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my 1930 dayton miami

 

Here is one of my babys...the first pics are how I got her, the one is finished! We do a vintage bike cruise every Tuesday rain or shine! Pretty fun... I'll have to take a picture of the gang and upload it!

 

Yeah, I freakin' hate bicycles!
Had this Schwinn for awhile

Put this one together out of a few last year

Scored this at a thrift store for 85 dollars a couple years ago

 

I bought this because I thought it looked cool. Now I realize it is just in the way and I am trying to sell it. 1959 Rollfast with Firestone 500 markings. All original except for one tire as far as I can tell. Even the tank light works, but the lens is missing.
CHAZ

 

My 1938 sears and roebuck elgin,1969 sears spyder 500 and the wifes and my 1965 schwinn twinn.

 

A trike in progress for my kids

 

Ive just picked up a 1969 or 1970 sears screamer, what do I do with it. I really want to sell it, but dont know anything about them. Whats the difference between the two.? I found a restored one for......get this $1200.00

 

Here is mine built it last summer out a new beach cruiser.

Leaded it all in hence the name "Bare Naked Special"

Got a couple more frame I plan on building some time maybe this summer.

 

Here is my first custom project I did when I was 14 (11 years ago) with lots of help from Dad and his plating abilities. Built from a bare 1968 Sting-Ray frame laying in a pile of old bikes behind the shop at the time. A neat fact, the original color of the frame was coppertone.

 

mine

 

2 of Mine...

 

my original old english made triumph bicycle.use it a few times a week to go to work on.

 

Pretty cool stuff in this old thread. Here's a couple of my project bikes, not custom but some of you might find it interesting.

This is a mid seventies Mercurio Tricyclo from Mexico. Sort of a poor mans truck or lunch wagon.



I bought this Columbia tandem at an estate sale. If anyone can tell me the age of it, I'd love to know. This is exactly how I found it as I haven't done anything to it yet.



I love the fenders on this bike, that ridge will end up on my trucks cycle fenders.

 

my lowrider ive been rolling since 94

 

As far as value i have no idea.I paid 75.00 for my sears spyder 500.
Pics of both:

 

Little sumpin sumpin....

 

custom creation by levi "the rev" green sittin' purdy in my dining room~

 

O.K. I'll play!

 

This is a pre-war Colson that I bought for my 11 year old. We haven't recovered the old seat yet, but she had me swap the seat from her "regular" bike to this one, so she can ride it instead.

I have the fenders for it, but they are pretty rough, and she says that she doesn't want them on the bike.

 

from the aussie street rod nats last month

 

picked this up a couple weeks ago atta flea market!!!! brand new for 50 bucks!!! couldnt turn that down!!!!

 

This is a great tradition, Rug Rats mimicking on their bikes what dad does with the cars. Big Jim Dunn raced a rear engine funny car in the 70's. His son Mike Dunn (who is now an E.S.P.N. commentator for the N.H.R.A.) at the same timed used to drag race his Schwinn. He would do fire burn outs on his bicycle, and pop a little chute at the end of the race. It was so cool to watch, as it was nothing more than his way of acting out his admiration for his father. The whole thing can be seen in the documentary film "Funny Car Summer". More power to you my friend, keep those little Rug Rats turning wrenches! Best of luck.

 

My 1950 Schwinn.

 

this is sitting in the shop

 

That ain't nuthin' but cool right there! ... I've got to find one of those ... dang!!

 

Here's one I picked up about a year ago. A good friend of mine gave this to me ... complete with Western Flyer saddlebags!

 

heres my schwinn T&C i bought for 50 bucks about 4 or 5 years ago. i only rode it for 2 weeks and then i ruined one of the rear wheels doing a 2 wheeled turn haha

now with a swapmeet coming up next weekend i hope to get it riding so i have something with storage. i need to modify the hubs of the 20" wheels i have on the back so i can ride it again. after the swapmeet i am taking it apart and painting it, i might do some custom sheetmetal work on it as well.

 

my dad circa early to mid 60s

 

Here are a few...

 

china whizzer (1950 spiegel airman frame, 50s jc higgins beehive front end, 80cc china motor)


real whizzer (1950s springer fork, lots of engine mods, tops at about 50)


1935 wards hawthorne duralium (one of the first aluminum bikes)



1960 jc higgins flightliner custom - sold this bike awhile ago and regret it.


girlfriends 1960 flightliner


1938 wards hawthorne super.


commuter single speed.



the eldorado of bicycles 1955 western flyer x5-3

now with tank!