10 buck klunker

[LarzBahrs]

I went out to the local bicycle kitchen which is a place where people donate and build bikes to sell at low costs to help the homeless and the surrounding community with their bicycle needs. They also have a bunch of classes to show how to do stuff for free. Any how, I was poking around in their back yard parts area which is full of depo store stuff at the moment and I came across this weird thing! Its a clipper by columbia and the model is a beach clipper 10? It has heavy duty rims front and back with a ukai drum brake out back. The seat is a sweet messinger and the hunt wilde grips are clay red!!! Ive never seen those!! Ive never seen another clipper like this scouring all over the net, could someone give me a rough date of when this was made?

 

[Henry morgan]

no idea on the day .. crank set looks middle 70's to me .. the seat looks older than that
and I dont think that for came with it... but I have no idea.. I am just here for the
barber chairs. ......... I say its a score for 10 bones..

 

[Green Dragon]

Love that frame, different geometry.

nice find.

 

[LarzBahrs]

Im pretty sure its early 80's maybe even late 79. The drum brake and the frame style is just odd for a late 80s bicycle.

 

[eparsons]

Make a great BMX cruiser

 

[old_skool]

Looks like a 1982 Columbia Clipper 10 "All Terrain Cruiser". It appears to be mostly original (even the seat).

Here's a picture from the 1982 Columbia catalog... very cool find for $10.

Similar to other BMX / beach cruiser style bikes of the era. The frame was their "heavy duty" cantilever.

 

[RyanPartridge]

Cool find. Congrats. 8)