Old exercize bikes!

[rusty1]

....If you happen to see an old stationary exercize bike sitting out for free, take a good look at it; I've grabbed these when I see em, they mite have good seats,seat posts, cranks, pedals, etc. Sometimes the handlebars wont work but most are just like bikes use.
Thot I'd throw out this recycling tip...

 

[jackdaw]

Thanks man, there are some cool builds on here that make great use of those parts. I got a terrific Persons brand seat off one, totally clean beautiful "vintage" look. The chainguards are put to some cool use here too.

 

[Bigcam59]

Not only that, but a lot of times you can score some nice vintage looking reflector free pedals from the older ones 8)

 

[yoothgeye]

Large chainrings are cool and often found on these. Since many of them run heavily weighted wheels or a flywheel they will have heavy duty freewheels and chains, and some have a fixed gear cog. Don't forget speedometers and tachometers. To me the things are a gold mine and I've only ever gotten my hands on one, but I've used almost every part of it on different builds.

 

[jackdaw]

Jeezum Crow!! I didn't even think about speedo's. (Is that the right contraction, with the apostrophe in for the missing letters? (Now I just typed a hundred more letters to ask about skipping five! :lol: :lol: ))

 

[yoothgeye]

Another bonus with these things, most of them havbe never been outside, all you have to do is wipe off the dust.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Jeezum Crow!! I didn't even think about speedo's. (Is that the right contraction, with the apostrophe in for the missing letters? (Now I just typed a hundred more letters to ask about skipping five! :lol: :lol: ))

Actually that's only 64 letters... :lol: :mrgreen:

 

[aka_locojoe]

An old post from my blog...

Older exercise bikes are generally a good source for parts that are in great (unused) condition. Found one today and stripped it.

This one was dumped on the side of the road. I stripped it right there on sight. I can't recall what brand it was though. Probably JC Pennys or something similar. I've bought another one before just for the speedo.

 

[pick]

I picked up a schwinn exercycle at the landfill a while back, for free. Sold the sprocket, crank assy., speedo, bars, kept the chain for myself. The schwinns also have some (6 I think) really cool chrome acorn nuts that come in handy every once in a while. This thing was in mint condition. I don't think it was ever left outside until they dumped it! If you see one, grab it!