That is a great old tandem, indeed.
It has probably the original block chains, 1" still on the bike.
!/2" chains won't fit on unless those teeth would be narrowed in cross
section to fit between the rollers on a standard 1/2" X 1/8" size chain.
I think the seat post clamps are compression fit, titen the locknut and it
squeezes the bushing tite around the post to hold in place.
It's set up as a stock bike, those oldtimers were very clever and maybe that
bar would come off the top and reverse to a drop bar.
The Lyndhurst berand according to my book was made between 1892 and 1900.
The wheels would probably have been wood and could have had any sizing from
28X1-1/2" to maybe 2.25" tires or so depending on use.
The big gear could have been used for racing or pacing speed, although the
Corbin coaster brake which seems original would not have been used. It would
have been a fixed gear.
Corbin was eventually absorbed by the New Departure Company which made bike
hubs till about the '60's and were put on millions of American bikes
throughout the decades.
That model coaster brake was then the famous Model "A" New Departure hub
used into the late twenties, early thirties.
My dad had a wood wheel Fairbanks Boston rim with The Model"A" coaster brake
that he used thru the thirties to go to work on the nite shift at
International Harvester while my mom took care of the bike shop they
started in 1934, when I was 2 years old.
I had that wheel until last year. Finally took it apart and put the rim on a
nice prewar Paramount.
Ted Ernst
Palos Verdes Estates
CA USA
> That fork-handlebar arrangement is pure uncut cool.
>
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham, Washington
> USA
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:34 AM, David Bean <beandk@rcn.com> wrote:
>> http://boston.craigslist.org/
>>
>> Lookit the size of the chainwheel and the unusual fork.