Nabeaquam
BoTM Winner
Could be a 1904 model by looking at their catalog.
Like mountain bikes now, early bicycle manufacturers promoted gimmicks and touted the gimmicks as the latest and best. Miami cycles gimmick was large chainrings, like this 1907 model.
I got the bike about 10 years ago at Christmas time at a fire sale price. The seller was going to Jamaica for Christmas and needed cash fast. He had a friend disassemble the bike and pack it. Unfortunately he didn’t include the hub nuts, which had obsolete threading and the seller lost them. It took me two years to replace them. The original wood wheels were respoked and trued. The bars had holes rusted through on one side and a carbon fiber wrap fixed that. The wood grips were cracked and epoxied back together and covered in cork. I ride it a few times every year.
As purchased, but with rebuilt wheels and custom made 1/2 inch pedals.
Looked like it had black paint over nickel. All the original nickel plating has tarnished away.
Like mountain bikes now, early bicycle manufacturers promoted gimmicks and touted the gimmicks as the latest and best. Miami cycles gimmick was large chainrings, like this 1907 model.
I got the bike about 10 years ago at Christmas time at a fire sale price. The seller was going to Jamaica for Christmas and needed cash fast. He had a friend disassemble the bike and pack it. Unfortunately he didn’t include the hub nuts, which had obsolete threading and the seller lost them. It took me two years to replace them. The original wood wheels were respoked and trued. The bars had holes rusted through on one side and a carbon fiber wrap fixed that. The wood grips were cracked and epoxied back together and covered in cork. I ride it a few times every year.
As purchased, but with rebuilt wheels and custom made 1/2 inch pedals.
Looked like it had black paint over nickel. All the original nickel plating has tarnished away.
