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Stationary bike common in 1920s boxing gyms. Iconic brand. Rare piece of sports equipment. Fully functional. Winter cardio plus was interactive focal-point of my vintage bicycle shop. Cast iron, Worksman wheel. Had butcher-block slab base now gone from moving. Asking $500. Local pickup or you...

I am putting the finishing touches on my 1961 Schwinn Klunker. It has the obligatory Brooks seat/saddle with a repurposed clamp. And like many bikes before, the seat won't stay put. It tips front to back. I use a clamp similar to whats pictured here. I know by now never to use clamps with...

I generally rustore heavy and middleweight Schwinns and fitting new tires on S2 and S7 rims still confuse me. This time I’m fixing up a lightweight... a 1961 Schwinn Racer (K136521). I need tires and hope you can help. Its tires were shredded and I tossed them thinking all I needed was the 26"...

I found an old skiptooth at a ranch near my home. Well preserved in a shed with pigeons. Its a Delmar by Simmons Hardware. Found some good information here yet I've been unable to zero in on a date of manufacture. I'm guessing its mid to late 1930s but would like and exact date if anyone can...

Any help on the age and details of this bike, which I'm getting ridable again, would be much appreciated. Thanks

A friend of mine found this bike in Boise, ID. I recognize the "P" as Penny's (I think) but I can't help him identify it. We are looking to the RRB forum for help with make, model, approximate year. Thank you.

I changed the components on this bike many times... still don't know what it started as. Head badge faintly reads "S..... CRUISER". ("Special CRUISER"? "Super CRUISER"?) Theres a plaque on the bottom of the bottom bracket... I can't give you serial numbers (I know you'd need that to date it -...

Hi, thanks in advance for any help IDing this bike. You can barely read HUFFY on chain guard... any idea of MODEL or AGE? Peaked fenders, chrome plugs in ends of double crossbar tubes.

It's called Cyclepedia. Nice app for iPad - I just wish they were rat rod bikes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OUeEzl1 ... el&list=UL

I came across this sweet Mexican blanket seat cover on fleaBay. Kinda pricey, $25 + $5.5 ship. Maybe make your own if you sew.

I've never used one of these before, never knew they exsisted, until today... a Park Tool FFS-2 Frame, Fork, and Handlebar Straightener. Borrowed it from a friend at LBS. Wow, is it cool. Straightened a bent chainstay. Posting here to see what others say about it or to let people in on a great...

A friend got this in 2008. Free donation to a bike shop he worked at in Utah. Yesterday it arrived in Idaho. No head badge but three screw holes, top two wrap around the sides. A real beauty. Seems old to me. Very "high design" on the fork stays - I especially like that feature. A TWO piece...

Seems like half the time I have a flat tire, its because of a leaky valve stem. I replace the core with another one from salvaged cores, but it usually leaks too. I suspect its the rubber or nylon seal that is part of the core. Is that generally the culprit? And, the cores I remove from old...

I like these motors. I've sold a few of my RRBs with the owners returning to show me them outfitted with blackened engines, pinstriped tanks, wrapped mufflers. They look super cool. I'm thinking of trying one. And I've seen many motorized boardtrack bikes posted here that look fantastic. I'm...

I was standing around my bikes with a couple of guys. We got to talking about the chains when one of them asked... "Why did the older bikes have the wide gear tooth spacing". I couldn't answer why, just that the old bikes had "skiptooths". Why were there 1" pitch chains/sprockets? After WW2...

I got a trike with a Shimano 3ccc 3sd coaster brake. Seems OK... but how you you shift it? All my searches explain fixes but not how to operate. Thanks

I came across this trike (motored) photo and was thinking of trying (sometime during the long winter months) some tube tires, with 2.125s, on a bi(or)tricycle. WHY? - I dunno. Anybody ever tried a similar wheel?

Can anyone tell me the size/pitch of a Schwinn Stem Pinch Bolt? My guess is 10mm x 1.25 pitch... that I'm hoping to buy at the hardware store wall-o-drawers (didn't see 1.25, just 1.50 @ #1 visit there, B4 posting 2U all)... but could it be a special "Schwinn only" part that I'll need to buy...

I've got a bike I put together, but I don't know the make, head badge is gone. Figure its got to be easy for some here due to the unique seat stay. Please help. Any clue to the year? Thanx 8ball

I've been reading hondataeg6's thread on a tube roller. Great info there. So as not that hijack that thread*... has anyone made a homemade FENDER roller? Or know where I can get a factory or one-off machine? In accounts I've read online, a Harbor Freight english wheel was both recommended &...