It was attached to my seat.....

[Terry66]

So, I found the perfect seat for a build I am working on for a reasonable price. Only thing is this strange frame, fork, stem and bars were attached to it! Anyone have a clue what it is? The number on the crank housing looks like 214? The frame has a lot of surface rust, but appears to be solid....

I thought the stem was pretty cool

Looks like the truss rod supports were integrated into the fork

 

[MORTUNDEAD]

Wow! that is old! looks like prewar so could be rare. I want those handlebars! would you sell them?

 

[KJV]

i think thats a 30's Cleveland welding.
want to sell the frame ?p.m. me if so.

 

[MORTUNDEAD]

Yes if you sell the bars i call dibs. PM me.

 

[ratina]

Looks Cleveland Welding to me

 

[SSG]

I wonder what the brackets on the frame were added for, they don;t really seem to have been added as motor mounts.

 

[Terry66]

I am not sure on the brackets. Haven't decided if they are staying or going. I may incorporate them into my rat build. Maybe mount a shifter to the one in the back and use the front to mount a tank plate? Hard to say....I like the look of the bike and I love the front fork, so we'll see. I may hang on to the frame for the bike build off!

 

[Funkme]

I am not sure on the brackets. Haven't decided if they are staying or going. I may incorporate them into my rat build. Maybe mount a shifter to the one in the back and use the front to mount a tank plate? Hard to say....I like the look of the bike and I love the front fork, so we'll see. I may hang on to the frame for the bike build off!

Sweeet !!!! I would restore the bike as is(thats me thou),only 3 serial numbers?Definately a prewar(early model).Lot 'o' history there...Only needs chain/rims n trusses..
You can pick up another seat on ebay.de,they have heaps...Look under oldtimer/antik/alte/ledder sattel fahrrad/lepper...Shop with paypal only payments,most speak english and post.

 

[abe lugo]

maybe keep that bike together and clean it up find another seat. nice old prewar bike

 

[Terry66]

OK...so after some research, the bike is a 1936 Roadmaster. Supposedly the dogleg crank with the smaller ovals on the chainring were only used on the '36 and very early '37 models. Around the headtube, I noticed the paint was flaking really bad under the rust. After I started cleaning up the rust, I noticed that someone had put a "custom" paint job on the bike at some point a LONG time ago. The whiteish paint looks like it was applied with a brush. Even the bearing cup was painted. The white starts on the headtube and runs along all the tubes. Pretty cool stuff.

 

[yoothgeye]

I like this frame. :mrgreen:

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I had a '36 Roadmaster. Man was it heavy.

 

[yoothgeye]

Did these bikes have a headbadge? I'm not looking for an original necessarily, just an image to go by.

 

[B607]

The fork is called a "braced truss fork". Your neck is made of aluminum. Usually, the aluminum will fuse with the steel making it difficult to remove. There's a trick to it using chemicals but I can't remember what you use. Ammonia maybe?? Someone on here will know what to use to get it broken loose. Gary

 

[LukeTheJoker]

That is an awesome find! If you end up using the frame for the build off, I think you will do well!

Luke.

 

[yoothgeye]

I dug this thread up from the dead, he originally posted this almost a year ago.

 

[Terry66]

That is an awesome find! If you end up using the frame for the build off, I think you will do well!

Luke.

Well, it has a new owner these days, so I won't be using it in the buildoff. Not sure if you guys can tell, but the seat on this bike is the one I used on my RRBBO7 Higgins!

I sold the fork on this frame last year, but someone had one for sale just recently.

Justin, I am pretty sure it had a standard Roadmaster badge like this one. Pretty common to find. They make repops...