101 years on 2 wheels

This is my old-timer, older than the Titanic and still in use! I bought this bike some years ago, the brown colour is new but the rest seems to be original. It was a decoration in a bike shop for many years. They didn’t know much about it, a customer of the shop said, that it could be a Kayser-Rad from Kaiserslautern in Germany. There was a factory named Kayser who produced bicycles from the end of the 19th century on. The hubs are from 1906, this famous "Torpedo" hub with a backpedal / coaster -brake. These hub was the first update version of the very first idle motion hub from 1904! The Torpedo hubs were produced for a long time, There was a stamp for the year of the production on the hub later, the first three models (1904/06/09) had a little different stamps but no year.
The metal stick on the back hub is for getting on the bike by standing with one feet on the stick and pushing with the other feet the bike forward then you jump on the saddle and start to pedal. The front brake is a "standing-brake", it's only there for keeping the bike in position while standing. The wooden grips are fantastic! It is a very special feeling to ride this cycle, you almost stand on the bike and don't have a lot space to steer, and the distance between the wheels is quite large but it’s great fun and you are above of everything with the high position on this cycle!

If you know something about the frame and/ or the bike, please contact me!