Today's finds

[Unchained]

I scored several bikes in town today. The only reason I even stopped was the blue free spirit at the bottom of the pile... if I hadn't seen that, I probably would have passed. The free spirit is going to be stripped and parted. I'm definitely going to sell the fenders, possibly the wheels; they are 26 x 1 and 3/8's with a coaster brake single speed... seems unusual to me. I'm going to save the grips, crank setup, handlebar assembly, pedals, and fork/headset for a project. the rest will probably be sold or junked due to a lack of space... might keep the frame for tubing. I took the 24 inch "Nice Coyote" (?) for the super ratty brake levers alone. :lol: Here they are:

Free spirit:

Not sure what this is; I thought it was a 26 inch when I grabbed it, turns out it is a 24:

 

[BankerRAt]

dad must be happy? :x

 

[Unchained]

dad must be happy? :x

Yeah... hardly. It gets frustrating; he is fine with it for a long time and then just flips one day. :roll: It's very cyclical. I've got to figure some kind of better setup out.

 

[deorman]

Just got the same basic spirit-brown w/3-speed coaster. I'm surprised they come in a 1-speed. Maybe someone broke it.

 

[BankerRAt]

As a parent Chris.. dads do that kind of stuff! Stick with it, you are extrmemly creative and knowledgable with bikes!

 

[roadmaster]

well i guess we were both in the bikes this week. i got like 5 parts mountain bikes (huffy stone mountain 2, schwinn sidewinder hardtail, a pacific scorpio, a 24" roadmaster mtn bike, a murray shadow mountain;chrome with gt style tripple triangle frame and a 3pc bb conversion kit) and a 16" strawberry "cupcake" girls bike in the past 5 days.

i dig the free spirit, and ui had a 26x 1 3/8 single speed coaster wheel at one time. it had a bendix (newer style) coasterbrake hub on it. id says its at least uncommon to find them.