My all original '58 Corvete. Sure it's a Schwinn but that still counts, right? Sent from my SM-G920T using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I came from a poor single Mom family so when I finally got my first bike from my Grandparents it was used and really lame. It was gold and was the pre banana seat style flat bull horn style bars, and the spring "saddle", big long chrome fenders reflectors etc. (might have even been a girls frame with WWs & tassels too) it was nice to have a bike but I was aware the cool factor was not there...I left it out on the lawn one night and it got stolen what a shitty feeling and my Gramps was pissed! There was some talk of me not deserving another but we found another used one this time Red and with Banana seat and Ape hangers! after a couple days the forks broke so we went to the local lawn mower/ chainsaw/bike shop and the guy sold us what he said were "heavy duty" forks but were just 26" bike forks....so I ended up with a chopper! loved it rode it everywhere from dawn til dusk from 8-12 yrs old. I was the jumpin champeen, wheelyin champeen, and down hill speed champeen til the forks broke again Recently I found the exact same frame/color (orig. red but brush painted black) and got it running it was impossible to find original parts so I made some compromises and took my new baby for her first bike ride then sold it cuz I have 3 others (pics to follow) and no storage
I've got one of these (except not as nice) from Crazy Dave's World Junk Shop Curiosities & Tours which is a whole nother story in itself Does anyone know if I can get these red line big n little tires anywhere still?
My parents got me my first bike, a used Huffy, in the early 1970's. I kept it around for ever and then one day turned it into the "Skinny Chopper". I rode it around for a couple of years and then decided to upgrade with an engine! This things is SUPER fun to ride. I take it to the vintage camping shows and ride it around the neighborhood.
recently picked up a sturmey-archer 3 spd wheel and a neat super tall sissy bar that has spring/absorbers in it and a new seat...i'm going to use a small bearing in the seat and sissy bar mounts to account for the spring action...unfortunately there's a little wow in the top tube any ideas how to straighten it? not sure if these pics are showing up I have to click on them for some reason??
I have a few old bikes. had a bunch in the 80's when they were not worth anything. sold everything but a 49 Schwinn that I still have. recently spent 5 times as much for fenders, tank, chainguard and rack as I did for the whole bike in 1983. 1949 Schwinn Autocycle deluxe: 1946 Schwinn DX: 1960 Schwinn "RACER" this is my Schwinn Chopper I am building out of a Varsity 10 speed. I have since fattened the rear of the frame so the tires will spin, and I have a skinny tire and aluminum rim for the front to be put on. 26" wheels, that is a Sturmey Archer drum brake from the 80's on the back:
...side view. this is a fun bike to ride. stretched about 5" and I cut about the same from the seat tube and another inch or so from the head tube.
Here is an old Empire skip-tooth I got at a farm auction for $3. Sent from my SM-G930T using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
'57 girls Schwinn Corvette, '61 boys Schwinn Corvette, '71 Schwinn Sting Ray. All are original paint, mostly unrestored. The '61 even has Schwinn tires.
What brand is that bike? Was it made by a single manufacturer and branded under other names? I ask because mine from way back when had a frame like that and had the front tag “B.F. Goodrich”. Chain guard was the same too. Would love to find another one to recreate mine. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
Its a Western flyer, but the frame is by Murray, It was marketed under several names, Including Murray Eliminator, so that is completely possible.
Way back in 72 I made a visit to my childhood stomping grounds. A place commonly called Hillbilly Haven. In NE Indiana . Portage aacross from a bar pit called Dombey Lake to be exact. Any Road the Cable kids had old Jack Viles weld mounts to rig a briggs and Stratton to a bicycle frame. direct drive no clutch or brakes. And they where actually riding it!
Here are a couple I picked up today. The one on the left is called an Executive. It’s a 3 Speed with a hi/lo so guess it’s really a 6 Speed. It was made in West Germany. In excellent shape and everything is in working order. The one on the right is called a Ridewell and was made by Woodwell. Don’t know that much about it but it seems to be all complete and everything mechanical is in good working order. Going to have to investigate the background of it and see if I can’t get the horn and headlight working. And last is my Huffy. I cruised the Salt Flats on that about 8 years ago. That’s an original aftermarket bicycle steering wheel on it.
I had a motorbike as a youngster. It was a springer forked Monark chassis with a Jack & Heinz horizontally opposed twin cylinder two-cycle engine. I could not get the J&H engine to run - it needed a coil - so I mounted a 4-cycle rototiller engine to it. I think J&H was in Cleveland. In my opinion this was a superior motorbike to the Whizzer, not only for the two cylinder engine but especially because the clutch was a dry plate automotive type clutch with a throw out bearing operated by the clutch lever, unlike the idler pulley found on the Whizzers. Does anybody have one? Or pics? Or parts? Or know more about the history of these bikes?
Been working on this '64 Schwinn American a little lately.............. Before..... During..... You'll have to wait for after.....
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