Hello Everybody!
I've always liked vintage stuff no matter what it is, but the vintage bike bug got a hold on me and here I am. It started out with a causual mention by my wife last Spring (Spring 2011) that she would like to have one of those "old-fashioned bikes with a coaster brake and NO speeds" (iow...a cruiser). I tried to come up with something by her birthday in July 2011, but things don't move that fast in the vintage bike word I'm finding. Unhappy with anything off the shelf, I started collecting vintage bikes to restore since last summer (unbeknownst to her). A couple of weeks ago I scored a 1953 Schwinn Panther that had been sitting beside a older gentleman's shed for the past 25 years or so. It's rough, but I know now that it's time to begin restoring. In all, I have eight bikes, five of which are vintage bikes that I want to restore; I have lots of question and will need lots of guidance.
First thing I need to do is figure out how to post a pic on this forum using the Img button. I'm not normally this computer illiterate. Perhaps someone can help me with that. I don't even know what a couple of these bikes are, but I'm sure someone will, once I can get some pics posted.
I've always liked vintage stuff no matter what it is, but the vintage bike bug got a hold on me and here I am. It started out with a causual mention by my wife last Spring (Spring 2011) that she would like to have one of those "old-fashioned bikes with a coaster brake and NO speeds" (iow...a cruiser). I tried to come up with something by her birthday in July 2011, but things don't move that fast in the vintage bike word I'm finding. Unhappy with anything off the shelf, I started collecting vintage bikes to restore since last summer (unbeknownst to her). A couple of weeks ago I scored a 1953 Schwinn Panther that had been sitting beside a older gentleman's shed for the past 25 years or so. It's rough, but I know now that it's time to begin restoring. In all, I have eight bikes, five of which are vintage bikes that I want to restore; I have lots of question and will need lots of guidance.
First thing I need to do is figure out how to post a pic on this forum using the Img button. I'm not normally this computer illiterate. Perhaps someone can help me with that. I don't even know what a couple of these bikes are, but I'm sure someone will, once I can get some pics posted.