can anyone out there in ratrod land ID these bikes?

[roland365]

looking to pick them up but dont know who made them..bike experts please lmk









both have same style chainring

 

[udallcustombikes]

First one is a Snyder built bike. Probably wore a Hawthorne badge, might have been their house brand of Rollfast. Mid 60's era. Here is one I had a while back.

The second is a Murray built ladies Spaceliner style bike. Could have worn many badges- JC Higgins, Sears, Western Flyer...

Their sprockets are similar, but if you look at the inner most ring of cut outs you will see the Murray built is ovals and the Snyder built is triangles.

 

[roland365]

oh cool...i knew some would be able to point it out. are they worth picking up? i have never really heard of the snyder brand

 

[udallcustombikes]

Rollfast bicycycles have a long and complex history that has close ties between two different company. The D.P. Harris Hardware and Manufacturing Company originated the name in the 1890′s, and later teamed up with the H.P. Snyder Manufacturing Company in the early 1900′s. Snyder was the primary manufacturer of the bicycles, while Harris provided some of the parts and marketed them. During the Great Depression, Snyder began manufacturing bicycles for other retailers such as Montgomery Ward who sold them under the Hawthorne name. Some sought after Snyder built Rollfast bicycles are the V-200 model and the Hopalong Cassidy bicycles. Snyder built Rollfast bicycles well into the 1970′s.

Just a little info on them. My current project is a Snyder built '32 Rollfast.

 

[roland365]

Do you have a pic of the headbadge...it seems to look the same but not sure

 

[udallcustombikes]

Do you have a pic of the headbadge...it seems to look the same but not sure

Don't have a good post cleaning pic, but here is a dirty pic.

 

[roland365]

oh yeah.looks nothing like the headbadge...the bike badge is totally worn off...no sign of any print on it....do u recognize the shape by chance?

 

[udallcustombikes]

Have a better pic of the badge? The bike I posted was sold to a friend, but I am working to facilitate the sale of it and it is going to pass briefly through my hands again and I can snap some more pics of it if you want.

 

[roland365]

i can try and get one but its blank. no print on it at all. here is a bigger pic if it helps

 

[udallcustombikes]

I believe they are the same badge. Hard to tell from my pic, but they are the same shape and the brighter frame around your badge matches the black frame on mine.

 

[roland365]

i dont think its the same...this one is this shape..

 

[udallcustombikes]

That is the way mine was.

 

[roland365]

oh looks different in the other pic. ill get a closeup tomorrow...any where i can see other bikes?

 

[udallcustombikes]

Here is a link to the thread for my bike, viewtopic.php?f=21&t=31434&hilit=+robin

And here is a Western Flyer badged version of your girls bike that I had briefly

 

[roland365]

love the bike....cant wait to start working on mine....

 

[roland365]

Think 40 bux is good for that bike?

 

[Rustinkerer]

Think 40 bux is good for that bike?

That's a decent deal. The other bike is a JC Higgins Flightliner, 1960-64. The two tone chainguard is the main thing that ID's it differently than the many other Murray built bikes with that frame. Also, I have one like the first bike, though mine is more ragged!

It has a "tank" that's more like a big paperclip! -Adam

 

[roland365]

i didnt get it...its still there but i am still messing with a starjet right now....i got to get a bigger storage