I have a Columbia Bromleigh womans 3-speed and can't find any information about it: year, etc.
I only found two different numbers on the head tube but don't think they are the serial numbers. They are: 81290 and 3 098 0331.
The bike is tan (light brown) with red/orange/brown designs on frame and brown pinstripes on fenders.
The headbadge says "Columbia Mfg. Co, Westfield Mass USA."
I'm inserting some pictures of the bike and would greatly appreciate any information anyone has on it. Thanks!
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Columbia Bromleigh???
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Years ago, (like before WWI), Columbia was a respected American bicycle manufacturer. From the 1940s on, they generally shadowed Schwinn's marketing and product line, but at a lower price and quality point. When I was a kid, we all got Columbias from a local merchant who also sold major appliances and Goodyear tires.
Columbia also made school furniture. Unlike Schwinn, Columbia was into manufacturing more than marketing. When the made-in-Asia ten-speeds hit the market in the 70s, Columbia's regular distributors stopped ordering bikes so they stopped making them.
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