I met him after the rodeo in 2010 after I had just gotten into the custom and vintage bike scene. It did scare him a little that I was going to do the barrel races on a set of slicks with a raked out fork. Thinking back, I scared him again by doing the barrel race on my hiwheel Sliding that...
I've got a Cleveland branded women's that looks very similar.
I was told it was a Westfield built. If the morrow hub that came with it is original, then it's a 1933 which does fit with the styling.
The wheels that are in the picture are 700c so it was a 28" bike.
Yup definitely Murry built frame. The knuckle bulge joint at the seat tube and top tube are sure signs.
Looks like the rear wheel is a front load from the bottom as opposed to the earlier rear load dropouts. That frame was used from around 1946 into the mid? 50's. Not sure when they stopped...
Looks Shelby to me. Slick is one of the resident Shelby experts, but I don't know if he checks here often. Mostly on thecabe.
I love my morrow hubs. They do have date stamping on the hub if you can still make it out. It will be a single number, single letter code. The number designates the...
The bike chimera posted is a color stream. Not a Murray built though. Murray had a 'knuckle' joint on the seat tube and a built in seat post bracket.
Look at the fender braces that wrap around and make note of the front axle mount.
The rack on the original post was a very common Murray Jc...
There was a model line under the color flow which had a bulbous rack and jewels in the tank. It was the color stream, but this bike is not that model. That one had wrap around fender braces that made a line that ran from an inch above the front axle down the brace, through the chainguard and...
That is definitely a Murray built frame. The 'knuckle' joint at the top tube and seat tube are a dead giveaway. The built in seat clamp also.
I have three bikes with that frame. Two are original and one piecemeal.
My earliest which was guessed as a 46 (MOS-L) has rear facing dropouts but no...
That bike most likely didn't have a head tube badge. It would have had a badge that was integrated into the tank itself which would have wrapped around the head tube.
The hard part with finding those tanks complete is that most of the bezels were plastic and didn't survive very well. The...
Yosemite is one of the places that Ansel Adams made famous. I've got some other great shots of mine and others bikes out there.
It's one of those places you just have to go if you have a chance. And the valley floor is very single speed friendly.