I have built this page to help people identify bicycle sprockets. Also called chain-wheels, they are often unique to each manufacturer, and sometimes are unique to a certain model. I have grouped the sprockets by manufacturer in alphabetical order. A given manufacturer would often make the same sprocket in different sizes for their various models in their line. In order to save space, I am only showing one size of each type. Please look over the list carefully, there may me some mistakes, or missing information which you might be able to contribute, at the bottom of the page are sprockets which have yet to be identified. If you can contribute in any way, please email me.
Cleveland Welding Roadmaster. The Cleveland Welding Company had their own line of bikes "Roadmaster" and also made bikes for other companies, including Montgomery Wards "Hawthorne". This sprocket is from a Roadmaster Luxury Liner (48-54?)
Colson
D.P. Harris Rollfast. D.P. Harris's main line of bikes was Rollfast, They also made bikes with many other names, some of the are Harvard, Yale, Cadet, Royal Fler, and Savage. This H sprocket came on some of their prewwII models
Davis
Dayton Huffman Huffy
Fauber The first sprocket in this group is engraved "Fauber". The second and third sprockets may be made by Fauber as well.
Mead, the first sprocket is from a 1908-1910-? Mead RangerRanger, by 1925 they were using the same stle sprocket but for 1/2" pitch, thogh their track bike still came with the sprocket and was available on other bikes by special order.The second sprocket came on the ?-1925-?Mead Pathfinder, the 3rd sprocket which is a Fauber sprocket came on the ?-1908-1910-? Mead Windsor
Montgomery Wards Hawthorne 1934, 35
1940-54
Murray
Sears Elgin J.C. Higgins Elgin was the Sears brand of bikes before WWII after the war they changed the name to J. C. Higgins. The first sprocket came on most Elgins after 1938 and most Higgins before 1955. In 1953, Sears began having lightweight bikes built for them in Austria by Steyr.The second sprocket came off of one of the Steyr built JC Higgins lightweights.
