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Was gifted this from a coworker who didn't want to see it go to scrap. The plan for now is just to make it a rusty rider. Serial number makes it a 1951, which would be my oldest Schwinn. The gent who gave it to me has lots of memories of it, like delivering newspapers on it...

Picked up this nice '60 Corvette, looks like it will go great with the '59 3-speed I found last year. The 2-speed hub seems to be out of adjustment. If I pedal it on the stand, the wheel runs in low gear with the lever AWAY from the bars. When I click the lever TOWARDS the...

Picked this up in February, just finally getting around to tearing it apart now. As found: Just tore it all apart and dunked everything chrome (except the wheels) in an OA bath. We'll see how well it all cleans up...

Recent acquisition. Brings me back... I never had a nice BMX bike as a kid in the early '80s, but all my friends did. Redline, Mongoose, Hutch, PK Ripper, Diamondback, while I made do with a department store Huffy spray bombed flat black. My little brother had an '83 Predator that he changed out...

Most of my bikes are from the '60s and '70s; this is my first tank bike and my first ballooner. Can someone direct me to a J.C. Higgins serial number decoder or help with a date and maybe a model on this one? The friend who sold it to me found this image online if it helps; it sure...

A friend's dad is cleaning out the garage to sell his house. The friend showed me pics of a bunch of bikes and asked if they were worth anything. I asked them to put this one aside for me. Fork crown, frame design, head tube/headbadge holes, sprocket, and serial all suggest Ross built...

Picked this up at the Spring Carlisle Collector Car Flea Market on Thursday. I have always liked Apollos, and the price was right on this one. Wheels are straight, brakes and gears work, freewheel sounds good, seat is in amazingly good shape. Missing shift console trim, front fender, and...

I actually found a good use for a Black Friday Krate...

just picked this up off Craigslist. based on the little bit of research I did, this was built by Giant for Schwinn. maybe that's why the welds are so ugly. :D the plan is to build it up with stuff I have around and enjoy beating the snot out of it like I'm 12 again. I had some...

I've been riding with a group that has some original Fastbacks and Manta-Rays, and I decided to build my own Manta on a budget. I found this 24" Speedster on Craigslist: Since it's a fairly nice complete bike, I am only making changes that can be easily reversed by parts swapping. I am...

recent find that a friend saw on Facebook and sent me the link. as found condition, will post cleanup pics as I get to it... this guard scares the crap out of me. any tips on cleaning it without rubbing off the lettering? rack is pretty badly wonked, don't know if it'll straighten...

A little reluctant to post this one, because it's a cheap entry-level 10-speed from the early '80s... but it was special to me, so a little background first. My dad was an accountant. He used to do taxes on the side for small businesses. One of his customers was a surf shop near New York City...

not quite a basket case... gonna put on a banana seat and apes and some better wheels I have in the basement and just make it a rider...

ok so I was all excited about this '64 girls' American I picked up over the weekend, but I noticed riding it that the pedals seem to come really close to the ground. So I measured it next to my '68 Panther, and it seems that the pedals are indeed an inch lower. The American has about 2" ground...

This bike was found in the basement of a house my father-in-law bought in the early 1990s. He gave it to me over 20 years ago and I have done very little to it in that time other than air up the tires and ride it around the block every now and then. I am looking to sell it because I have been...

So I'm really starting to appreciate middleweights. I took my '68 Panther on our weekly group ride last night and I was amazed at how much I enjoy riding it. Between that and being inspired by HARPO's Starlet find, I thought it would be cool to round out my '60s middleweights with a girls'...

Back in February, a friend at work who knows I fool around with old bikes put me onto a Facebook Marketplace ad for what she said was a "cool-looking old bike." Turned out to be a '67 Fleet Coppertone 24-inch, but it was listed pretty far away. I hemmed and hawed for a week, then I noticed the...

Craigslist find. Had to scrounge a front wheel and fender and invest in some new Kendas, but everything else is original as far as I can tell... Before: After: --rick

Been looking for a camelback Collegiate for a while now, finally came across this one on Craigslist. i have become kind of addicted to these things, both through my daughter's '76 Collegiate and my crusty Speedster Frankenbike. Very happy to have found this one; I think it'll clean up...

Tempted to swing by and look at it myself, but at the moment I have very little room and even less $$$... http://york.craigslist.org/bik/5737943382.html

Just picked up this Twinn from Craigslist. If I'm reading the serial number right, it's a '72, and the Burgundy color seems to confirm that. The seller told me that 25 years ago he rode it with his wife, a small child in a backpack, and two kids in a trailer, which I thought was pretty cool...

... and tell me: is it too small? I recently picked up a small lot of bike parts off Craigslist: two racks and a mattress saddle. One rack is the type I remember having in the 80s, with a spring-loaded "mousetrap" arm to hold cargo on, and this is the other one. I was excited because I...

ok, so I picked up a Collegiate for my daughter and it got me hooked on Schwinn lightweights. I wanted a Collegiate with the camelback frame just because I think it looks better than the diamond frames, and I'm only 5'6" so I can get away with it. Camelback Collegiates seem to be rare and...

Picked this up for my daughter as an alternative to the old muscle bikes she's been using on our local vintage ride. I never had a lightweight Schwinn before and I LOVE the way this thing rides... Needs only to have the crusty tires replaced and could use some new brake pads (yes, I'm...

This was my first two-wheeler. Got it for my birthday when I was maybe 6 or 7 (roughly 1975-76). My parents don't remember where they got it, but I have it in my head that it was a yard sale bike. 20 inch, coaster brake. I remember it had red tires and a blue and white banana seat, but wide...