What is it? Muscle bike content Year???

[outskirtscustoms]

I might be picking up this little piece of rusty gold later today. Wondering what it is. The guy said he thought it was a Ross Apollo or an AMF of some sort but the Ross Apollo has different dropouts and the lower tubes are square not round like this. I'm thinking it's an AMF Flying Wedge but want to confirm that. I thought it looked cool and it would make sweet RRBBO material. :mrgreen:

Also is it worth anything?

 

[CCR]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

Roadmaster /Fantastic One
AMF / Flying wedge
Western Flyer / Fast One

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

Roadmaster /Fantastic One
AMF / Flying wedge
Western Flyer / Fast One

Thanks CCR!

 

[CCR]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

Im seeing 2 different frames on these bikes, one were the downtube goes to the middle section and another were the downtube goes to the actual crank bb (looks like these dont have the middle bb chamber looking piece). No idea if this a brand thing or a year thing though, or which came first.

 

[Chips_Mahoy]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

What's the seat design? It looks like a pair of pants with a belt..... :?

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

What's the seat design? It looks like a pair of pants with a belt..... :?

No idea, I'll take some pictures when I get it, he said he's stuck at work and doesn't know when he'll be able to stop by.

 

[Chips_Mahoy]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

What's the seat design? It looks like a pair of pants with a belt..... :?

No idea, I'll take some pictures when I get it, he said he's stuck at work and doesn't know when he'll be able to stop by.

Okay.....no worries. I saw one the other day that had a banana seat with flags all over it......U.S., British, etc. Don't know what it was tho..... :?

 

[junknutz1975]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

heres one that looks just like it . sweet frame dude 8)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Western ... 3a7ef4fa87

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

heres one that looks just like it . sweet frame dude 8)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Western ... 3a7ef4fa87

Sweet, I wonder how hard those shifters are to find. If I get it ill probably build it for the RRBBO as a rat chopper.

 

[NLCTVWguy]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

Here is a little more info... from the archives of the Muscle Bike Museum.

You can see two of these beasts that the Museum once owned, here:

http://www.nemusclebikes.com/bc4.php

And here:

http://www.nemusclebikes.com/bc39.php

Word is that these frames broke, a lot, due to being an unconventional shape and of course being wheelied and ridden hard into the BMX era.

--Rob

 

[CCR]

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Word is that these frames broke, a lot, due to being an unconventional shape and of course being wheelied and ridden hard into the BMX era.

--Rob

Agree with Rob 100% Every Ross Apollo I've came across has had booger welds around the bb, I think any frame design with a hanging bb without some kind of reinforcement is doomed when it comes to kids who did wheelies and jumped ditches :wink:

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

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Word is that these frames broke, a lot, due to being an unconventional shape and of course being wheelied and ridden hard into the BMX era.

--Rob

Agree with Rob 100% Every Ross Apollo I've came across has had booger welds around the bb, I think any frame design with a hanging bb without some kind of reinforcement is doomed when it comes to kids who did wheelies and jumped ditches :wink:

Don't mind me; I'm just trying to figure out what you're referring to with "bb"... :mrgreen:

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

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Word is that these frames broke, a lot, due to being an unconventional shape and of course being wheelied and ridden hard into the BMX era.

--Rob

Agree with Rob 100% Every Ross Apollo I've came across has had booger welds around the bb, I think any frame design with a hanging bb without some kind of reinforcement is doomed when it comes to kids who did wheelies and jumped ditches :wink:

Don't mind me; I'm just trying to figure out what you're referring to with "bb"... :mrgreen:

"BB" short for Bottom Bracket, The round casing the crank of a bicycle is installed inside of.

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

"BB" short for Bottom Bracket, The round casing the crank of a bicycle is installed inside of.

Thanks...

Wow...now it seems so obvious.... 8)

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

ETA 30 minutes! WOOOoooo! I can't wait.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

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What's the seat design? It looks like a pair of pants with a belt..... :?

Bingo! You guesses it exactly.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

Here's the rest of the pics. It is also in fresh finds. I paid a bit more than I usually would for a rusty pile ($40) but I like it and have some plans for it.

 

[Nickinator]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

looks like a western flyer (fast one)

Nick.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

looks like a western flyer (fast one)

Nick.

Cool how can you tell?

 

[Nickinator]

Re: What is it? Muscle bike content

looks like a western flyer (fast one)

Nick.

Cool how can you tell?

the headbage outline, amf and roadmaster had a slight slanted top meaning the headbage wouldn't look so symmetrical