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I just remembered... I had the same frame before, and mine didn't have the rear brake hole either. For what it's worth.

Congrats. Wheel lacing is a lot of fun, at least for me. I learned by copying other wheels and via this lovely forum we have here. :mrgreen: To anyone that is afraid to try... be afraid no more! It's really not as scary as it seems at first. There are some super accurate spoke calculators on...

You are fortunate in that these aren't super rare. :wink: Parts shouldn't be too hard to find via this site, ebay, or thecabe... I believe, but do not know with 100% certainty, that Musselman made the "Elgin" and "JC Higgins" branded hubs that sport the air cooling fins on the hub shell. There...

Re: Fat Flyte I love the Ford. Good to know that the crack will be fixed properly.

Tasteful. I love it! :mrgreen:

Can't wait to get working on those. Thanks Nick. Got some new wheels coming too; going bomber style with some coaster brake wheels. They had to be beefy enough for this frame, though, so I bought these Worksman wheels from Tulsacruiser:

Re: SubaDrew's fresh finds - Wald bars and Suzuki - 8-15-11 The blue JC Higgins is most likely a '57. That particular model was the deluxe toward the end of '57, after the jet flo production run ended. It basically replaced the jet flo. I don't honestly know if they made these into '58 (I think...

I'm pretty certain that you've got an H.P Snyder built frame. :wink: The dropouts, looped upper rear stay, twin top tubes, and fork crown all look like Snyder stuff, at least. It could have been a Rollfast or Hawthorne among others; the former was the house brand of H.P. Snyder and the second...

Looks better already, Walker! Just super glad to see it go to someone who can actually use it. THANK YOU for all the stuff you brought over. I will be well stacked with projects for months. :mrgreen: Hoping to fix the Suburban up to use as a campus crawler and I have good things in store for...

Beautiful. It would look PERFECT with some black w/ white pinstripe ballooner wheels...

Classy! You did an extraordinary job on these.

I wasn't even close :lol:

Re: Sealed bearing coaster brake prototype I think that Velosteel coaster brake hubs are made using the same equipment that produced the old Fitchel & Sachs Komet Super hubs. I think whoever is making them bought out F&S. Although, I could be thinking of Sram; I think they had something to do...

Re: BIKE TRAGEDY Still sorry about this too :( Let me know if I have anything you need.

Re: Fat Flyte I would love to have one of these... When you described this as the '32 Ford of CCM's I think you hit the nail square on the head. These are CLASSIC. Can't wait to see it built up...

It's a Murray frame. :wink:

That's mean looking Jeff! :mrgreen: Those are, without a doubt, some sick wheels. I will be watching this.

Yessir, that's what made me guess Westfield on this one actually! :mrgreen: I just looked at mine again tonight and I feel pretty confident that yours is a Westfield too. I can take some pictures for comparison, if that would be helpful. Edit: That front fender kinda looks aluminum, I think...

Sweet! It does remind me of an Iverson dragstripper. Could you post some pictures of the coaster brake hub? I'm curious what brand it is, looks kinda interesting...

Yep, looks H.P. Snyder made to me, not Colson/Evans. Snyder built Rollfast bikes (Rollfast was the house brand) and also made the bikes sold by Montgomery Wards stores (Hawthorne). Clearly, they made bikes for other distributors as well... I think "Derby" was a hardware store bike, but I don't...