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Here is a nice set of truss rods from an early 50s girls Columbia Ballooner. Nickel plating is in good condition, and the plastic rocket tips are on the upper mount bracket. $30 plus shipping Paypal works for me, let me know if you have any questions.

Here are a few tanks for your rat projects. The white one is from a girls Murray/Higgins. Has the light guts, battery tray and switch. $20 plus shipping Blue convertible tank is from a kids bike $15 plus shipping Last one is another kids tank $10 plus shipping Buy all three and shipping is on...

Here is a schwinn trike rear end and a 2 speed Bendix triple red band kickback trike hub. This is the only hub like this I have seen. Was gonna build a cool rat trike but never got a round to it. $100 plus shipping for the hub and rear end. PayPal or USPS money order

Here is a cool set of skirt guards that you don't see often. They are off of a 40s hawthorne. Clip on design makes them easy to fit on your bike. $80 plus shipping. Nice set of peaked Gothic fenders from the same bike. Couple of small dings but overall pretty nice. $35 plus shipping, $110 if...

Here is a Bendix 2 speed Kickback Hub. Hub was in an S-7 wheel on a rider but the rim was pretty tweaked. It braked and shifted when I removed it, but I never rebuilt it. 36 hole hub from a 26" wheel. I saved the spokes when I pulled it out of the wheel and they come with the hub, they are...

Here is a decent wheelset that is from a Schwinn tandem, same as Klunker 5. Wheels are double knurled chrome S-2s with heavy gauge spokes. Front wheel is in good shape but has an area with some brake burn on the sidewall. Rear wheel has a small curb ding but chrome is shiny on both wheels. Rear...

Up for sale is a Bendix Red Band 2 speed kickback hub. Hub needs to be re-greased. I bought it for a project and never used it. Chrome is a little pitted but I have not tried to clean it. 36 hole hub $55 plus shipping in the US, Paypal or USPS money order. PM if interested or id you have...

Here is my entry ...1941? Elgin Hard to believe that I am number 47 on the list and the build-off has been official for lets see... :shock: 1 day :shock: I am building this around a set of wheels that I got from another RRB member. In fact lots of the parts came from folks I have connected...

My son is into anything Army related so he asked if we could build an army themed bike. He helped with the build, I finished it up and gave iot to him on his sixth B-day. I got the bones of an early fifties Murray 20" ballooner from another forum member OZ. the wheels and the skip tooth...

I got a couple of cool gifts this christmas that I thought you guys and gals would appreciate. The first one is from my lovely wife who tolerates my hoarding behavior quite well :oops: . I just started a small business repairing bikes. She had a mutual friend draw up this logo and gave it to me...

Every year for the past 20 years I make a fall trip to Southern Utah. It usually is right before Turkey day. For the last 10 years my wife has been going with me. Here are a few pics from this years trip :mrgreen: One of them shows a pretty good sized buck that we spooked up on one of our...

I started to build this bike for the space buildoff, but life got in the way and it never got done. In fact it barely got started. If nobody has an issue I would like some incentive to finish it and build off #4 is just the incentive I need. Here is what I am staring with, Western Flyer X53 with...

Check out the home made Bday card Uncle Stretch sent me :D Maybe he should start Paulmark greeting cards :wink: Ba dum bum Unc was looking for a spring to repair a seat and I happened to have one. He jokingly said that he would send me some $s in a Bday card. I replied that my birthday was...

A friend asked me to look for a tandem that she could give as a gift to her boyfriend. I didn't have any leads, but I did have some old frames in the bone pile. The boys bikes both were damaged pretty bad, but luckily the portion of the frames that I needed was OK. Here is a pic of the bones...

I missed the Klunker build because I was too busy, but things are slow so here we go. The only spaceliner I have is too nice to rat so I dug out this Western Flyer X-53 from the project pile, hopefully its spacey enough :) Tentative parts list; Skirt guards from a ladies JC Higgins. Nexus 3...

Found these two bikes at a local garage sale. One is a Kastan and the other is a CW racing. According to the guy I got them from they are late 80s era. Anybody have any info and maybe an approximate value?

Here are a couple of bikes that were in a bunch of stuff I purchased. These things were rat before rat was where its at 8) Prewar Schwinn DX with cool flying star badge Prewar Schwinn straightbar check out the grips. The guy I bought the lot from said that when he originally got the bike it...

I just bought a whole bunch of bikes. My wife thinks I am out of my skull, but you guys understand "Right?" I had heard about a semi trailer load of old bikes from a coupl of friends, and I finally managed to contact the owner. He was planning on selling the property and the semi trailer so he...

Here are the final pics of the bike. I had a ton of fun building and watching the progress on other builds. Thanks Rat Rod for all the time and effort that you put in on the forum :D The pics are taken by my next Rat project in my own private junkyard. It will have more than a just meat motor 8)