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Me and a buddy of mine just went picking today from a guys who deals with a lot of car parts. He had 5 or 6 old bikes laying around that we picked up. I was able to pick up a Monark Silver King and a Columbia, my buddy picked up a pre-war skip-tooth Hawthorne. Really decent shape for their...

So you say a letter should precede those numbers? I'll check that again. Do you know what letter denotes which years? Fryguy

Thanks Jen, your a fellow HAMB'er. I'm in Aces and Eights with Jerry L and George and Scott Jr. Dave Walter was but left for the Gasket goons. Having a new RUmble at the Canal on Oct 15, 2011 at the Mont Clare Canal. Hope you can make it. Fryguy

Cool, thanks for the info. Now I won't feel bad swapping that front end onto my JC Higgins rat bike :lol:

So you are saying the front end is not the stock match for the Cleveland frame?

Just picked up a few bikes on a recent hunt. I picked up a couple complete prewar ladies bikes, a Keystone and a Higgins Colorflow. I also picked up a cool Clevend Welding Company frame with a skiptooth crank and really cool springer front end. Trying to date this frame as there is a 6 digit...

I believe you, I really do, but I wasn't looking to get into the retail bike business :D Just putting a post in the Bike talk section about one of my adventures. Theres not really any money in selling whole bikes. You need to break them down and part them out to make any money, not...

Ok, I did make it up to the bike hoarders place. Nice guys but he didn't want me taking pictures. He thought that If I took pictures people would know where his place was and try to steal his stuff :roll: I tell ya some of these hoarders have a different view on things. He did have...

Yes, hopefully its not a exercise in futility. I think it will be a good trip. I have seen some of the complete bikes my buddy has gotten from this bike man. They are ratty but complete balloon bikes. A couple even had springer front ends. Very cool stuff. Hopefully I can capture some of...

Yes, that might be a better choice. Unfortunately I only have a Cell phone video camera, think that maybe more annoying than effective :lol:

Hey guys, just to let you know my buddy is going to take me to one of the hidden Bike mecca's in SE Pa. There is an older gentleman who is a bike hoarder and has been collecting bikes since the 70's. He says he literaly has 100's of bicycles and 1000's of bike parts all over his house...

I'll try to get some more info from my buddy on the hubs.

Thanks for the warm welcome guys. I really like the old bikes. You can really let you imagination shine through. Its an inexpensive hobby to get into thats very rewarding. CCR, with the economy these days, you can pick up a hot rod project fairly cheap, Lot of early Ford F1 trucks out...

My buddy tells me that the box is marked with all the Bendix markings. He mentions one box says 3 speed 36 hole hubs. I'll get him to get all the proper information. Who knows it may all be the bendix junk hubs and thats why its been on the shelf for years. Fryguy

My friend has been cleaning out an old bicycle shop that has been closed since the 80's. He ran across some NOS sealed boxes of Bendix redline hubs. a few boxes are 36 hole and a few are 24 hole. Now he says they are 3 speed hubs but I think they are coaster brake hubs. I am not an expert...

Hi guys, just wanted to drop an intro on you guys as I have been lurking around here for the past few months. I live in South East Pennsylvania and I have a 26 inch JC Higgins Balloon rat that I built the end of this past summer from cast off parts from an old bike store I have been helping a...