Our Planet or a Distant Planet?

Submitted by Brian R. on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:39

This photo was sent to me in reply to an ad I posted looking for bikes or parts from the Planet Cycle Co. of Toronto. This company was started in the 1890s and survived long enough to be swallowed by CCM several decades later.

Is this bike a Toronto Planet, maybe 1930s before the CCM buyout, or is it from another (possibly British) company that used the Planet name? I've never before seen the letters Planet spelled out in a chainring like this.

 

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Submitted by Brian R. on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:40.

photo:

planetchainring.jpg

Submitted by Brian R. on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 11:08.

Chainring:

planetchainring2.jpg

Submitted by Dave Brown on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 13:49.

Is it just me or does the back wheel look like a 26 inch? I did have a Planet bike with planet in the sprocket.

Submitted by Brian R. on Thu, 02/22/2018 - 15:04.

I haven't seen the bike in person, but I suspect this is an illusion created by the camera. If you look at the bottom of the wall in the background, you can see the photo was taken at an angle, making the front wheel look larger than the back. The rims look the same, so that's my guess. I'm still waiting for the owner to respond.