring was plain, like the one below.

 

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O.K. .. Nelson ... 1916 thru 1919 ... the eleven-spoke
Indian chainring was plain ... no machine-made cir-
cular reveal in the outer ring below the teeth.

Did NOT know this.

Thank you very much, Nelson.

..... patric

 

[Bikermaniac]

O.K. .. Nelson ... 1916 thru 1919 ... the eleven-spoke
Indian chainring was plain ... no machine-made cir-
cular reveal in the outer ring below the teeth.

Did NOT know this.

Thank you very much, Nelson.

..... patric

You're welcome Patric, in fact I think Columbia chain rings presents the same pattern. Check out the "flat" chain ring on your 1918 Columbia Military vs the 1920's Columbia chain ring at the bottom. The ring is clearly visible on the second picture.
Patric if you have any other info on the Columbia chain rings I'll appreciate you share it so we can use it as reference to try to pin-point the year on @ohdeebee s Indian. Since Westfield manufactured both bicycles, chances are that the some changes apply to both models, but this is just a conjecture.
Nc

 

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You're welcome Patric, in fact I think Columbia chain rings presents the same pattern. Check out the "flat" chain ring on your 1918 Columbia Military vs the 1920's Columbia chain ring at the bottom. The ring is clearly visible on the second picture.
Patric if you have any other info on the Columbia chain rings I'll appreciate you share it so we can use it as reference to try to pin-point the year on @ohdeebee s Indian. Since Westfield manufactured both bicycles, chances are that the same changes apply to both models, but this is just a conjecture.

Nc

Nelson ... What I know about Westfield could be
written in bold-print on the back of a gnat's ear ...
and there would still be room for The Gettysburg Address.

..... patric

 

[Bikermaniac]

In the case of Indian bicycles I've seen this feature in a very consistent manner, but in the case of Columbia bicycles...mm I'm not sure; that's why I assume that they present the same features than Indians, but as I said this it's just a theory. We need more info on the Columbia chain rings, but I think this topic should be discussed in another post.