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Since the majority of the bikes that I get come to me, I thought I'd start documenting them. Since these are freebies, don't expect anything too exciting, but I just think it's neat that I don't have to try and I get bikes. :mrgreen:
Let's get started with last week.
A church member brought me a bike, a scooter, and a tricycle:
First this 60s? JC Higgins, it was given to him by the original owner, she said she paid $20 for it new. It has the tell-tale Murray Ohio pointy dropouts. It has a decent Messinger saddle. I might actually fix this one up for another church member who mentioned they wanted a bike. Would this have originally had a tank?:
This is the scooter, I looked it up, you can still get these online for $175, brings back memories of my old scooter. My kids LOVE this and fight over it, so I need to find another. The neighborhood kids love it too and don't understand why this is so cool and all of their razor scooters are so dumb:
Here's the tricycle, it's Morgan, made in USA, originally $199 :shock:
Now this week.
Tuesday a church member called and said a neighbor just threw a bike out, I did have to drive 4 blocks to get it in my neighborhood. I was expecting a trashed Walmart bike (stay tuned) but was very surprised to see this 90s Diamond Back Outlook mountain bike. It had a dog leash tangled in the rear freewheel cassette, I cut it out and got on and shifted through all the gears and rode it around, already had air in the tires too. Very nice bike.
Last night a church member brought me this girl;s Murray "mtb", not much to look at, but there are parts there and as usual, tall bike potential. The exercise bike in front of it is one I found beside the road today while I was out for a drive with my kids in the country. It had just been put by the curb, so hasn't been sitting outside. Hunt Wilde grips on the bars and 2 more sets as the "feet." I'm hoping I can use the 3 piece crank arms on my '56 JC Higgins strike bike, but I'm concerned about the threading on the pedals.
And just a few minutes ago a guy stopped by the house with these 4 bikes in his truck, he thinks all the tires will hold air, he was just cleaning out his shed and heard I was the guy who took in bikes and gave them away. The Murray mountain bike in front is actually made in USA. If I can get it tuned well I'm going to give it to the neighbor, he was wanting a "bike with gears" to use to scout his hunting land.
And that's last week and this week... well, so far at least.
Let's get started with last week.
A church member brought me a bike, a scooter, and a tricycle:
First this 60s? JC Higgins, it was given to him by the original owner, she said she paid $20 for it new. It has the tell-tale Murray Ohio pointy dropouts. It has a decent Messinger saddle. I might actually fix this one up for another church member who mentioned they wanted a bike. Would this have originally had a tank?:
This is the scooter, I looked it up, you can still get these online for $175, brings back memories of my old scooter. My kids LOVE this and fight over it, so I need to find another. The neighborhood kids love it too and don't understand why this is so cool and all of their razor scooters are so dumb:
Here's the tricycle, it's Morgan, made in USA, originally $199 :shock:
Now this week.
Tuesday a church member called and said a neighbor just threw a bike out, I did have to drive 4 blocks to get it in my neighborhood. I was expecting a trashed Walmart bike (stay tuned) but was very surprised to see this 90s Diamond Back Outlook mountain bike. It had a dog leash tangled in the rear freewheel cassette, I cut it out and got on and shifted through all the gears and rode it around, already had air in the tires too. Very nice bike.
Last night a church member brought me this girl;s Murray "mtb", not much to look at, but there are parts there and as usual, tall bike potential. The exercise bike in front of it is one I found beside the road today while I was out for a drive with my kids in the country. It had just been put by the curb, so hasn't been sitting outside. Hunt Wilde grips on the bars and 2 more sets as the "feet." I'm hoping I can use the 3 piece crank arms on my '56 JC Higgins strike bike, but I'm concerned about the threading on the pedals.
And just a few minutes ago a guy stopped by the house with these 4 bikes in his truck, he thinks all the tires will hold air, he was just cleaning out his shed and heard I was the guy who took in bikes and gave them away. The Murray mountain bike in front is actually made in USA. If I can get it tuned well I'm going to give it to the neighbor, he was wanting a "bike with gears" to use to scout his hunting land.
And that's last week and this week... well, so far at least.
