TOC Iver Johnson Accessory !

[2jakes]

I'm currently in the process of putting together an Iver Johnson.

It's in very good condition. And I usually check on anything & everything
with regards to this bicycle.

Thanks to tailhole...I was able to locate this...

And will look just right like the one he has.:

These guys were members of the Century Road Club with their Ivers, 1913.

May 3, 1913. "Fred J. Scherer & Walter Wiley @ start of New York to
San Francisco bicycle race. (Shorpy).

This is the front headlights that they used.

I found this today @ local antique mall.

The "Solar" bicycle headlamp made by the Badger Brass Co, Kenosha, Wis. U.S.A.
It's in superb condition complete with original attaching bracket . Nickel plated.
My only concern was attaching the lamp to my Iver
head badge without scratching it.

But I noticed that there was felt pads inside the bracket to protect the head badge.

Now I can feel all right about mounting it on my Iver Johnson without damaging
the head badge....

 

[JChapoton]

you can use this clamp to fork mount the light also. That is why the ends are "c" shaped.

 

[2jakes]

you can use this clamp to fork mount the light also. That is why the ends are "c" shaped.

Took me a minute for this to sink into my mutt brain...but yes...that would work
as well. Thanks...

BTW: Do you know anyone from Crown Point, Indiana ?

 

[bricycle]

You go Jake!!!!! great bike!

 

[Jennifer Parker]

I agree! Well done!

 

[2jakes]

This is off topic but...

Most of the fotos from the past...like the
one I posted here & a while back I posted a video of 5-Day bike
board track racing from the early 1900s....

I noticed that there are no fat people in the foto.
And it seems like everyone wore a tie & hat. Last summer I went to a
fish food restaurant. On the walls are fotos of catch of the day from the
'20s,& '30s...& guess what... no fat people & they are
all wearing long sleeve shirts & ties to go fishing...


ok...I got that out of my system ....sorry....won't happen again...I hope...:o

 

[mike j]

Don't hold back Jake, say what you really think. I don't think they had a lot of food back then. Gravitationally challenged or persons of substance might be a better alternative though. Anyway, nice bike, light and wrench. You got the later from the right person. As far as the lights go, which came first, the kero or the carbide, and any idea until when they were actually used?

 

[mre straightbar]

no fast food

No pre packaged meals
No prexervatives

 

[mre straightbar]

oh and no cars

Dressing well is a personal choice

 

[mre straightbar]

candle

Kerosene
Carbide Till around 30s i think
Then batteries
Forgot first



Hehe
FIRE!