what one bicycle have you had the longest

[Handle Bar Hoarder]

show pic,s of the bike and how long you have had it for

 

[cds2323]

I've had this 1936 Westfield with Columbus badge since 1995. It was my first complete prewar tank bike. The bike in my avatar I've owned since the early 80s. It was my first balloon tire bike that I rode for years. A bike crash with a car in 95 broke the frame. I built up some other frames right after that, but soon bought the Westfield and became a collector. The Westfield was 200$ and the most expensive bike I had bought at the time. Some of my friends thought I spent to much on an old bike. Many bikes have come and gone since then, but I've always hung on to it. It's always been my favorite rider.

 

[phantom]

Bought this for my son in 81 or 82. His first BMX bike. It now just sits in my garage. 36 years

 

[Autocycleplane]

22+ years

 

[catfish]

I think this one. 20 Plus years.

 

[Schwinn499]

Have had this one 10 years now. One of my first 5 or so bikes. Still havnt seen another complete bike in this color but have seen a couple forks wearing it.

 

[ranman]

Next month, 5 years collecting. Oldest bike is my first ballooner. Bought 4 years and 9 months ago.

 

[Saving Tempest]

I've had Tempest close to nine years, Germaine (Schwinn) at least five. This just isn't the computer where I have those pictures (I'll add a 'family picture' later).

 

[CWCMAN]

30 + years

 

[mrg]

My cousin bought this 55 spitfire brand-new at Pioneer Schwinn bike shop in Norwalk, he put the cycle truck goose neck, butterfly bars & custom pin striping on it, my dad ended up with it a couple years later, we beat the poop out of it in the 60s and robbed bars, neck & seat to turn my 64 Sting Ray into a dirt bike ( it now has a OG cycle truck neck not pictured) I pulled it out of the backyard junkpile and back on the road in the late 70s and just put the tank on it last year.