FloCycle - Hawthorne AirFlow

[kingfish254]

Got the FloCycle frame and forks in today.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Sweet! Arm and a leg?

Carl.

 

[kingfish254]

Sweet! Arm and a leg?

Carl.

Well, it's a long story.
I traded Firewing for a Silver King last year.
Sold the Silver King here to a fellow RRBer
A few weeks later I used part of that money to buy this FloCycle frame from the same RRBer
Circle of life

 

[user 135]

How many YSD or FSD's ?

 

[willswares1220]

What a cool build that will make!!

That 30's frame looks like it's in great condition also.

 

[kingfish254]

 

[kingfish254]

How many YSD or FSD's ?

I just remembered that I got the 1953 Columbia 3 Star that I built Firewing with in a trade for just a Columbia Firebolt bugeye tank.
So in FSD$ (Fred Sanford Dollars), I got this frame for $25.

 

[kingfish254]

 

[that70sguy]

How you gonna build it with one arm , or ride it missing a leg...lol
J/k , shes a beauty cant wait to see it built.

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[B607]

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What's the flat plate in the lower left of the drawing? Does that flex or something? I'm not getting what it's for. Gary

 

[The Renaissance Man]

What's the flat plate in the lower left of the drawing? Does that flex or something? I'm not getting what it's for. Gary

Yes, it's spring steel. Notice that the rear dropouts have pivot bolts also.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Great looking frame Brian. What are your plans?

 

[kingfish254]

What's the flat plate in the lower left of the drawing? Does that flex or something? I'm not getting what it's for. Gary

That is a set of three leaf springs. Also the curved aluminum seat stays have steel rod inside of them so that the whole rear end works like a spring.

 

[kingfish254]

Great looking frame Brian. What are your plans?

Right now my only plans are to stare at it and drool.

 

[kingfish254]

Glad I was able to get this frame. I surely couldn't afford a complete one.
This minty complete one is going for over $3K on the bay with a Buy it Now of $4500

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1937-Hawtho...id=100005&rk=4&rkt=6&mehot=pp&sd=281777112533

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Those bikes where only made for 24" wheels right?

 

[kingfish254]

Those bikes where only made for 24" wheels right?

They were only made WITH 24" wheels, but 26" wheels do fit fine in them.

There was a Silver King 26X that shared some of the frame design elements, but not the leaf spring. I believe only the 26X and the Hex Tube were the only 26" wheeled aluminum Silver Kings.

 

[kingfish254]

Saving this idea for future reference. I may build this frame out like James Dean's Porsche

 

[Big Ape]

Shucks, that ain't nothing but Flexy 2.0 !! Just wait 'til I go home and tell him he was replaced by some high falootin' aluminium contraption !

 

[kingfish254]

Got this cool Zeppelin guard from @American Vintage Bicycle Supply that may end up on my AirFlow / FloCycle.