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TOTAL CARNAGE

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The guy said....25 bucks..take 'em both. I love Graig's list
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Ornge one, J.C. Higgins. Easy enough to figure out the rest
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Skip tooth chain...cool...never had one of those before. Needs a special chain?
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Now, the red and white one. No badge, no name, no numbers that I can find yet.
Any ideas what it might be?
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If the rear drop out has multiple holes for the fender brace, I would say it's a Rollfast.
 
SimpleMan said:
If the rear drop out has multiple holes for the fender brace, I would say it's a Rollfast.
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Or if the top tube passes through the seat tube then it would be a Columbia.
 
Heres some info from Dave's Vintage bike site.....




"Rollfast bicycycles have a long and complex history that has close ties between two different company. The D.P. Harris Hardware and Manufacturing Company originated the name in the 1890's, and later teamed up with the H.P. Snyder Manufacturing Company in the early 1900's. Snyder was the primary manufacturer of the bicycles, while Harris provided some of the parts and marketed them. During the Great Depression, Snyder began manufacturing bicycles for other retailers such as Montgomery Ward who sold them under the Hawthorne name. Some sought after Snyder built Rollfast bicycles are the V-200 model and the Hopalong Cassidy bicycles. Snyder built Rollfast bicycles well into the 1970's."

....and a picture of my Hawthorne badged Snyder. I'm pretty sure it's the same frame as yours.

 
Nice! Do you know what year it is? The frame looks right but I don't have any holes for a badge so I'm quessing it was a decal and the chain wheel is different.
Thanks again guys! Fast replies and good info.
 
I don't know how to date Rollfast bicycle's. Mine has the style of sprocket that I've seen used on Snyder/ Hawthorne's. I've seen your style used on Rollfast's.
 

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