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I'd like to know what these are before I attempt to unload them. Sorry about the pic quality.

Picked this up a couple of weeks ago from CL after foolishly passing it up at the A2-Saline show a week earlier.Listed as a '61 straight bar it's a DX frame set with a Spitfire badge and nice original paint. Previous owner nabbed the skiptooth crankset & nothing else. With a production date of...

Got this one tonite from a scrap collector (trash night in my 'hood). Price was right (free). Wheels are 24 x 1 3/8, Bendix 70 coaster,Sears grips, comfy seat This is the only marking besides the BMA tag on the seat tube. Head sticker is gone, but going by the sprocket & chainguard, I bet it...

From the region in France known as Allentown, PA...the air pump brackets say 'Made in France' which is where the seller got the idea it was French. It's a Ross Professional Gran Tour & I just couldn't keep from forking over $20 at a yard sale for it. Maybe it's because my very first 2 wheeler...

Saw this on the CL...not much to say about it, I wonder about it's story, but not enough to buy it.. http://detroit.craigslist.org/bik/1169804502.html

I posted this in another thread of pics from Detroit Autorama, but I think it's crazy enough to be worthy of it's own thread. I don't know anything about it, other than it was in the bed of a '60's Ford Econoline pickup belonging to a local artist/pinstriper named Jeff Shea--I don't know him &...

On Christmas Day, 1960, my uncle recived a brand new green Schwinn Panther III, single speed, front & rear luggage racks, just the thing for paper route duties. At some point, no doubt inspired by a steady diet of Hot Rod & Cycle World magazines, he decided the fenders had to go--my grandpa...

I found a pile of forks--I grabbed the best ones & then there's this one: Can anybody tell me what it's from?

I found this well rusted Western Flyer under a tree on the way out the gate at Saline. There was still a price of $20 on it. I couldn't just leave it there, could I? Judging by the headbadge, what year is it approximately? There's also a couple of well preserved stickers on the seat tube: a...

It's been forever since I even lurked on this forum, but I thought I'd show off some finds. I had an old copper washing machine c1900's on CL for a while & mentioned that I'd gladly trade for old bikes. A woman called & asked if I'd be interested in "a big green bicycle built for 2...no name on...

This guy wants to know: http://detroit.craigslist.org/bik/435882126.html It's interesting, at least...

I slid the grips of some old bars from a trike of unknown origins today see it here http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewto ... 3bf94c9bcf there was a stamp of a chair surrounded by a circle where one of the grips was. I've never seen this before--what company was this?

Here goes nothin'...my first build off entry. A few weekends ago, after logging 10 miles on my trusty Typhoon around town, I spied something w/3 wheels in my neighbors' trash. He had trashpicked it himself, but found it needed a bit more work than he cared to do. It seems the previous...

I need a couple of custom pieces for a trike project I'm working on (details to come later). What I need are a couple of tubes that are flattened on the ends--like the truss rods on a Schwinn style springer. (come to think of it, I need a couple of those, too) What is that called & how is it...

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1970-Schwin ... 1401370470 Dude, make sure your garage is locked...

Can someone show me a closeup of the dropout of an older Schwinn cruiser w/factory deraileur? I have a '60 Panther that I am going to equip w/the old Shimano+Stik Shift from my deceased '68 Stingray. I figure there's 2 ways I can go--drill a hole in the dropout & weld a nut to the back, or weld...

Here's a deal on cl w/very little details: http://detroit.craigslist.org/bik/374463054.html it mentions a 3spd coaster--a Nexus? Is there any other kind still available? I think I will buy it for the back wheel & just donate the rest to http://www.backalleybikes.org

Check this out: http://detroit.craigslist.org/bik/367414631.html Can anyone shed some light on this?

This is my very first bike, back in my hands after 25 yrs... It's a Ross Barracuda 16. I don't know much about it, other than it was passed down to me at about age 4 from my cousin, 4 yrs my senior. This was what I learned on & rode untill I turned 7 in '82 & my folks bought me a new...

A couple of weeks back, Father's Day to be exact, I attended a big car show @ Greenfield Village (FYI, the Village was a pet project of Henry Ford--he collected all sorts of historic buildings & such like Abe Lincoln's courthouse, the Wright Brother's home & bike shop, etc, etc. back when nobody...