General Information

Serial #

70794 B

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TUBULAR STEEL FRAME/ METAL PARTS & FITTINGS/ RUBBER TIRES & HANDLE BAR GRIPS/ LEATHER SADDLE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

167.0 cm

Width

48.0 cm

Height

93.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Non-motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Cycles & cycling

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Humphrey

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1948 +

Canada

Example of product of now defunct Canadian mfr. Believed that CCM took over Humphrey Co. [Ref. 1]

Function

Unknown

Technical

Early example of three-speed rear hub assembly cycle. [Ref. 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE SCREWED TO HEAD TUBE PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFO.: "HUMPHREY BICYCLE & MOTOR CO. LTD./ HUMPHREY/ TORONTO. CANADA" WITH A STAR BEFORE TORONTO & AFTER CANADA; A BEAVER AND THREE MAPLE LEAVES ARE DEPICTED ON PLATE. SMALL ROUND DECAL ON SEAT TUBE: "MADE IN CANADA"; MAPLE LEAF ALSO DEPICTED. METAL PLATE SCREWED TO SADDLE BACK: "WRIGHTS". FOLLOWING INFO STAMPED ON SADDLE: "THE WRIGHT SADDLE CO. LTD./ REGISTERED IN GREAT BRITAIN/ OLYMPIC/ BIRMINGHAM/ 6B/ ENGLAND". FOLLOWING INFO APPEARS ON TIRES: "MADE IN CANADA/ FOR CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION/ INFLATE 50 - 65 LBS/ 26 .1 1/4/ E.A.I. RIM/ SUPER-LASTIC/ NYLON/197-2".

Missing

SADDLE BAG/ BICYCLE PUMP/ GEAR PIN BROKEN, BUT PRESENT

Finish

FRAME PAINTED MATT-GREEN/ WHITE WHEEL COVERS/ DARK BROWN SADDLE: LEATHER DISFIGURED THROUGH WEAR

Decoration

N/A