Another late night browsing Kijiji yesterday turned into this loopy lady in a trade with a nice fella from the neighborhood who aired her up and rode her over this morning.
I spent the afternoon cleaning her up just a bit and taking her for a good little spin myself. She had been out of service for many years waiting in the shadows of a garage covered in grease and grime.
The guy I traded with told me he got the bike from an old timer who remembered seeing his mother riding it as early as 1939.
It's a Standard Cycle brand from here in Toronto, a company's whose history I am not yet aware.
The factors that drew me in were it being a brand and frame style I've not owned, the odometer and the fairly solid looking paint work that I thought would be fun to revive.
I then noticed the solid and shapely stem, swoopy nickel (I think) plated bars, ND rear hub and reflector that I've not seen before.
I spent the afternoon cleaning her up just a bit and taking her for a good little spin myself. She had been out of service for many years waiting in the shadows of a garage covered in grease and grime.
The guy I traded with told me he got the bike from an old timer who remembered seeing his mother riding it as early as 1939.
It's a Standard Cycle brand from here in Toronto, a company's whose history I am not yet aware.
The factors that drew me in were it being a brand and frame style I've not owned, the odometer and the fairly solid looking paint work that I thought would be fun to revive.
I then noticed the solid and shapely stem, swoopy nickel (I think) plated bars, ND rear hub and reflector that I've not seen before.
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