Adler

skoda · Feb 10, 2009

Ad said this is a '41 Adler, but I looked at this bike last Summer and I doubt it is that new. The old fella selling it offered to let me ride it! Said he rode it down the street and back the week before. The metal clad wood 28's held air (and a 200lb at least rider).

I'll probably throw the wheelset on my 25 Elgin and put a pair of crusty old tire-less rims on the Adler. Hang it in the garage on display.

Kind of a cool tidbit, Adler employed Ignaz Schwinn around the turn of the century, so this is sort of a pre-A.S. Schwinn.

Oh, I'm going to need a new dress to go along with it.

user 135 · Feb 10, 2009

Cool ladies bike. Is that a lock on the coaster brake arm? Funky geometry, I would swear that bike could be Dutch.

muddywater04 · Feb 10, 2009

cool looking bike, its in alot better shape than this adler....

sensor · Feb 10, 2009

nice score! now just stay out of those twisters while ridding it and youll be golden!

skoda · Feb 10, 2009

I couldn't pass up a good 28" wheel and tire combo for the price, way less than listed. I have no idea what the thing on the brake is. The spoon brake up front works!

Boardtrack fan · Feb 10, 2009

My friends dad had a Adler car. It was supposedly the only one in the states. The funny thing is years after he sold it I was talking to the owner of a company I worked for and the Adler came up for some reason. Turns out he knew how the car came to America. He was working for a company on the west side of Michigan that made the car bodies for woody wagons and wood sided cars. They imported the Adler to reverse engineer the convertible top mechanism. This was just after WWII. My friends dad sold the car for a relatively small amount and the buyer restored it and sold it for huge money. Just some useless trivia!