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General discussions on Wheelmen topics. / Re: New Member old cycle questions
« on: September 12, 2019, 11:55:30 AM »
Thanks, Richard, for the clarification. I had no idea that there was more to it.
Regards,
Chris
Regards,
Chris
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General discussions on Wheelmen topics. / Re: New Member old cycle questions
« on: September 11, 2019, 08:42:48 AM »
Richard,Please see below
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Welcome, Chris Noonan!
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The TheWheelmen Team.
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Subject: Welcome to TheWheelmen
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:09:43 -0000
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To: noonans@myfairpoint.net
Your registration request at TheWheelmen has been received, Chris Noonan.
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General discussions on Wheelmen topics. / Re: New Member old cycle questions
« on: August 29, 2019, 08:20:57 AM »
Thanks to all, for your greetings and advise. I have become a member and will check for nearby Wheelmen gatherings. My bike is fully operational, now that I have inflated the old sew-up tires I put on it decades ago. There is little sprocket or chain wear which leads me to believe it was not used much. The only thing that needs repair is the saddle which is now stashed in a protective plastic bag. I am going to pull a saddle and seat post off another of my bikes for a short trial run. Since my first entry, I found out that my memory betrayed me, and that Louis Hoffman operated his Bicycle Manufacturing Business from 1895 to 1900, when he entered the automobile market. He began selling them (autos) in 1902. The Crawford Museum in Cleveland, Ohio has one of his steam powered cars on display. I also found some adds for his bicycles touting the frame within a frame concept he was using to make his bikes lighter. A cross section shows a triangular frame inside the outer tube. I have no idea if this was a unique feature to the Hoffman, or if other manufacturers were doing the same. The Wheelmen list of bicycle manufacturers does list the bike also.
Chris
Chris
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General discussions on Wheelmen topics. / New Member old cycle questions
« on: August 25, 2019, 02:02:30 PM »
Hi all,
I'm a new member who'd like to introduce himself. In late 1970's into the early 1980's I was the owner (with one partner) of a Bicycle Shop at the corner of E.19th St. and Second Ave in Manhattan, called the "Right Brothers Bicycle Shop". Some time in our first year of business, a couple of guys who had a Demolition Company stopped in and asked if I might be interested in an old bike they had discovered in the attic of a building they were demolishing. I asked to see it and they pulled it out of the back of their truck. I paid what they were asking for it, thinking it would look great hanging up on the wall above the shop's new bike display. There it stayed, until the shop was sold a few years later, when I embarked on a new career. We also had a replica High Wheel bike, that I rode frequently in the streets of Manhattan.
My wife and I also owned a place in NH, where I now reside. The antique bike was transported there and put in dry storage, where it has remained since. Many years ago, I did some research and, in fact, tried to sign up for this forum (failed to get a response to my inquiry). All I found out was that the Hoffman Company built bicycles (not re-badged from another supplier) from 1890 to 1895 in Cleveland , Ohio and then turned to Automobile production, if I remember correctly.
I'm hoping that, perhaps, some of the Wheelmen might be able to shed some light on this brand and after viewing the attached photos, an evaluation of what I have.
Thanks to all
Chris
I'm a new member who'd like to introduce himself. In late 1970's into the early 1980's I was the owner (with one partner) of a Bicycle Shop at the corner of E.19th St. and Second Ave in Manhattan, called the "Right Brothers Bicycle Shop". Some time in our first year of business, a couple of guys who had a Demolition Company stopped in and asked if I might be interested in an old bike they had discovered in the attic of a building they were demolishing. I asked to see it and they pulled it out of the back of their truck. I paid what they were asking for it, thinking it would look great hanging up on the wall above the shop's new bike display. There it stayed, until the shop was sold a few years later, when I embarked on a new career. We also had a replica High Wheel bike, that I rode frequently in the streets of Manhattan.
My wife and I also owned a place in NH, where I now reside. The antique bike was transported there and put in dry storage, where it has remained since. Many years ago, I did some research and, in fact, tried to sign up for this forum (failed to get a response to my inquiry). All I found out was that the Hoffman Company built bicycles (not re-badged from another supplier) from 1890 to 1895 in Cleveland , Ohio and then turned to Automobile production, if I remember correctly.
I'm hoping that, perhaps, some of the Wheelmen might be able to shed some light on this brand and after viewing the attached photos, an evaluation of what I have.
Thanks to all
Chris
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