Need help asap

[Hoek]

I have a line on these two bicycles.I am out of town visiting relatives. Can't see the bikes or research right now. Men's bike is supposedly a firestone woman's is a goodyear? He wants $80 for the pair. Gamble site unseen or pass?

Thanks.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

That's a cool looking mens bike. I'd offer $50 for the pair.

 

[Hoek]

So I spoke with the guy, he had it backwards. The woman's bike is the firestone and the men's bike is the Goodyear. He says it's a highway patrol model with a multi-speed hub. Does this sound right, seems to me most of the patrols had another top tube...like a straight bar schwinn. He is firm at $80 for the pair our$ 80 each lol, thoughts

 

[Wildcat]

The man's bike is Columbia, maybe badged as a Firestone, and the women's looks like a Monark. The men's may have a 2 speed hub, hard to tell.

 

[Mark Davo]

My thought is, that the men's is a Columbia built Goodyear and the women's is a Monark built Firestone.

 

[Hoek]

Columbia a 60s middleweight? Guessing 2" + tires would be out of the question. Original seat? I'm thinking I'm getting close to justifying these. I think I can scrounge $40 of parts off the women's, fenders seem nice and I could use the front end too. I can't think of the last time I spent more than $40 on a bike, so this is talking some personal convincing. Plus my bride will be less then thrilled...

 

[Wildcat]

Maybe it's just the angle of the photo, but on the mens bike looks like the head tube is nearly vertical, hardly any slant to it. I haven't seen any like it, so maybe it's normal.

 

[Walker]

sounds like all the money for them.. going to be a fair project getting one of them going, total gamble on the 2 speed hub. girls bike doesn't look like it has much to offer beyond the sheet metal. Schwinnray is right on what I would offer

 

[Hoek]

Thanks guys, I'm going to hold off until the end of the week. Maybe I'll shoot him an offer if he's still sitting on them. I still haven't found a similarity built Columbian frame...certainly not a Highway patrol model.....it does have me curious. But cheapness has once again destroyed my childlime sense of adventure. Still got my childish sense of humor tho. Fart

 

[Wildcat]

I found a pic of one, forks bent but looks like the same frame. I'll bet yours is a 2 speed, needs the cable and shifter.

 

[Hoek]

Thanks for all the assistance. I decided to pass on them. I did get him down to sixty if anyone is interested in it let me know and I will hook you up with his number.

 

[Hoek]

That is sixty for the Goodyear. His wife will put the firestone in the garden if the price is less than $80.

 

[bigharley]

id buy em both 80 aint nothing for 2 bikes. where i live these would read 2 vintage bikes...$700 or best offer, as is.

 

[user 135]

Maybe you could employ the trashcan turkey technique! It heats the top and bottom well.

 

[bigharley]

id buy the firestone from ya

 

[Hoek]

I've never shipped a bike before but it's not out of the question. I'm still new to this site and don't want to burn bridges by screwing up a transaction. If I get time I'll swing by and check them out tomorrow.
Otherwise there's this one on Milwaukee Craigslist, it's a Roolfast. The new tires are a major plus.

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[Hoek]

He says he'll take $125 for it.

 

[bigharley]

thats not bad. getting it as low as possible helps. id have to save up fore the firestone. bikes are not really selling right now due to xmas.

 

[Wildcat]

I've never shipped a bike before but it's not out of the question. I'm still new to this site and don't want to burn bridges by screwing up a transaction. If I get time I'll swing by and check them out tomorrow.
Otherwise there's this one on Milwaukee Craigslist, it's a Roolfast. The new tires are a major plus.

.

One of my first old bikes was a Rollfast just like that one, 50's most probably. I rode it back and forth to my job at Denny's when I was a teenager. That one you're showing has a Murray sprocket on a non-Rollfast crank and I believe the forks are bent backward. With the wheel turned it's tough to tell. Fixable though, but $125 is steep. I just looked at the ad on CL, there's not a good pic of the forks facing straight. You'll probably see very little gap between the frame and front fender.

 

[us56456712]

It will probably cost almost $200 for a used shifter and cable, could be had cheaper but this is what they want on Ebay.