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I have a New Departure front wheel and I need the axle, races, and bearing cages for it. I am not sure what size is correct but none of the random parts I have fit right. If someone has one lying around, I'd appreciate it. I would get this off of eBay but I am not sure what to get. Will this...

They both hold air, though.

I will have to get the surface rust off to read the front hub or rims. There is also a Cabe thread on a JC Penny bike that looks exactly like this one. I concluded it might be German because the generator light id s all in German. But now that I think of it, he may not even have got those...

Got my car inspected on Maryland's eastern shore and the mechanic had a lot of bike wheels and BMX bikes lying around. Got to talking and he told me he had an old road bike someone had given him that he did not want. Of course I took it. It is not old or valuable but it is interesting. Check...

Just got this (for free). Looks like a 1955. Frame and tank is in nice shape. Missing fenders, chain guard, tires and truss rods. Plus, I need a longer seat post to ride it. To complete it could get expensive pretty quick for a bike that would not be worth much. I don't do this to make...

I just got an Evans Colson Commander. The seat post is the quill type and I need a longer post to ride it. Attached is a picture of the current, too short, seat post. Also attached is a picture of the Commander frame.

I tapped it back in place. It feels right but has some minor scrapes. I have yet to test it.

Listed on the Washington DC Craigslist for $200. Sold by a woman who was selling it for the original owner. Looks like the rider got a severe ding on the front rim early on and never rode it again. Found a tag under the seat from Persons. Interesting serial number, W12345. Doing some...

Here’s my 1958. I think they called it a, “Bermuda Bell.” This bike also has an automatic chain oiler.

Picked this up over the summer. Cleaned and lubed everything when I got it except the rear hub, a TCW 3 speed with coaster brake. Decided the bike was a little sluggish, so tore down the hub to clean grease and oil. Studied up on you tube and the SA schematics on line first and all went well...

Cleaned and greased

Bikes like this don’t come up very often and you got to reply within moments of it being posted. I don’t have any notifications set up, and mostly check no and then just to see what’s out there. I was just lucky

I’ll try the sealant. It looks like something like that was used before

Great idea with the socket. I wished I asked before doing my own fix. The dust covers bend easy. I used a pliers to an acceptable result. Tire is put together. The breeze is selling for 200. There seems to be a lot of them in this area. It no longer posted so I wonder if it sold.

Happened to be looking at Craigslist in DC when this bike popped up. Seller was selling this 1960 Jaguar and a Breeze as a bundle. I asked for just the Jag, and he gave me an excellent price. He valued the Jag at only $100 more than the Breeze. This looks like it has almost never been...

It looks like that wouldnt be hard to do. I hate to do anyything permanent, though since it does have a nice clean look.

Wow! Thanks for the shot of the catalog! I'd rather have the tank and truss rods than the nice paint. (In fact, like most of us, I like a little honest rust) How do you manage the quill seat post? I'm a little to tall for the post on the bike. And I'm the kind of guy that if I cant ride it...

Oh, and I got the original seat (pretty good shape), but not the original handgrips.

A guy gave me this bike recently. Nothing special really. I'd like it a lot more if it came with the truss rods. BIggest problem, however, is that it uses a quill type seat post that is sort of short. I would need a longer seat post if I was going to ride it. I hate to modify it unless I...

Sorry for late reply. Yes pretty sure the handlebars are painted but not the seat post. .

Oh. and the guy says he has the original seat and handgrips at his mothers house.

Yesterday was ride your bike to work day in DC and at one of the pitstops I was talking to a guy who mentioned he was trying to get rid of a couple of bikes. For free. This first post is for a girls monark lightweight. I thought it was just a regular mid 50's bike but looking at the hubs, Im...

I'm new so not sure of the value but this girls bike but it looks like it has a lot of valuable parts for $100. Not my line, so I thought I would pass it along. Antique American Flyer Bike - $100 (Arlington)...

Four chain guards for sale. Nothing great but maybe someone can use them. Older style spaceliner.

I examined more closely and see that the tire size is 9x1.75 and it is a Swan Deluxe.

Yes, there is guy in the dc area that does frame repairs. I might reach out to him.

As soon as I saw the truss rods I was sold.

I’m not very handy. I’m afraid I would make a mess. Maybe I’ll look at a couple of you tubes and see if I think I can do it.

Picked this up today. The tank was spot welded and the mounting piece became unattached. But they still had the tank. Must have happed a long time since the paint on the tank is excellent but the paint on the bike is not so great. Anyone know if JB Weld can do the job? Also, any idea of the...

Need back tire for this recent barn find.

I’m all set. Thanks

Well, I did get a Schwinn chain ring and bearings and cups. The cups fit fine although I haven't given the bike a proper shake down cruise since I was working on other parts and then it got cold.

This wasn’t today. It was last week and I did not ride that day. I have 2 bikes somewhere under that snow, a Raleigh Twenty and a 59 Skymaster.

Nothing matches and everythings rusty.

The Tugboat is my neighbor. I live on a 50 foot Chris Craft in the adjacent slip in Washington DC. The original engines were removed and it is now a liveaboard.

Here is the almost finished product. Repacked hubs, bottom bracket and headset. Put a different chain guard on. I have a rack that has been hanging around for forever. I know its a mess, but I like it.

I just went through all 41 pages of this thread and did not see a single Skymaster. The serial number is MOY 20X17 17211. I picked this (free) on craigslist. Not much on the bike is original, but the frame and tank. Tank is hard to read but says Murray. I’m guessing somewhere between 62...

The tires are in great shape. No cracks or dry rot And pretty good tread.

Picked this up for free on Craigslist. Murray Skymaster. No handlebars or pedals. I happened to have those from a girls bike I stripped down not long ago. Plan on rebuilding hubs, bottom bracket and headset but leaving most of the rust on the bike. I liked the seat I got off the girls bike...

This bike is going to be a rider, so the Murray chainring is okay. The wheels are also mismatched and kind of a mess. It would take a lot more than it would be worth to get it original.

I need 2 bottom bracket cups for a BFG Schwinn DX. Below is a picture of the bike and the bottom bracket cups. I measured the inside diameter and it shows to be 2 1/16. Thanks!

Okay! I'll try here first. But those would fit, correct?

I am fixing up what I believe is a 1948 BFG Schwinn. The bottom bracket was caked with grease. I usually take everything apart, clean and put it back together, but when I finally got down to the metal cups, I discovered that one of them is all torn up. When I measured the inside shell of the...

Any way I can find out for sure? By the way, I have never laced a wheel before but this bike really needs new spokes front and back, so I've been studying the video's and will give the front wheel a try next week

Here is the serial number. So it looks like this is a 1952.

Probably can't tell by looking at it, but it now has 3 Speeds!

I went to the better shops when I took the hub apart because I needed a special “tool” to unscrew the cover. Only one shop had it and unscrewed the hub but said he had not seen a shimano 3 speed in a while. I didn’t think any shops would even know what it was, much less be able to put their...

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I expect some spokes to be frozen, and I can live with that. This is going to be an everyday rider so I don’t need it to be perfect. We’ll see how it goes. Thanks for everbody’all help

Working on a bike on a boat dock is a bad idea. I did not see or hear it go in the drink, but I rebuilt the hub and this was to be the last part, and it is nowhere to be found. If I cannot find one, I guess I built me a one speed. This is the rod that goes in the axle and it’s spring loaded...