My bikes of the last few years

[Unchained]

I started this hobby when I was about twelve with a 24 inch Jc Higgins women's bike. I'm now going on sixteen and here are the bikes I own or have owned and sold in the last few years.

Update: a few more...

 

[Dan Jose]

Wow kid! You have a good eye for style! :shock:

 

[aka_locojoe]

Very nice collection.

 

[Walker]

Chris, what's the second one down? I like that one..

Nice job at Hot Tubes BTW.

 

[thesuicideride]

man you have/have had some sweet bikes! i wish i got started that early. i like the black and orange higgins. big fan of skirt guards here where do you find your bikes?

 

[Unchained]

Thanks all! My favorite style is undoubtedly, and has always been, '50's cruisers.

Chris, what's the second one down? I like that one..

Nice job at Hot Tubes BTW.

Thanks Walker, I really appreciate that. That was one I never should have sold. :lol: I wish I still had it. It was a very stock 1949 Colson- not badged as a flying ace, oddly enough. It had the standard Colson badge. It really was the nicest/smoothest riding, most solid bike I've owned.

 

[Unchained]

Wow kid! You have a good eye for style! :shock:

I really appreciate that, thanks. I really like anything vintage, bikes especially. Can't beat the style!

 

[Rat Rod]

This one is interesting....care to elaborate?

 

[Unchained]

Of those pictured, I still own the first (Hawthorne), ratty JCH colorflo, Maytag camelback, stretch, '43 Murray Diamond frame, and the very early unmarked frame.

 

[Unchained]

Thanks Steve! And sure thing, be happy to. :wink: It started life as a 1966 Murray cantilever, and after the death of four Murray's and one Raleigh, it's my custom stretch bike. It's a regular rolling bike massacre.

Here's the build thread: viewtopic.php?f=21&t=15279

 

[Hammond Eggz]

Wow, I'd be impressed if you were 45, let alone 16!
Some great bikes, and even more great taste - congrats!

 

[Unchained]

Thanks

 

[50shoe]

you've got excellent taste kid! ever consider building a 50s custom car too? i get the feeling you're one of the few that could pick up a saw, hammer and torch and chop a top perfectly. nice bikes.

 

[Unchained]

you've got excellent taste kid! ever consider building a 50s custom car too? i get the feeling you're one of the few that could pick up a saw, hammer and torch and chop a top perfectly. nice bikes.

Thanks! I love custom cars, especially of the '50's, and that's where my ideas usually come from. As of right now I'm sticking with bikes though.

 

[Rustinkerer]

When I was a kid in the early 80s, I dreamed of having a balloon tire tanker! I had my Schwinn Corvette, and a few Sting Rays, but the old cruisers were gone from northern NJ at that time! (Or, sleeping in barns and garages..) Which is probably why I became a bike maniac..again! :mrgreen: Nice to have such an impressive stable at that age!

 

[user 135]

Very nice collection. A little bit of everything. The Colson with the looptail is a favorite. And your stretch is out of sight. I like the taildragger look to it.

 

[Unchained]

Thanks! I wish I still had that Colson, and the stretch is definitely one of my favorites.

 

[Unchained]

Added a few more to the lineup that I had forgot to post. :mrgreen: Dan and Hammond Eggz should recognize the Columbia...