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Pierce from about 1900?

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And the crank set is still backwards :)

Actually the cranks are out of the bike right now. I took the bike apart, replaced a spoke in the rear wheel and got it pretty true, cleaned and greased the wheel bearings and will be able to clean up the crank and headset bearings too when the weather warms up a bit here on Lake Erie.
 
very cool bike, the condition is beautiful.
the crank on the left side messes with my vision!!!!
 
very cool bike, the condition is beautiful.
the crank on the left side messes with my vision!!!!

One possibility is that people switched the crank and rear wheel around from side to side to get twice the wear out of the sprockets. When they became worn one way switching to the other side would put the wearing surface on the other side of the teeth and a new chain would go well with the switch. This bike does not look like the sprockets are worn that badly, but it gave me that idea and I thought someone else must have thought of it and tried it back in the day...
 
My guesswork on dating some years of Pierce bicycles by their serial numbers. Not written in stone but my best guess based on the few available facts there are in catalogs and the stolen-vehicle reports and averaging available numbers. Just something I did when I was bored. A rough but fast and easy guide for quickly making a rough guess of the date a Buffalo Pierce was manufactured:


1899 no higher than or ending at 52,000

1900 " 62,000
1901 " 72,000
1902 " 82,000
1903 " 92,000
1904 " 102,000
1905 " 112,000
1906 " 122,000
1907 " 132,000
1908 " 142,000
1909 " 152,000
1910 " 162,000
1911 " 172,000
1912 ending with 182,000
1913 " 192,000
1914 " 202,000
1915 " 212,000
1916 " 222,000
1917 " 232,000
1918 " 242,000

After 1918 production was switched to Angola New-York by the Emblem company and the numbers of Emblem's with Pierce badges made per year was probably more or less than at the original Buffalo factory.
 
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