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Turn of the century content: Wright Van Cleve copycat? Ferrier fork? (PICTURES)



Been working around this thing for the last two days. It's not a Wright Van Cleve, but it looks like one, right down to the Ferrier (?) fork crown and blades. Same seat lug binder and rear stays too.







Not the Wright badge; and I'd be surprised if it were a Wrights to begin with:



Pedal threads are stripped, and the headset has been buggered up as well - both fixable with some brass to the headset threads (plus re-threading) and helicoils to the crankset. Someone stuck a sleeve in the seatpost too, as if they didn't understand the hex binder used back then.

Otherwise, it's pretty solid - save for the severely warped wood rims.

Straight-pull spokes - and folks thought that was innovative in the 1980's. Hardly:



No luck on getting them to sell, and no - I can't tell you who owns it. Sorry.

-Kurt
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