War time oddities - What kinda sprocket?

[Aeropsycho]

He He!!!

The Sprocket IS COLUMBIA!!!

The front hub is Eclipse or Morrow I have not been able to find marking on those BUT there is a slight chance.. maybe a Musselman I have a few but not black...

J A M I E

 

[eazywind]

Sterling

Sterling was a columbia badge. So maybe a columbia bike? Marc

 

[yeshoney]

Hmmmm Thanks!

Interesting to know about the Sterling headbadge being under the Columbia umbrella. I am efforting a picture of what is left of the bike and if/when i get it I will post it.

If anyone else has any ideas or can contribute pictures that would be helpful.

Thanks, Joe

 

[RMS37]

The front hub with the square shoulders is a Musselman, compare it with an Elgin air-cooled hub. Sterling is one of the pre 1900 independents that was absorbed into the Pope-Columbia-Westfield conglomerate and later used as a badge name on Westfield built bicycles during the balloon years.

Phil

 

[militarymonark]

i have two columbias with steerling badges, one has a mussleman hub and one with a ND, one is war time and the other is prewar. They both have the chainring you have.

 

[sensor]

the ccm sprockets ive see on steves site(check oldy57's posts) although i didnt see any skiplinks though.........i might be able to dig up a skippy picture though...if i do ill post it(or the link)

 

[sensor]

okay.......i dont know how accurate these are but heres a link to the sprocket
http://www.blackbirdsf.org/chainwheels/
and heres one of the ccms(non skip) that oldy57 has...
http://ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7542&p=77136#p77136
ther than that i cant help

 

[sensor]

well it just so happens that someone posted a bike with that sprocket(skipper even) in the antique bikes section today:eek:
heres the bike
http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=1813&d=1220809740

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Sterling was one of Westfield's badges, they also reused the name for a late 60s Columbia middleweight. When I first saw that sprocket, I thought Westfield. And they used their own unstamped front hubs, which may explain that front. I have a Monark-built J & R Flyer w/those black ND hubs, front and rear. It appears to be an early postwar bike. Also got a pair of lightweight rims, tan w/a red pinstripe, and 26 x 1 3/8" davis deluxe tires with those same hubs. Don't know what they were from, possibly Elgin. ~Adam