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Re: Found an old bike. Should we throw it out? I don't know where my son came up with his strange ideas. My car:

Re: Found an old bike. Should we throw it out? Thank you for those, Outskirts. It looks like someone brush painted it once, but the original paint visible underneath is just like what's shown in those ads. The reason I used the cute thread title about throwing it out, is that many of the...

Re: British Western Flyer Silverstone Flyer 5 speed Raleigh? I need to inspect it better looking for markings. It looks like it should be a good rider, someone replaced lots of parts on it. I'd just like to know anything about it since google came up completely dry. I didn't think it has too...

Re: British Western Flyer Silverstone Flyer 5 speed Raleigh? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? Lots of hits on this but no responses. I was stumped too!

I needed a good straight old cruiser for around the neighborhood. I found this rusty and neglected 59 Speedster which was just what I wanted- straight and unmolested: I gave it a good blaster soak and it came right apart with no drama. I am a big fan of oxalic acid now. It did an...

Re: Found an old bike. Should we throw it out? Thanks guys! Any info would be really helpful. The front and rear wheels both have New Departure hubs so I imagine they are old. The wheels don't look like Schwinn ones (that I'm familiar with) and I don't see any writing on them. We haven't...

What is this bike I bought? I've looked around and am pretty "google" proficient but can find nothing about his bike. It seems obviously British but I don't know who the maker was. Any ideas? From the decal, it was made as a 5-speed, but has modern Shimano componants What is this thing? How...

Just kidding. My 13 year old son just bought this yesterday. He likes it's hard earned patina and wants to respect it with a mechanical, but not cosmetic freshening, other than tires. Checking the serial number and looking around on-line, we believe it's a 1948 Schwinn B6. What do you think?

Hi all- I've lurked here for a while. I've always liked old bikes- even before they were cool. I bought my first old bike, a 52 Schwinn when I was about 13 in the 70's. It was rough and I took most of the parts off it and used them on other bikes. I carried the frame around for 30 years. My...