Westfield Wasteland
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Today we're rocking the Brooks saddle, had to throw some drop bars on...wanna race?
[emoji450] Carl.
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Looks fast for sure...
I do like Benotto wrap...
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Carl.
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With the low bars it looks like a Columbia crotch rocket. Nice!
Some may have noticed the change from Columbia Dragster to Westfield Dragster. Westfield mfg. didn't change their name to Columbia til 61' and my bike is a 44' by serial number, even if we can't read the big square rusty headbadge. So regardless of badge, it's Westfield built, as some have noted elsewhere.
Carl.
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I live 2 miles from the city of Westfield. I say when your done building it, you send it back home.......to ME!
Like the Brooks on there. Racy....
I wonder if the old factory is still there. Maybe abandoned years ago with old frames and parts inside free for the taking.
Go to the Mr.Columbia website for a wealth of information. Sadly the buildings are gone now.
Carl.
Ditched the Brooks it's going on my touring bike... flipped a seat post and mounted an cnc springer seat, it's comfy. Cruised by a fav place for photos.
Carl.
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She's looking lean and mean!
Don't remind me. This area was home to Columbia Manufacturing, Indian Motorcycle, Duryea Automobiles (first autos in US), Gee Bee Racing Aircraft, Fisk Tire and Rubber Co (Uniroyal), Steven Arms, Spalding, Piels Brewery, Springfield Armory. I could keep going and going. There ALL gone, except Spalding has a small operation making Top Flite golf balls. Growing up in this area, unemployment was unheard of. We still have S&W and Savage Arms (funny MA has the most stringent fire arm laws, go figure).
We now have the Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Volleyball Hall of Fame
.Not quite the same as it used to be.
Being born in MA, I made it a point to make sure I built up a Westfield Columbia, and I think they are my favorite vintage bicycle. Not sure how, but I lucked out and the one I owned years ago without much thought as to what it was turned out to be a '56, same year my mom was born, and it came back into my possesion last year after I spent a year back home taking care of my mom before she passed. Rebuilt it as a tribute to her last season and still working on it, but I love it! Cannot wait to see yours finished!
keep the rubber side down!
keep the rubber side down!
Mattress over hamock? I usually go the other way for comfort.
Looks like fun, I love the curved 3rd bar, such a sexy frame!
Looks like fun, I love the curved 3rd bar, such a sexy frame!
Yeah NeoRacer isn't what I originally thought of, but it was fun riding it today. I've yet to order my rear rim. So I'm cruisin' the kickback hub with the rim that's on it.
Carl.
Neoracer...murmurings of a theme.
Crossing the wastelands, a courier, a smuggler.
An atomic punk built on a frame from the distant past.
Guitarl.
Crossing the wastelands, a courier, a smuggler.
An atomic punk built on a frame from the distant past.
Guitarl.
It's lonely in the Wasteland with nobody to talk to.
So I did a little more virtual mockage.
Windbreakers and a tank.
I need a bigger bent seatpost.
Carl.
So I did a little more virtual mockage.
Windbreakers and a tank.
I need a bigger bent seatpost.
Carl.
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This is a fun build to follow. I like where you're going with it. Where does one find a seat clamp to fit that style seat post?
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