I'm not a bicycle collector. But I'm sure some of you have some real cool ones. I like the 50's and 60's the best. But I like everything from the 50's and 60's the best. lol We have a few that I have picked up at swap meets. They are just for the family to take to the beach, or ride on bike paths to get a little exercise. But I need to take some photos, and then I'll post them. Here is a picture of my grandson at the Smithsonian museum of history. One's with Big and little's. lol Also my old chopper. Lets see them. THANKS Ron....
These are our bikes. Mine, my wife's and our daughter's. I try to ride my Apple karate a lot, just to get a little exercise. But I do get some funny looks. Lol Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
@Hackerbilt That was my first attempt at installing disc brakes on a vintage bike. HINT: Old Murray forks don't like stoppies!!!
That last one, in gold...what a great look it has! (sorry I had to delete my first post...screwed it up)
A bike like that could get me back on pedals! LoL Whats it called - that frame style? Never saw those 4 top bars like that before.
Here are a few of my many. the blue '67 is my rider, and the red '64 with the tall handlebars, now has smoke cannisters that exit out chrome twice pipes, and a white wall slick. The gold one, was a kustom build, called the "Ten Dollar Whore"
This is a Murray-built Western Flyer Galaxy Flyer. Sears had the same bike and sold it as a Spaceliner, which is what the frames are referred to. The black bike with gold wheels is the same frame, just a different approach. This is what happens when you grab a handful of disc brakes on an old fork... Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Sears? Well now there might just be a few of those hiding around here somewhere. Thats incredible how much grip that little disc setup could generate! You would never expect that!
I used to pinstripe vintage bikes for a collector who owned over 20 of them. Each time he purchased another one he would call me and all he wanted was just a few very clean line down the tubes of the frame and on the fenders. Jimbo
Ya know, every time I see a bike in the scrap metal pile at the dump I think back to when I was a kid and having a bike meant freedom. We would have cobbled something mobile out of all the scrap at the dump. Different times back then.
At one point I owned 9 "Krates", 4 repo's, and 5 originals. I'm down to two Repo's. The Apple pictured, and a Grape, not pictured. And the '70 Pea Picker.
I like 50's 26" bikes, especially Schwinn's. I've got a couple, but my favorite is an unrestored boy's with heart skip-link sprocket, springer locking fork, and many layers of old paint.
A few of mine: "Rusty" 53 Schwinn Wasp from pile o' parts 37 schwinn & 58 schwinn womens original hornet 19?? Schwinn "Franken Trike" built from "pile o' parts
These are what my grand kids are riding to school. I picked them both up at yard sales. The green one I did over and my grandsons is about 85% original. The hanger is a 58 ? corvette that’s just waiting and waiting. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
... Here's some of my vintage bikes ... Old American built bikes are great riders ... .................................................................... 1935 Colson Flyer .............................................................. 1951 Columbia Goodyear Hi-Way Patrol ..............................................................1957 Monark Silver King Coupe deVille ............................................................ 1963 Schwinn Corvette custom build .......................................................................... 1960's Sears Spaceliner
I saved this from the landfill yesterday. With the help of my grandson. I'll fix it up for him. My granddad found my first bike at the town dump. I stripped it down. Hack sawed the forks, and then sliding a second sit of forks inside of the other. Then I added some gray Hot Rod primer. Lol Ron Sent from my SM-G920P using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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