1915 Tribune bicycle (supposedly) ID??

[Cruiserdude94]

Guy told me these were wooden but I don't know for sure…

TRIBUNE Model A29. Westfield Msg. Co. Massachusetts, USA

All leather!

 

[Wildcat]

I looked through the Columbia webpage to see if I could find anything. It shows your head badge and also shows Westfield as being the name starting in 1916, it was called Pope before 1916. As for your model number I couldn't match it up to anything, but 1923 shows an "A". It also shows a 1922 Motobike that looks like your bike in the model timeline. Is there a serial number under the cranks? that might help.

http://vintagecolumbiabikes.com/id89.html

http://vintagecolumbiabikes.com/id79.html

http://vintagecolumbiabikes.com/id70.html

 

[Wildcat]

Also just saw this. Scroll down to the 1923 Motobike.
http://vintagecolumbiabikes.com/id98.html

 

[Cruiserdude94]

Also just saw this. Scroll down to the 1923 Motobike.
http://vintagecolumbiabikes.com/id98.html

Hey thanks man! Another big question is the color because its definately been slathered with black paint, which is covering up numbers on bottom of crank

 

[Cruiserdude94]

Also does anyone know what these rims are made of?? I would think they would be wood but they sure don't look or feel like but I'm scare to take tires off so, please help!!

 

[schwinn boy]

Have you tried a magnet?

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

They might be wood under the metal.


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[Rustinkerer]

Most bikes from that era up to the early/mid 30s used metal clad wood rims. The tires had the tubes sewn in, and they were glued to the rim. -Adam

 

[Schwinnspastic]

Cool old bike but the wheels look to have a thin profile that wood or clad wheels would not have and I have a rim in the pile that looks like that but have not tried to figure out what it was on originally, its all steel. Could you take a better pick of the rim from the side and measure the diameter ? It might help me identify what I have !
Mark