Well, I can across another batch of old, rough around the edges bikes courtesy of craigslist. These were in the barn at a horse farm a few miles away from Watkins Glen International. Nine bikes total (which made for quite a load in my Mountaineer), 6 of which were girl's bikes. But they were selling as a lot, so I took them all. Here they are when I unloaded them this afternoon.
Left to right, a Columbia "61 Special", a 24" Sears, a Ross Deluxe, a Rollfast, a Ross 10-speed, an English roadster-style Japanese bike called "Executive", some form of post-war Schwinn, a Murray Meteor Flite, and a little 20" girls bike.
The Columbia:
A middleweight, has chrome fenders, a horn tank, Mesinger saddle, a wire rear carrier. Says "61 Special" on the chain guard.
The Sears:
Has an aftermarket wire basket up front that was all sorts of trouble while loading and unloading.
The Ross Deluxe:
Not much to say, all surface rusted. Says Deluxe on the chainguard. The only noteworthy so far is that some put reflective tape all over it...
The Rollfast:
Another middleweight women's frame.
The 10-speed Ross:
Seems typical of '70s era 10-speed. Lugged frame, Shimano deraileurs, etc. I already don't like it; when I was carrying it upstairs, the fork/handlebars swung around & pinched my thumb, cutting it under the nail...
The Executive:
This bike's kinda neat. Has a three-piece crankset, caliper brakes, lugged frame, a two-speed hub with a twist grip (H-N-L positions), sprung saddle, and a fender set that has a distinct crease down the centerline. The front fender draws up to a round chromed tip.
The Schwinn:
Knobby tires, misassembled locking springer fork (no key though), has a Phantom-style chainguard, a stamped rear carrier with the cutout for a Phantom-tail light, badly brush painted. I haven't found a serial number on it yet - didn't see one on the dropout, the bottom bracket shell or the head tube. Might be filled in with paint, I suppose.
The Meteor Flite:
Tall ape hangers, stamped carrier, tank, bad repaint - including flames on the forks and redoing the original graphics by hand. I believe that this model is supposed to have a chrome bezel on the front of the tank that wraps around the headtube with twin headlights, and should have a wire carrier on the front, both features are now gone, along with its front fender.
And last, the 20" girls bike:
Kind of a cute thing, has a lugged frame, a bipod kickstand, North Road type handle bars.
And here they all are upstairs in my garage with my previous basement-find bikes.
I don't what I'll do with any or all of them yet. I couldn't pass up them up, although logic says I should've...
Left to right, a Columbia "61 Special", a 24" Sears, a Ross Deluxe, a Rollfast, a Ross 10-speed, an English roadster-style Japanese bike called "Executive", some form of post-war Schwinn, a Murray Meteor Flite, and a little 20" girls bike.
The Columbia:
A middleweight, has chrome fenders, a horn tank, Mesinger saddle, a wire rear carrier. Says "61 Special" on the chain guard.
The Sears:
Has an aftermarket wire basket up front that was all sorts of trouble while loading and unloading.
The Ross Deluxe:
Not much to say, all surface rusted. Says Deluxe on the chainguard. The only noteworthy so far is that some put reflective tape all over it...
The Rollfast:
Another middleweight women's frame.
The 10-speed Ross:
Seems typical of '70s era 10-speed. Lugged frame, Shimano deraileurs, etc. I already don't like it; when I was carrying it upstairs, the fork/handlebars swung around & pinched my thumb, cutting it under the nail...
The Executive:
This bike's kinda neat. Has a three-piece crankset, caliper brakes, lugged frame, a two-speed hub with a twist grip (H-N-L positions), sprung saddle, and a fender set that has a distinct crease down the centerline. The front fender draws up to a round chromed tip.
The Schwinn:
Knobby tires, misassembled locking springer fork (no key though), has a Phantom-style chainguard, a stamped rear carrier with the cutout for a Phantom-tail light, badly brush painted. I haven't found a serial number on it yet - didn't see one on the dropout, the bottom bracket shell or the head tube. Might be filled in with paint, I suppose.
The Meteor Flite:
Tall ape hangers, stamped carrier, tank, bad repaint - including flames on the forks and redoing the original graphics by hand. I believe that this model is supposed to have a chrome bezel on the front of the tank that wraps around the headtube with twin headlights, and should have a wire carrier on the front, both features are now gone, along with its front fender.
And last, the 20" girls bike:
Kind of a cute thing, has a lugged frame, a bipod kickstand, North Road type handle bars.
And here they all are upstairs in my garage with my previous basement-find bikes.
I don't what I'll do with any or all of them yet. I couldn't pass up them up, although logic says I should've...
