Midwest Bicycle Swap Treasures incl. '37 BSA Tandem

[udallcustombikes]

Here is what I came home with.

I traded the drop stand from the Orient Express

For these Repop Columbia bars

I bought this Delta Sealed Beam light from Dangsratdan

I bought this BMX cruiser from 65rat for $5. Before I left my Powder coater stopped by and I ended up trading this away for a future powder coating job.

And the deal of the day!
I traded this worn out Sears 10 speed road bike and these wheels

For a 26" bent springer. I had a guy after me to sell or trade the springer to him. We tried on and off for several hours to strike a deal to no avail. Finally as we were packing up and most everyone had left, I sold it to him for $40. I then took that cash and bought this tandem from aka_locojoe.

I didn't even get the truck unloaded completely before I had the tandem ridable

I was just happy that my rear tandem wheel with a freshly rebuilt Sachs Duomatic didn't sell at the swap.

The most important thing I wanted to come home with is some nice stripes on my Colson Rat.

 

[kngtmat]

Re: Midwest Bicycle Swap Treasures

Neat trades, sells and buys.


Cool stripes.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Re: Midwest Bicycle Swap Treasures

I'd say you did pretty good :mrgreen: Nice haul

 

[udallcustombikes]

Re: Midwest Bicycle Swap Treasures

Spent my lunch break researching and I found the tandem is a pre-war BSA. '34-'39 to be exact. Now I just have to search the frame for some numbers to try to decypher.

 

[udallcustombikes]

The BSA dates to 1937, by the dates on the crank sets.

And a catalog page to boot

 

[aka_locojoe]

You're making me regret selling the tandem I had did a little research but never come up with BSA.

 

[udallcustombikes]

I had two sight unseen offers on it last night at work, but I turned them both down. Rest assured you will be seeing this bike in my stable for a long time to come. Thanks again!

 

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I remember you saying Sunday, "Why did I buy this tandem?" Now you know! :lol:

 

[udallcustombikes]

I remember you saying Sunday, "Why did I buy this tandem?" Now you know! :lol:

Yup, because it is AWESOME!

 

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I remember you saying Sunday, "Why did I buy this tandem?" Now you know! :lol:

Yup, because it is AWESOME!

Yes it is my friend! I'll trade you my huffy tandem for it in a heartbeat! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

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Want to trade this for the BSA tandem??? Picked this up the other day. I would like to keep the wheels, bus mirror & the seatpost. I think a straight across trade would be fair. If you REALLY want the wheels, I would throw them in if you want to include the Orient Express in the deal. Let me know if this would work for you. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

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BUMP for response! :lol:

 

[udallcustombikes]

:? :? :? no

 

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Didn't think so! HAHA :lol: :lol: