Miami Built New England

[Freqman1]

Couldn't find the thread for this one--still at $5!

Bicycle Frame England - Made in Worcester, Mass | Proxibid

Bid in a Proxibid online auction to acquire a Bicycle Frame England - Made in Worcester, Mass from Central Mass Auctions Inc..

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[New Mexico Brant]

@lgrinnings

 

[Archie Sturmer]

https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/does-anyone-recognize-this-1920s-era-truss-frame.129265
Chain ring sprocket looks like an Emblem?

Sprocket id | General Discussion About Old Bicycles

Need help ID this chainwheel, thanks in advance!

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[biker]

Sold for $350.

 

[catfish]

Sold for $350.

Plus 18 % premium, and 6% tax.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

Three relatively poor pictures copied to another thread for posterity purposes, second opinions, etc..

Anyone here own a Miami / Flying Merkel Bicycle? | Antique Bicycles Pre-1933

This kinda seems to answer another question about when the badge was introduced. If this is, in fact, a 1919 model then it appears 1920 is the first year for the badge. V/r Shawn

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[Archie Sturmer]

We have recently seen another Grady bike, sold on the CABE. https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/19teens-new-england-truss-bridge.199419/

That one clearly shows a “4-ply Hercules” (strong) frame construction at head tube, and absence of any built-in provisions for chain tensioner screws; (Miami features); but the bike in poor-pictures does not.

Perhaps not all Grady’s were Miami bikes.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Perhaps not all Grady’s were Miami bikes.

It has been previously discussed and proven on this forum both Davis and Shelby built for Grady. Likely others as well as there is a racer shown on the forum that is constructed of BSA components.

 

[Archie Sturmer]

I missed, did not see, or don’t remember the BSA bike.

I have seen threads that show Meiselbach or Shelby related Grady bicycles, but it is not my style to show pictures of bikes that I think do not help a member, or other later searching members with similar questions; (i.e., wrong pictures/posts/threads, in my opinion, sometimes based on bad pictures).

Sometimes pictures do help in eliminating what something is not. At least one poster (link in post #6) believes the that the bicycle in the poor pictures might be similar to one almost shown in a smaller grainy picture on another thread and forum. https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/a...ying-merkel-bicycle.48591/page-55#post-543709

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Posts: #803 & 804

Show your Davis built bicycles | Antique Bicycles Pre-1933

The serial number on the bottom is a very good tell....the forks help a lot if any of the frames have them....a Dayton frame should have a lot of lug construction. Also Dayton’s have a big bottle cap hole on the head tube...not screw holes. Photo credit: hoofhearted. THANK YOU!

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