TOC Orient bicycle tread .... a place to gain and share information

[catfish]

 

[Dreamweaver]

TOC Orient bicycle tread .... a place to gain and share information
after a few discussions on an Orient bicycle in another tread, I came to realize that very few information is known on this great TOC bicycle company
while doing searches here on The Cabe, I could barely find any concrete information.
Like Jesse said, it is also one of my favorite TOC manufacturer.

Please post as much information and pictures that you can find or that you own in your private collections
Pictures of all the catalog pages would be appreciated so we can reference it easily.

Thank you in advance for sharing....

Locomotion thank you for starting this thread…Dick Pope

 

[corbettclassics]

Appears one guy holding up the Orient 1:30 Model (smaller front wheel).

 

[corbettclassics]

The rarest of the rare and most exciting for me is the Orient 1:30 Model. Harry Elkes, Major Taylor, Will Stinson and others paced on them.
Designed with the smaller front wheel in 26 inch it is extremely rare today.

1898 Orient 1:30
Rider: Clement Swaim of Reno
Notice the reversed stem so he could get farther over the front. All riders had their own unique style.

 

[oldspoke]

Appears one guy holding up the Orient 1:30 Model (smaller front wheel).

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Great Foto! This cycle looks like a Chainless. Is it?

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

I don't think the 1:30 was offered as a chainless but I could be wrong. There are Orient catalog scans from this era so it would be easy to verify.

 

[Barnegatbicycles]

They both look like chainless bikes to me. The one on the left looks like a Columbia model 59.

 

[corbettclassics]

I don't think the 1:30 was offered as a chainless but I could be wrong. There are Orient catalog scans from this era so it would be easy to verify.

I've never seen one offered as a Chainless myself. I thought this is a pretty rare photo of one.

 

[Major Taylor Archive]

I hope not! It took a lot of elbow grease to get all that dirt off her and back to her beautiful pearly white!

They both look like chainless bikes to me. The one on the left looks like a Columbia model 59.

My bad. I thought we were referring to the pic Bill posted which is obviously not chainless.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Great Foto! This cycle looks like a Chainless. Is it?

I have this photo available for sale if anyone is interested; below is the link. Bill forgot to give me a photo credit.

Awesome TOC Bicycle Team Photo $128 Shipped | Sell - Trade: Bicycle Parts, Accessories, Ephemera

This is a great image, has matboard losses but would look amzing framed. Not sure who the team is. Signed Horton Bros Photo. PM to purchase. Size: 14 by 10 3/4”; image is: 9 by 7 1/8”

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