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  1. Rebel_56

    Unser racing museum

    Well for those that know I've been through some rough few weeks. Surgery followed by a bad car accident. Thought since I'm broken up right now I'd share these pics I took before all this chaos happened. I just moved to new mexico and they have the unser racing museum. Awesome cars, hot rods and...
  2. Rebel_56

    You guys killed it this year

    this is my brown nosing post, I looked at this site for years as im sure most others have before joining. I have no form of social media whatsoever. I always looked on here for inspiration and just to waste time. Finally joining last year to buy a prewar bike actually. Since then my free time is...
  3. Rebel_56

    Does anyone have a mead motobike?

    im paying sensor to make me truss rods for my late 20s mead motobike. If anyone has one could you please take a pic of the truss rod bracket that attaches to the headtube from the front and from the top of the headtube please. I had to special order materials and it adds up fast so I want to...
  4. Rebel_56

    Front hub question

    i payed to have a 70 year old wheel set over hauled and I should've known better. The guy put two different size bearings in the front hub and the axel sits loose and winds itself tight to the point that it won't move. I've pulled all the bearings out my question is how tight do I pack the...
  5. Rebel_56

    Walmart columbia 700c

    Has anyone rode or owned the columbia bicycle with 700c wheels at Walmart for $108??? I ask because I'm thinking of buying one only for the wheels to use on a 1920s motobike I want to make a rider out of. $108 for the wheels alone is good plus tires and tubes included. Are the wheels worthy...
  6. Rebel_56

    Help with bearings

    ok here I am again with another dumb question lol. Prewar bearing sizes. I got 2 1920s motobikes that were sent to me with no bearings. All the bearings I have in stock are modern sized and too small to fill the cups in the headset. I've looked online and there's wald bearings advertised as...
  7. Rebel_56

    i fought the bike and the bike won

    thought id share this so everyone can laugh at my expense. I was just working on a pre war frame and my seat post was hitting on something in the seat tube. I felt around with a flat head and then curiosity killed the kat and I stuck my finger in the tube. Maybe I'm suffering from the nearly 100...
  8. Rebel_56

    28 inch wheel question

    i just bought a late 20s early 30s elgin camelback set up. It's a 28 inch wheelbase bike. I learned the hard way buying prewar tires for my other 28 inch bike that those tires are so much money. With that said I was thinking of just getting a set of 700c wheels and 28x1.5 tires. But I'm seeing...
  9. Rebel_56

    Dyno ultra glide questions

    whats going on RRB world. So I got a friend who has a flawless dyno ultra glide with the tank and it's in amazing condition. He wants to trade me for a mid 50s schwinn I have and said he'd give me the bike a set of old drop center rims with new departure front and rear hub and some cash. I'm...
  10. Rebel_56

    Crossbrace handlebars

    ok dumb question but I need to know. I bought a repop prewar crossbrace handlebar off ebay. How the heck do I take the crossbar off so I can mount it?
  11. Rebel_56

    spaceliner? and 1941 hawthorne

    so ive become known as the bike guy in my neighborhood and i guess all the free tuneup help to the local kids my good deeds paid off. the father of one of my daughters friends hooked me up with these two finds. i believe one to be a womans spaceliner and the other is a 1941 mens skiptooth...
  12. Rebel_56

    Question about middleweights bikes

    i just bought the 57 columbia frame setup from tanksalot and I guess it's a middleweight. I collect balloon tires and am a lil uneducated on the middleweights. My question is I guess the bike takes a 26x1.75 tire. I was wondering if I could run a kenda k130 tire. It's a 26x2.125 tire but I've...
  13. Rebel_56

    Help mounting front wheel on prewar fork

    i have a 34 rollfast I just gave a makeover too and I'm struggling trying to get the front wheel on. The fork is the kind where one end is open like a normal fork to insert the axel but the other side is closed off with only a hole for the axel to slide through. I've thrown every wrench I got...
  14. Rebel_56

    1946 challenger

    so ive had this for quite some time. i do not like to repaint old bikes but this one was too gone.. oxidization process turned the original red into a peach color (no self respecting man with his entire body tattooed should be on a pinkish bike) and the top bar was sanded down to metal. with...
  15. Rebel_56

    rust rat hiawatha

    I got this for my birthday last monday.shes a gambles hiawatha i have no idea the year i was told 1959 but im assuming the 60s. the bike is nice and rusty, sanded it smooth and cleared it to keep it ratty. switched out the middleweight wheels to some ballooners, changed out the neck and added...
  16. Rebel_56

    firestone.. need help with info on this

    my neighbor just came over and dropped this off to me. i have no knowledge about these kind of bikes. its a firestone the chain guard says warrior.. does anyone have any info on this do you know the year of production. all my bikes are from the 1920s thru 1959 im lost on these kinda bikes..
  17. Rebel_56

    my 1939 westfield

    i bought this frame off a member a couple of months ago. the frame and fork are original paint and the frame is super solid no dents no kinks just an awesome frame. i decided to build within my budget and go for an every day rider. the wheels are off a columbia newsboy with 12 gauge heavy duty...
  18. Rebel_56

    Shimming forks. please help

    so I have a prewar that's being a punk. The forks are loose and have a lil play once the neck is in. I don't need a reducer the forks are original to the frame and I'm using the original headset. What the heck do I do? A buddy said take some soda cans and beef up the tube to the fork but I don't...
  19. Rebel_56

    Any Elgin experts that can help?

    i have my eye on a '36 Elgin. I'm attaching 2 pics I'm hoping someone can steer me right. Are the bottom bar and seat tube bar correct? Has this been re-welded or is it legit??
  20. Rebel_56

    Whats your garage look like

    some call us hoarders i say collectors. lets see what everyones garage looks like :)
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