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Hey there guys.
I've been absent for a while, mainly because I had to finish this project: http://museus-energia.byclosure.net/patrimonios/21-fabrica-moagem-sampaio, and, as you can imagine, I had a lot of work on my hands. We opened on April 25th.
Anyway, yesterday a friend bought this bike for 60€:



Now it's up to me to take it apart and to take care of the frame, fenders, rims and chainguard. I think he is taking the old chrome to be redone.
I'll keep you guys updated.
Keep it up.
 
Salutations! That is a cool old step through, what make is it? I have always liked those rod braked bikes. Hope to find one in my price range some day. I went to the link you posted, from what I can make out, is that a steam powered woodworking shop? If so does it run? Some of the other pics of the generators and other steam engines were pretty neat too. I would enjoy visiting a place like that some day. many places like that around here were torn down all in the name of economic development, or some other excuse.
 
Hey there.
Over here it's the other way around: we can get these bikes for a lot less and with a lot less effort than a cruiser.
As to the link I sent, that's grain mill that started working in 1918. The engine is a producer-gas Hornsby Stockport bought in 1917. The other machnery you can see is meant for cleaning the grain and for milling it.
You can also see the engine at http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Stockport_Gas_Engine_Works
Keep it up.
 
Re: Another job for me! (or maybe not!)

Hey there guys.
This is how the bike turned out:



Not my favourite kind of work, but my friend is happy with it.
I just think that we must be more careful when considering "restoring" something. Maybe we should think more about preserving things as they are. Maybe we should only make them functional and assure that the the touch of time stays on a given object, because, in the end, it's that touch of time that made us value it. Live by the Oily Rag philosophy: http://www.oily-rag.net/

Give it a thought and check this one out: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=76380
 

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