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Finally riding a big boys bike
Hello Pierce People
Over the years many posts have been done about Pierce bicycles ...has any one gathered serial numbers to more accurately date them ?
On the Wheelmen web site Dave Toppin has begun the gather serial numbers ..please link
http://www.thewheelmen.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2032
Pierce had many model numbers over the years , different model for each size frame, changing each year ( at least in the 1898-1904 period ) some machines have decals with model numbers on the slope tube up near the head ..... if a few original machines are out there with model numbers and serial #'s building a timeline of production will come together rather quickly ...
in later years Pierce seemed to use the same model number for many years ..
Pierce began bicycle production in 1891
Cushion frame with leaf spring 1898-1902
1898 seamless joints on all models prior years visible joints
Chainless production starts 1900
Front spring fork starts 1902
1906 Pierce Cycle Co is formed nameplate change
1918 Emblem buys Pierce Cycle assets ... Name plates now change to Angola production continues to 1940
If any one has catalogs in the 1905-1914 range, they would be a great help to help pin point model changes .
At the Wheelmen link you can find Dave's link for the 1899 and 1900 Pierce catalogs
Here are a few photos of Racer # 165509 with Pierce Cycle Co nameplate model 110 .... after 1906 before 1918
Over the years many posts have been done about Pierce bicycles ...has any one gathered serial numbers to more accurately date them ?
On the Wheelmen web site Dave Toppin has begun the gather serial numbers ..please link
http://www.thewheelmen.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2032
Pierce had many model numbers over the years , different model for each size frame, changing each year ( at least in the 1898-1904 period ) some machines have decals with model numbers on the slope tube up near the head ..... if a few original machines are out there with model numbers and serial #'s building a timeline of production will come together rather quickly ...
in later years Pierce seemed to use the same model number for many years ..
Pierce began bicycle production in 1891
Cushion frame with leaf spring 1898-1902
1898 seamless joints on all models prior years visible joints
Chainless production starts 1900
Front spring fork starts 1902
1906 Pierce Cycle Co is formed nameplate change
1918 Emblem buys Pierce Cycle assets ... Name plates now change to Angola production continues to 1940
If any one has catalogs in the 1905-1914 range, they would be a great help to help pin point model changes .
At the Wheelmen link you can find Dave's link for the 1899 and 1900 Pierce catalogs
Here are a few photos of Racer # 165509 with Pierce Cycle Co nameplate model 110 .... after 1906 before 1918