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05-28-08, 01:17 PM
I saw several antique tandems on Ebay, was wondering if anyone can identify them more than their descriptions give.
Item number 150250215641 is a picture of a Tandem bike racing team, apparently from the late 1800's. Scroll down and click on "larger picture". Check out the headbadge on the bike. Is that a Schwinn? Did they even have headbadges that size and shape, back then?
Wilbur and Orville Wright of aviation fame, were bicycle mechanics and owned a bike shop before their flight experiments of the early 1900's. And they were heavily into bicycle racing. I heard one rumor that they were the ones who invented the downswept or "drop" handlebars. The bike in the picture appears to have such bars, though they look like simple "up" handlebars turned over. The typewritten note in this auction, mentions the team of "Morgan-Wright". The sponsors, I gather, not the riders.
If not a Schwinn, could this be a Wright-designed bicycle?
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Item number 260241985024 is an antique tandem, rebuilt and maybe modified. The seller is trying to guess its age and manufacturer, says it might be from as far back as the late 1800's again. Says it might be a Columbia. Single-speed, steer from both the captain's and stoker's seat. Does anyone know what vintage and make it might be?
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Item number 350063945144 is some pictures of a VERY old tandem. Front and rear steering again. No info on manufacture, seller is guessing 1850s for the year. Anyone have any info on this one?
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Item number 310054498599 is a picture of another old tandem. Hard to tell the age, cars in the background look 1920s or 30s, though the bike could be older. This one seems to resemble the second one I mentioned above. I can't see any rear-steering connections, though my eyes aren't that great.
Does anyone have any info on any of these oldies but goodies?
Item number 150250215641 is a picture of a Tandem bike racing team, apparently from the late 1800's. Scroll down and click on "larger picture". Check out the headbadge on the bike. Is that a Schwinn? Did they even have headbadges that size and shape, back then?
Wilbur and Orville Wright of aviation fame, were bicycle mechanics and owned a bike shop before their flight experiments of the early 1900's. And they were heavily into bicycle racing. I heard one rumor that they were the ones who invented the downswept or "drop" handlebars. The bike in the picture appears to have such bars, though they look like simple "up" handlebars turned over. The typewritten note in this auction, mentions the team of "Morgan-Wright". The sponsors, I gather, not the riders.
If not a Schwinn, could this be a Wright-designed bicycle?
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Item number 260241985024 is an antique tandem, rebuilt and maybe modified. The seller is trying to guess its age and manufacturer, says it might be from as far back as the late 1800's again. Says it might be a Columbia. Single-speed, steer from both the captain's and stoker's seat. Does anyone know what vintage and make it might be?
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Item number 350063945144 is some pictures of a VERY old tandem. Front and rear steering again. No info on manufacture, seller is guessing 1850s for the year. Anyone have any info on this one?
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Item number 310054498599 is a picture of another old tandem. Hard to tell the age, cars in the background look 1920s or 30s, though the bike could be older. This one seems to resemble the second one I mentioned above. I can't see any rear-steering connections, though my eyes aren't that great.
Does anyone have any info on any of these oldies but goodies?