Wright Brothers and W.F.Meyers

[shoe3]

1909 era The Wright Brothers sold the contents of 1127 West Third Dayton,Ohio Cycle Shop to W.F.Meyers of Dayton,Ohio. Meyers had been in the cycle business for years in Dayton,Ohio. He also was granted use of the Wright Brothers namebadge that was used on the St.Clair, VanCleve & Wright Special by the Wright Brothers they had built and sold. Meyers badge W.F.Meyers on it in place of Wright. The bicycle were built by Davis Sewing Machine with Meyers badges on them.He sold Iver Johnson and other makes until 1939. He was struck by a automobile after stepping off a trolley. He died Dec.15 1939. Shop closed in 1940.

 

[Goldenindian]

That is an amazing photo! Thanks for sharing the history too.

 

[fordmike65]

Great looking bike too!

 

[catfish]

Cool!

 

[shoe3]

View attachment 694883 1909 era The Wright Brothers sold the contents of 1127 West Third Dayton,Ohio Cycle Shop to W.F.Meyers of Dayton,Ohio. Meyers had been in the cycle business for years in Dayton,Ohio. He also was granted use of the Wright Brothers namebadge that was used on the St.Clair, VanCleve & Wright Special by the Wright Brothers they had built and sold. Meyers badge W.F.Meyers on it in place of Wright. The bicycle were built by Davis Sewing Machine with Meyers badges on them.He sold Iver Johnson and other makes until 1939. He was struck by a automobile after stepping off a trolley. He died Dec.15 1939. Shop closed in 1940.TOP PICTURE IS W.F.MEYERS BADGED DAVIS SEWING MACHINE WHO PRODUCED DAYTON BICYCLES View attachment 694855

 

[Bikermaniac]

Does anyone here owns one of those bikes??

 

[hoofhearted]

Does anyone here owns one of those bikes??

My 1917 W.F. Meyer machine is built using a Davis RACING Frame and a Fauber Special
crank unit featuring ''pencil''- size cranks. The chainring is a highly refined ''6-bubble''
variety. The Meyer aluminum I.D. tag is stamped ''357'' as is the frame at the seat cluster.
The instructions on the one-inch long tag ask a potential ''finder'' of the machine to return
the bicycle to the W.F. Meyer store.

The fork is not a Davis-Built .. but rather, a single-plate fork crown design ... same as featured
on Iver Johnson machines. Don't forget, Meyer was a distributor of Iver Johnson.

Strange but true ... I acquired the Wright's-Patent racing hub with a feature on the cog that
allows the rear cog to be placed to the left or to the right ... so there is as close to perfect
alignment with the chainring via the chain. The Wright Hub featured below is in a much-less
pristine condition ... than the specimen I got from shoe3.

These hubs featured tapered, roller-bearings.

Shoe3 (Phil S.) found the entire rear hub in a box of ancient bicycle hubs ... in the boneyard
of MLC ... when it was located in Perrysburg, Ohio .... alotta years ago. Thank you, again, Phil
for participating in a trade with me.

Got the badge from Mel Short ... in trade for a 1919 H-D N.O.S Motorcyke battery-tank. Mel
knew where the badge was ... in Greenville, Ohio ... owned by a fellow Wheelman.

...... patric


This Page Is From The Catalog Of 1900.

 

[shoe3]

View attachment 694883 1909 era The Wright Brothers sold the contents of 1127 West Third Dayton,Ohio Cycle Shop to W.F.Meyers of Dayton,Ohio. Meyers had been in the cycle business for years in Dayton,Ohio. He also was granted use of the Wright Brothers namebadge that was used on the St.Clair, VanCleve & Wright Special by the Wright Brothers they had built and sold. Meyers badge W.F.Meyers on it in place of Wright. The bicycle were built by Davis Sewing Machine with Meyers badges on them.He sold Iver Johnson and other makes until 1939. He was struck by a automobile after stepping off a trolley. He died Dec.15 1939. Shop closed in 1940.TOP PICTURE IS W.F.MEYERS BADGED DAVIS SEWING MACHINE WHO PRODUCED DAYTON BICYCLES View attachment 694855

My 1917 W.F. Meyer machine is built using a Davis RACING Frame and a Fauber Special
crank unit featuring ''pencil''- size cranks. The chainring is a highly refined ''6-bubble''
variety. The Meyer aluminum I.D. tag is stamped ''357'' as is the frame at the seat cluster.
The instructions on the one-inch long tag ask a potential ''finder'' of the machine to return
the bicycle to the W.F. Meyer store.

The fork is not a Davis-Built .. but rather, a single-plate fork crown design ... same as featured
on Iver Johnson machines. Don't forget, Meyer was a distributor of Iver Johnson.

Strange but true ... I acquired the Wright's-Patent racing hub with a feature on the cog that
allows the rear cog to be placed to the left or to the right ... so there is as close to perfect
alignment with the chainring via the chain. The Wright Hub featured below is in a much-less
pristine condition ... than the specimen I got from shoe3.

These hubs featured tapered, roller-bearings.

Shoe3 (Phil S.) found the entire rear hub in a box of ancient bicycle hubs ... in the boneyard
of MLC ... when it was located in Perrysburg, Ohio .... alotta years ago. Thank you, again, Phil
for participating in a trade with me.

Got the badge from Mel Short ... in trade for a 1919 H-D N.O.S Motorcyke battery-tank. Mel
knew where the badge was ... in Greenville, Ohio ... owned by a fellow Wheelman.

...... patric


This Page Is From The Catalog Of 1900.

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THANKS PATRIC COOL STUFF. WHEN W.F. Meyers died in 1939 his son Raymond sold shop and inventory for $852 only 4 bicycles were left and misc. parts and tools. It is not known who shop contents were sold to at this point.

 

[Bikermaniac]

My 1917 W.F. Meyer machine is built using a Davis RACING Frame and a Fauber Special
crank unit featuring ''pencil''- size cranks. The chainring is a highly refined ''6-bubble''
variety. The Meyer aluminum I.D. tag is stamped ''357'' as is the frame at the seat cluster.
The instructions on the one-inch long tag ask a potential ''finder'' of the machine to return
the bicycle to the W.F. Meyer store.

The fork is not a Davis-Built .. but rather, a single-plate fork crown design ... same as featured
on Iver Johnson machines. Don't forget, Meyer was a distributor of Iver Johnson.

Strange but true ... I acquired the Wright's-Patent racing hub with a feature on the cog that
allows the rear cog to be placed to the left or to the right ... so there is as close to perfect
alignment with the chainring via the chain. The Wright Hub featured below is in a much-less
pristine condition ... than the specimen I got from shoe3.

These hubs featured tapered, roller-bearings.

Shoe3 (Phil S.) found the entire rear hub in a box of ancient bicycle hubs ... in the boneyard
of MLC ... when it was located in Perrysburg, Ohio .... alotta years ago. Thank you, again, Phil
for participating in a trade with me.

Got the badge from Mel Short ... in trade for a 1919 H-D N.O.S Motorcyke battery-tank. Mel
knew where the badge was ... in Greenville, Ohio ... owned by a fellow Wheelman.

...... patric


This Page Is From The Catalog Of 1900.



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Thank you Patric, very cool story. Thanks for sharing it.
Here's a photo of that 6 bubble chain ring that is for sale now. It belongs to a cabe member I think.

 

[partsguy]

This is some GREAT information on American history. Thank you for sharing!!