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Aaaaand we have a springer. Now hopefully there's enough room to get a fender up in there...

Little stuff: Swapped out the grips for some white Western Flyer grips and cleaned the whitewalls a little. Bigger news: I have acquired a working rat trap springer. Head tubes measure the same (thanks for the info @rickpaulos ) so I am assuming it will be a straightforward swap. I'm kind of...

THANK YOU! The head tube of the bike I want to use it on is somewhere between 5 1/4 and 5 3/8 inches by my tape measure, so it looks promising. YES.

THAT'S AWESOME! I never would have ventured down that rabbit hole. But now you got me wondering... Monster robots? 1985? Was this like an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of Transformers? ok, after spending three minutes in Wikipedia: Transformers: Generation 1 (also known as Generation...

Thanks, I appreciate it. Is that the big thread on The CABE? I checked that thread and didn't find anything definitive, except that the girls bike I am looking to rob the fork from is a 1965 Deluxe based on the serial number (seller posted a pic). That's actually a really great resource for...

I am hoping someone with easy access to a girls Spaceliner frame can do me a solid. I want to use the rat trap springer off a girls Spaceliner on the bike I am working on now, which is also made by Murray. The head tube measures 5 1/4 inches without bearing cups, or 5 7/8 inches at the outsides...

thanks all!

Do Histop hubs use the standard Bendix-type sprocket with the snap ring and the 3 little nubs that fit into the notches on the hub? I am about to buy a 20t sprocket on Amazon but I want to make sure I'm getting the right type.

WHOA. Now that went surprisingly well... I have been researching what parts are missing off this bike. Along with the whole front end and guard, there was this cool looking rear fender spear and reflector that are MIA: Now, I have been tinkering with some very basic 3D design software that I...

Daylight: Not only did the tires hold air all night, but after taking off the noisy hub shiners, this thing was dead silent on a trip around the block. (Well, except for the squeaky old seat.) And the speedometer works. Now, I have been told that the Monark train headlight and deep fender are...

I don't know that this is a build so much as me picking away at what was once a beautiful bike in an effort to make it less tragic. I posted this in Fresh Finds not long ago: After a couple of hours removing half of Wal-Mart's bike accessories aisle and wiping down with a dry rag, it looked a...

HAHAHAHA! fellow Islanders unite. Get a bacon/egg/cheese with salt/pepper/ketchup on a roll for me

Patchogue! I grew up in Huntington Station, went to school in Stony Brook, still have family in Holbrook and Islip, and my parents recently moved to Ridge. Sometimes I get nostalgic for the Island... anytime we go home to visit I still listen to WBAB :cool:

I'm originally from Long Island, and I'm now in Pennsylvania, so that's part of why Ross bikes are special to me. And I gotta say I'm impressed with your ability to identify those stickers :cool: edit: I thought I saw what looked like Certs breath mints in that last one so I Googled "wacky...

Cleaned up pretty good. I won't be taking it on any long distance rides, but it'll make a fun little cruiser for car shows or flea markets.

Buddy of mine has a pool cleaning business. He saw this in a customer's yard and picked it up for me for the cost of a case of Old Milwaukee. Well, what do we have here? A Bluetooth front axle! The headset has me perplexed. It's like a prehistoric kiddie version of a threadless headset...

Nice. I still have my old Jubilee Sport from high school, probably around 1985-86. It's been hanging in the shed forever, you have reminded me that maybe I should get it out and air up the tires and see if it all still works.

Agreed, it's crushing my soul.

So I posted about this 1953 Western Flyer I picked up from a coworker. Well, now I had to take the day off to be here for the HVAC guys to come do some repairs, so I spent the last hour or two removing lights and racks and reflectors and mirrors and wiping the barn dirt off with a dry rag. I...

Ahhh, the rims. They are definitely not original. The good news is that they match on both bikes. But they are newer replacement units. Both rear hubs are Histop. These are on the X-53; the ones on the girls' bike are not exactly the same but similar. They will certainly work to get me...