Wright Brothers and W.F.Meyers

[ccmerz]

Does anyone here owns one of those bikes??

No, but I know where one is. Selling it....hmmmmm maybe/maybe not. I never paid much attention to it because it was not Wright Bros. built, but now, I have different glasses on! This changes everything!

 

[Bikermaniac]

No, but I know where one is. Selling it....hmmmmm maybe/maybe not. I never paid much attention to it because it was not Wright Bros. built, but now, I have different glasses on! This changes everything!

I'm interested. Can we see it? even if you don't want to sell it?

 

[Jesse McCauley]

The Fauber chainwheel mentioned above is still available if anyone needs one, beautiful condition.

 

[Wards Guy..]

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.

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[Wards Guy..]

Love the story and info!!! I just brought home a bike with the Fauber Special sprocket. Has a July 11 99 trademark stamp on it.

 

[Bikermaniac]

Love the story and info!!! I just brought home a bike with the Fauber Special sprocket. Has a July 11 99 trademark stamp on it.

Post a picture of it if you can.

 

[Uni-Bike Lou]

I saw a talk by the grandson and great grandson of Charles Taylor. Charles Taylor was the mechanic for the Wright Bros bike shop and airplane.

At some point, later in Charles Taylor’s career Henry Ford offered him a job to create an exact duplicate of the Wright Bros bike shop at the Henry Ford museum. The grandsons didn’t go into detail of what parts, tools, or bikes Charles Taylor put in the museum. Maybe he got some parts from W.F. Meyers.

On a side note, the grandson went to visit his grandfather (Charles Taylor) who introduced the grandson to his boss (Henry Ford). At the time the grandson was only 7 or 8, and didn’t realize the significants of Henry Ford.

 

[Uni-Bike Lou]

Here’s a photo of Charles Taylor.

 

[hoofhearted]

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.

 

[hoofhearted]

Could very well be only. the Davis-Built machines were
badged Van Cleve .. W.F. Meyers .. Dayton, O.

Just found this ad ... Christmas 1916.

..... patric