There ain't nobody here but us chickens...

[gashuffy63]

...and one hand painted Roadmaster. A buddy of mine bought some "vacation property" that had a few old farm buildings on it. Knowing that I was a scrounger from the Fred Sanford school he had me come up right after the ink had dried on the paperwork. In what looked to be the hen hotel hung this sorry looking Roadmaster.
I should walk away from these finds as it sports several coats of Sherman Williams in every nook and cranny. The thing is with these hand me down bikes is that they show quite a bit of history. It looks to have been blue when new, but a racier brother or sister must have wanted the off red and cream combo when taking over ownership. All of the brightwork was painted silver once the chrome had rusted and worn off. It also sports a machine shed weld job on one of the crankarms, must have been from when portly cousin Floyd took it for a rough ride through the field. The speedo shows 807 dusty miles on it before the kids left and it was hung up with the egg laying fowl.
Should have left it, but with the stories that the old girl could tell I just didn't have the heart. Cheers

 

[Road Master]

Tell ya what, don't ever walk away from an old Roadmaster. For instance, that chain guard you almost walked away from is the exact one I've been trying to find on this site & ebay and nothing in weeks. I'll gladly take it off your hands if you're not attached to it that much. But seriously, I have a house paint covered girls Western Flyer with the early shockmaster springer on it. I couldn't leave it and I can't part it out either. I may just strip off the house paint & see what's going on underneath. And I love the curved fender braces on these oldies. Whatever you do with it, have fun.

 

[deorman]

Parts is parts, especially when they're that vintage, I'd have dragged it home for sure! :wink:

 

[julesjunk]

and how many "girls bikes" have this kind of rake? Great looking bike! Love the chain ring.
Great find.....

 

[gashuffy63]

Tell ya what, don't ever walk away from an old Roadmaster. For instance, that chain guard you almost walked away from is the exact one I've been trying to find on this site & ebay and nothing in weeks. I'll gladly take it off your hands if you're not attached to it that much. But seriously, I have a house paint covered girls Western Flyer with the early shockmaster springer on it. I couldn't leave it and I can't part it out either. I may just strip off the house paint & see what's going on underneath. And I love the curved fender braces on these oldies. Whatever you do with it, have fun.

Good advice, I decided to give it a quick clean and lube and rear tire change so I could take it tailgating at the pre-season Packers-Bills game. I discovered that it has black out hubs, so it must be mid forties or so. If the old girl could talk I wonder what she would think about going from hanging in a fallen down chicken coop to riding through the Lambeau parking lot amongst all of the smoking grills, loud music and crazy football fans.

 

[deorman]

You got away this time, bicycle... :?

 

[ish]

If the old girl could talk I wonder what she would think about going from hanging in a fallen down chicken coop to riding through the Lambeau parking lot amongst all of the smoking grills, loud music and crazy football fans.

She would say "Favre is the Vikings QB? I must have been transported to Bizarro world!"

 

[sensor]

normally im not a fan of girls bikes but this one just has the right attitude....
looks like itd beat up a few schwinns :shock:
great score!

 

[roadmaster]

cleaned up great. definatly nice angles and curves for any bike, boy's or girl's.