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What bike did you ride today?
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Mr. Monkeyarms
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Great idea! I'm looking forward to seeing the test results. I may have to try something similar in the new year. Maybe in June or so......View attachment 1727614
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American Metal Performance Shootout~~ AMPS
When the weather clears in the next few days, I will be conducting a tongue-in-cheek, semi-ambiguous American Metal Performance Shootout featuring 7 OLD modified 26" ballooners in a real world road test. It most certainly will be a light-hearted analysis of what flips my switch in terms of machine performance and feel not typically on anyones radar. The 26" wheel size has been lately tossed aside and ignored, but I am a big fan. Each bike will be ridden at pace on a similar ride and distance with some short climbs involved. In each category, a rating of 1-5 will be awarded then combined for a total score.
The categories are as follows:
1.) Rider fit. How does it feel when you 1st get on the machine? Is it comfortable the entire ride? Is the machines' fit problematic in any way and can it be resolved?
2.) Moving out. Initial impressions once on the road in the flats at the start.
3.) Mechanical highlights. What components or build specifics stand out that seem to significantly affect performance and/or feel? Do they help or hurt?
4.) Performance. How does the bike perform on the ride end to end? What does it do well and where does it come up short when cruising, climbing, accelerating and maintaining higher speeds.
5.) Stealth Factor. Is the bike quiet and rattle free? Or, can you clearly hear the machine making unwanted noises? The noisier the bike, the lower the score goes.
Each machine will be ridden then evaluated immediately post ride. Due to the wide range of weights, components and build specs for these 26" wheeled relics, it's expected that the final scores will be fairly wide-ranging? The heavier machines sporting options like fenders, chain guards, monster sprung seats or other weighty accessories may suffer the consequences on the scores, but we'll see. There will not be a beauty or desirability category as it does not in any way make the machine "rideable". I will vet the weight, wheelbase, seat and head angles specific to each bikes' road test. These numbers may or may not affect the overall scores, but could certainly affect the feel and overall performance more than any other factor. After all, this is a Performance Shootout and specs matter! The idea is to have some fun with the test, meant to mostly poke fun at todays' modern bicycle reviews so very biased and well funded. Below are the 7 test sleds waiting patiently for their specific evaluation, overall scores and final ranking.
1952 Monarch Super Deluxe Tanker.
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1940 Shelby Hiawatha.
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1939 Shelby straightbar roadster.
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1937 Westfield Moto SS.
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36 Shelby streamliner.
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1934 Shelby Flyer Moto
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1930 Snyder 21st. Century Hawthorne Flyer.
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Keep riding and stay tuned!
35 and rain, followed by 26 and snow for a while.......like forever it seems. Haven't been riding in a couple of weeks. Time for some serious maintenance. Got 6 riders now that are calling for some attention.No riding until June 🌧
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dnc1
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Looking forward to it!View attachment 1727614
View attachment 1727608
American Metal Performance Shootout~~ AMPS
When the weather clears in the next few days, I will be conducting a tongue-in-cheek, semi-ambiguous American Metal Performance Shootout featuring 7 OLD modified 26" ballooners in a real world road test. It most certainly will be a light-hearted analysis of what flips my switch in terms of machine performance and feel not typically on anyones radar. The 26" wheel size has been lately tossed aside and ignored, but I am a big fan. Each bike will be ridden at pace on a similar ride and distance with some short climbs involved. In each category, a rating of 1-5 will be awarded then combined for a total score.
The categories are as follows:
1.) Rider fit. How does it feel when you 1st get on the machine? Is it comfortable the entire ride? Is the machines' fit problematic in any way and can it be resolved?
2.) Moving out. Initial impressions once on the road in the flats at the start.
3.) Mechanical highlights. What components or build specifics stand out that seem to significantly affect performance and/or feel? Do they help or hurt?
4.) Performance. How does the bike perform on the ride end to end? What does the machine do well and how does it come up short when cruising, climbing, accelerating braking and maintaining higher speeds?
5.) Stealth Factor. Is the bike quiet and rattle free? Or, can you clearly hear the machine making unwanted noises? The noisier the bike, the lower the score goes.
Each machine will be ridden then evaluated immediately post ride. Due to the wide range of weights, components and build specs for these 26" wheeled relics, it's expected that the final scores will be fairly wide-ranging? The heavier machines sporting options like fenders, chain guards, monster sprung seats or other weighty accessories may suffer the consequences on the scores, but we'll see. There will not be a beauty or desirability category as it does not in any way make the machine "rideable". I will vet the weight, wheelbase, seat and head angles specific to each bikes' road test. These numbers may or may not affect the overall scores, but could certainly affect the feel and overall performance more than any other factor. After all, this is a Performance Shootout and specs matter! The idea is to have some fun with the test, meant to mostly poke fun at todays' modern bicycle reviews so very biased and well funded. Below are the 7 test sleds waiting patiently for their specific evaluation, overall scores and final ranking.
1952 Monarch Super Deluxe Tanker.
View attachment 1727597
1940 Shelby Hiawatha.
View attachment 1727598
1939 Shelby straightbar roadster.
View attachment 1727600
1937 Westfield Moto SS.
View attachment 1727599
36 Shelby streamliner.
View attachment 1727601
1934 Shelby Flyer Moto
View attachment 1727603
1930 Snyder 21st. Century Hawthorne Flyer.
View attachment 1727605
Keep riding and stay tuned!
New York Pope
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Cool post guys and gals!!!! I just got back from a great ride in Ithaca New York with my Schwinn New World skip tooth!!! A great place for Cabers’ respectfully RickI’ve done this test View attachment 1727634American metal & alloy & some Japanese alloy - hands down winner in all category’s️
Thee
I live for the CABE
I rode the newly acquired spitfire ‘77 again
? what did we gain ? Or lose ? By switching out steel rims & parts for alloy ? Well I weighed “the stocker” ‘77 and the modified ‘79 , I came up with a diff of 6.4 lbs ? Seems like it should be more ? Other than not bending bars & fork they both ride great ! I torked up the hill no sweat on both, the stocker had a lot of WAY COOL FACTOR ! Yet so did the bmx cruiser !! ️️️️️ Five Stars for both !
New York Pope
Wore out three sets of tires already!
My Old Schwinn “New World” skip tooth in Ithaca New York. Great day great people on trails! Respectfully Rick
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