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Not sure if these have enough bite .

This is my latest reason why in my opinion EBay has gone down the tubes . Chinese drop shippers posing as US sellers !!! They dont even take the ad down when they are out of stock ! I purposefully purchased it twice off the same seller just to be refunded . I guess they don’t realize thier...

I bought this to try on the bars . Not using these bar caps though. I have somthing else in mind for that.

Of course this opportunity happens when the bike isn’t finished. Still had to take the photo though.

It’s on the road even though the bike isn’t finished I rode it 2 miles a mile in the back seat & a mile in the front seat . I’m changing the rear seat to match the front seat better . Ordering bar tape . Plus a few other things. One other thing worth mentioning this bike is freaking tall. I’m 6’...

I literally painted the bike to unpaint the bike . The idea was to fill the light pitting holes with matching white paint . I was also able to recover more of the original paint that was hiding under an old black repaint that was also remants . I wanted to do this and keep as much original paint...

Iver Johnson Wheels .

The best Modern Tubes IMO .

Rim strips .

Pedals for now ? Can’t find 1896 Pedals cheep .

Seats .

These ties are on the bike at the moment but I’m debating on changing them for a rounded edge tire set.

Back at it .

I did find this cool Number badge on the bike.

This is an attempt to ghost in some white paint ( I’m not out to paint the bike white .) This white will be reduced a lot more back to brown patina . I’m trying to show color remnants & leave patina . .

My wood grain metal wheels. These only came on early Iver Johnson bikes . I have to redo one area some ..... sanded at some point .

I’m playing around I matched the original remants of the white paint. I’m mixing two colors letting it get tacky . Them wiping it with goo gone just leaving enough to recreate remants of patina paint. Only because. TOC bikes were always black this bike was originally White ! The frame had been...

The tear down has started. Now do I a leave this bike the way it is or paint it ? A, paint white the original color and a major undertaking . As white never looks right as it did originally. B, Paint it Black it’s easy in comparison and most bikes were this color fitting this time. C , leave it...

Original ad . I’m going to try to duplicate this look . Being the set up bars seats ect . Bike was originally white I’ll likely just leave the patina with traces of original paint.

I decided to jump in the build off because I was planing on building this any way . This is a 1896 Barnes and Sterns rear steer Racing tandem . This bike could be one of the oldest build of bikes in build off history ??? The bike was $150 in 1896 . There’s a lot not correct on this bike . But...