I ran into a guy I know at Goodwill today, I've been friends with his extended family for years, and he mentions he has a few bikes to get rid of. He says "one of them has the old wooden wheels..." that's all I need to hear. I knew from his ex-wife that he was a bit of a hoader (ok, a lot of a hoarder), and I know he has at least some stuff of value, so I'd been wanting to check his place out, so off we went.
The wooden wheeled bike turned out to be a bit of a bust, or rather just busted. Not sure if there's too much useable off of it, but I took it off his hands anyway. Skiptooth and truss fork parts at least, and maybe the wooden rims can be saved (spokes busted everywhere). I haven't measured yet, but the rims look to be 28" or larger:
Forgot to mention, it WAS a boys bike that someone converted to a girls... :roll:
I'm sure someone can ID this sprocket, or the rear hub:
Close-up of the wheel:
Next up was a tandem, made by the Ret Bar Cycle company of Sun City AZ:
Has some decent heavy duty wheels on it, and it looks kinda cool. I've never messed with a tandem before.
Also picked up thes girls Schwinn Bantam, because it looked like it needed a warm spot to sleep and a bowl of chicken-noodle soup:
Thought I'd hit the jackpot on these until I realized they were probably off a moped:
Grimeca mags with drum brakes. Still desireable, just not what I had hoped when I first saw them. I've seen at least one cool BMX build online that used a pair of them though...stole this picture off of the BMX museum, I think:
Anyway, It's worth going back to look when the weather is a little bit better. He had close to a dozen Huffy-type bikes half buried in the side yard, but I left those for the scrapper. If I don't keep them, the mags may pay for the entire haul.
The wooden wheeled bike turned out to be a bit of a bust, or rather just busted. Not sure if there's too much useable off of it, but I took it off his hands anyway. Skiptooth and truss fork parts at least, and maybe the wooden rims can be saved (spokes busted everywhere). I haven't measured yet, but the rims look to be 28" or larger:
Forgot to mention, it WAS a boys bike that someone converted to a girls... :roll:
I'm sure someone can ID this sprocket, or the rear hub:
Close-up of the wheel:
Next up was a tandem, made by the Ret Bar Cycle company of Sun City AZ:
Has some decent heavy duty wheels on it, and it looks kinda cool. I've never messed with a tandem before.
Also picked up thes girls Schwinn Bantam, because it looked like it needed a warm spot to sleep and a bowl of chicken-noodle soup:
Thought I'd hit the jackpot on these until I realized they were probably off a moped:
Grimeca mags with drum brakes. Still desireable, just not what I had hoped when I first saw them. I've seen at least one cool BMX build online that used a pair of them though...stole this picture off of the BMX museum, I think:
Anyway, It's worth going back to look when the weather is a little bit better. He had close to a dozen Huffy-type bikes half buried in the side yard, but I left those for the scrapper. If I don't keep them, the mags may pay for the entire haul.
