One of my friends was on I-95 on the other coast in Miami. He saw two bikes in the hash marks between the slow lane and an exit. He figured someone would return for them. A web mount carrier was with them apparently jettisoned from the owners vehicle. Four hours later they were still there (I’m surprised) so he brought them across the state to me. He is a neighbor on my street.
Doesn’t look like anything really valuable here. He brought a 1978 Schwinn Traveler III ten speed and a Republic Aristotle factory fixie with a flip rear wheel that has the freewheel on the opposite side. I don’t own any derailleur bikes and have never worked on them. I’ve ordered a crank puller, bottom bracket remover and freewheel tool. Never owned any Presta tubes either so I ordered some Presta to Schrader adapters.
The Republic fixie has several dents in the frame and a poor repaint. I started disassembling it to make a shop stool. When I get that done I’ll post the stool separately.
The rear wheel on the Schwinn is badly bent. There is some road rash damage to both bikes.
I think between the two I might make something for the winter buildoff. I'll only disassemble the Republic (Which I have sawn up) for now.
Doesn’t look like anything really valuable here. He brought a 1978 Schwinn Traveler III ten speed and a Republic Aristotle factory fixie with a flip rear wheel that has the freewheel on the opposite side. I don’t own any derailleur bikes and have never worked on them. I’ve ordered a crank puller, bottom bracket remover and freewheel tool. Never owned any Presta tubes either so I ordered some Presta to Schrader adapters.
The Republic fixie has several dents in the frame and a poor repaint. I started disassembling it to make a shop stool. When I get that done I’ll post the stool separately.
The rear wheel on the Schwinn is badly bent. There is some road rash damage to both bikes.
I think between the two I might make something for the winter buildoff. I'll only disassemble the Republic (Which I have sawn up) for now.
