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My second and "Last" Reproduction Cushion Stem for Elgin "Miss America" and others is looking for a new home. Photos with green background are after return from Precision Chrome Shop in Quincy Illinois. The other ones are before chrome. I do not have any bicycles to put it on so I am looking for...

Elgin "Miss America" Cushion Stem. This is the second one I have made from steel bar stock. Much more hand filing than machine work, ready for chrome. I don't even have a bike for it!

I researched everywhere I could for several years to find a working/usable tail light for the Miss America I was restoring and all I could find was very poor parts and no complete units. Here are some photos of what I found and the solution that I came up with.

This is a tribute to Eddy Simmons whose legs were totally paralyzed but repaired bicycles in his own shop in the 1950s. He could not walk or even stand and did all of his work on a homemade padded mat/creeper. I do not know how he was able to get himself in his homemade three wheeler to get...

I didn't have a bike until I was over 9 years old but started out with a brand new Schwinn 24" DX (unequipped). I road that bike until I had to be careful not to hit the handlebars with my knees! I still had it in a stripped down condition up to the time I got my first car. I really do not know...

I am looking for a 18 tooth 1/8" x 12" sprocket for Bendix Coaster Brake (Sprocket threads on). For coaster brakes made from 1946-1961. Bendix pt# BB-45. I found one, THANKS

"Girl's Finest De Luxe Equipped Elgin", "Miss America of the Bicycle World". This Bicycle is no longer available at this time, Thanks see You Tube , see photos at: http://sure-vent.com/MyElgin.html 2018 Ann Arbor Restored Classic of the Year. It's on the CABE at...

I have had these Grips for several years stored in the dark! They have "Elgin" imprinted on them, I think I got them from Fox Grips. Check eBay item number: 253554121451

Just found old photo of my brother's 1948 24" DX with "updates"! This was taken in 1953 after the new had worn off. This is about as close to a muscle bike as a poor boy could come up with in those days .

Wanted: Sears, Elgin Bicycle Parts List. See attached photo of cover. Original or good copy is fine. Thanks

I came across a small batch of photos of a Blue Promo "Miss America" Elgin (only one headlight on front fender). I have lost the photo of the complete bike but all these pics are from this bike. My question is: from the Model Number Decal could this be Westfield Manufactured (501)? Also see...

A friend of mine found this all aluminum trike at a Garage Sale, needed front tire which I found for him on EBay. We don't know what it is! Real Cool. Help.

I need help to identify the bike I am setting on (getting courage to take my first ride, road one block to cross street and could not get turned around in intersection, went into grass but didn't spill)! Got back on street and road back and had no more problems but it was to big for me. This was...

Found these old photos of the first Bicycle Show held in Pana, IL 2001. I didn't have much of a camera then so they were not high resolution, I put them all together in one montage. The Classic Show went on for ten years with Swap Meet added the second year. We ran out of Volunteers! List...

I purchased this bike on EBay several years ago as it was advertised as a 1951. I didn't check the listing out close enough so when it arrived I was a little surprised to find odd (Perry, made in England) rear Coaster Brake, non familiar Rims, Odd front hub. The Schwinn parts and paint scheme I...

1948 24 inch Schwinn Juvenile (BOCX), Red & Ivory. See photo in corner (that's me on Christmas Day 1948). $37.50 is what we paid for it. As photo of Before shows I try not to redo a bike that has it's original appeal intact. Usually they have been repainted and beyond saving as original. This...

It all started in 1948, Christmas. My brother and myself got 24" Schwinn bicycles and I have liked them ever since. The photo with a 9 year old at the controls of a new red Schwinn is me! I found one almost like it in 2003 and restored it that winter. I found everything needed to equip it like...

I restored one of these for a friend in 2006 and then found one on EBay for myself and have been working on it off and on for about ten years! Posting some photos of progress. More to come.