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Went to a local swap meet this morning where I had the pleasure of meeting up with fellow CABErs @KingSized HD and @Casual dreamer. Amongst all the model a fenders and muscle car parts we managed to come across a few vintage bike vendors, including a fellow whose inventory made yours truly...

I have a friend who's a road bike guy, and is looking at possibly getting rid of a trio of older bikes taking up space in his garage: a Bianchi, a Masi, and a Medici. He was told by a crank who works at a bike shop that he frequents that they're only good as 'wall hangers'-- I told him there...

Picked up this ‘89 GT Tequesta this week. How could I pass up that smoke pink finish? Always loved the triple triangle frame, but never owned one until now. All original as far as I can tell, except for the Billy Bonkers I swapped in. Nice riding bike, very nimble and quick.

My wife and some friends and I are going to New York City for Spring Break next month; are there any good shops or sites related to vintage cycling in the area? We'll be predominately in Manhattan, but will probably venture into Brooklyn and the Bronx as time allows.

Seriously, I’d been looking at buying a vintage mountain bike. And then this Shelby showed up yesterday on my local FB Marketplace, and I was immediately smitten. Those curved fender braces are damn sexy (did I just say that out loud?). And a shock-ease fork? Where do I sign? So I braved a...

I was adjusting the handlebars on my ‘56 Phantom Friday, and the stem bolt broke while being tightened. I figured I’d try to save a few bucks, so I went to my local bike shop along with two REAL hardware stores (not big-box stores, actual local hardware stores with employees who know sh*t...

An acquaintance of mine gave this frame to me yesterday; someone had mounted a mid-seventies era Schwinn badge onto the head tube, but it's obviously not a Schwinn. Anyone know what it might be? Without a badge and chain ring I'm clueless. Serial number looks to be "B4406". The rim, seat, and...

Another one for your list, @GTs58: https://eugene.craigslist.org/bik/d/eugene-rare-1961-schwinn-corvette-speed/7687517977.html

I believe if you have the choice between two good things you should take them both. -- @1439Mike And so it was written, and so it shall be done. It is done, I guess. Whatever, I bought a Black Phantom. It's a '56, so it doesn't have the locking fork. And the pedals, grips, and...

Came up on my local Facebook Marketplace this morning. Tell me this isn't a repop. 1952 Schwinn Black Phantom

Picked up a new bike Tuesday, a gift from a very dear friend. She said her father picked it up at an estate sale in Nebraska many years ago, and then it managed to migrate over to the back wall of my friend's garage, where its sat for the better part of fifteen years. She knew nothing about...

i’d been hemming and hawing over which (if any) of the several Phantoms and Panthers I’d been watching to buy, when I found out that the owner of one of the bikes was coming down to the inaugural Fresno Bike Swap this morning, and bringing his bike with him. Well that made my decision easy. So...

I'm currently in the market for a post-war Schwinn ballooner, so naturally the Phantom became my target bike. But what of the Panther? Similar paint schemes, similar features, similar glamorous appearance, the one major difference between the two being their frame design. Now, I can only...

I bit the bullet and sold my '67 Thunderbird recently, and now I have some money burning a hole in my pocket. So I thought I'd tentatively dip my toe in the Phantom waters and see what I can find. Looking for an original bike, not restored, year not important. Prefer a complete, rideable...

1950 Hawthorne Triple-Bar Roadster 3-Speed. With front and rear drum brakes. Extremely rare bike. Original paint in decent condition. A previous owner hacked off the two lower cross bars, but they've been welded back into place. The bars were repainted, not a great match, but from ten feet...

There's actually going to be a bicycle swap meet down here in the 'no! October 28th, 6:00 AM (GROAN) at the Fresno Flea Market grounds at 1641 S Chance Avenue in Fresno. $20.00 for a vendor space. Here is the link to their Facebook event page...

Selling the bulk of my comic book collection. Most of these are books I inherited from my father and his two cousins. These were my reading material as a kid, and therefore I didn't take as good of care as them as I should have. There are 192 books in protective sleeves, and another 30 or so...

4BBL 390 with C-6 three-speed auto. Four-owner car. Purchased new from South San Francisco Ford. Original black plate. Current registration, clean title. Power steering, power brakes, power windows and antenna. Car given an amateur restoration back in 2006 and then basically sat until I...

I think I'm safe from the Rickenbacker gestapo here. Up for sale is one FAKE Rickenbacker 360 guitar. I bought this last year from a guitar builder on the Chinese website Ali Express, and they did a surprisingly nice job at copying the Rick dimensions. Since I bought it, I have added a very...

1940's WINGS Cigarettes Airplane Trading Cards Lot of 36. I inherited these as a boy from my uncle, who I believe collected them while he was in the Marines during WWII. A few cards are creased, and one has been trimmed, but otherwise in good overall condition. Most of the cards backs have...

'61 Corvette 5-Speed just posted in my hometown, looks to be legit: VINTAGE SCHWINN 1961 5 SPEED CORVETTE CRUISER BICYCLE

I hadn't planned on buying this bike; oh, I'd been watching it on my local Offer Up page for the past six months or so, but two grainy pictures, no bio, and a way too high asking price made sure that I wasn't going purchase it. But then the price dropped. And then dropped again. Meanwhile I...

8/22/1958 Schwinn Jaguar Mark ll frame in radiant red. From an abandoned cruiser project. Chainguard, kickstand, and seat post clamp included. In good condition, with minimal corrosion and paint loss, though the color has faded on the upper surfaces. Comes with three-speed fork, serviceable...

Anyone in central CA know about a bicycle swap meet this weekend in the Bakersfield area? Yesterday I was inquiring about a bike for sale here locally on OfferUp, and the seller said that he was taking several bikes to a "sale in Bakersfield" this weekend. When I inquired if it was a...

Do these belong to anyone here? Vintage collection of 40 bicycles Schwinn, Hiawatha,prewar,post war, ladies,blue ribbon, cycle truck, tank bikes, these bike will be sold as a group, will not separate for the price listed, if you have a trailer,truck and cash give me a shout, pick up only 40...

A fellow bicycle enthusiast who I recently became acquainted with brought this bike home a few weeks ago; he showed it to me, and I was immediately mesmerized; between the olive drab paint, the drum brakes, and the old school whitewalls, I had become smitten by this single-bar Hawthorne. Wait...

Wish'n I had $750 right now... 1958 Schwinn JAGUAR Mark 4 Patina Cruisers

I bought this bike today based on one blurred picture of a bunch of tatty old bikes propped up against a garden shed. But it’s hard not to notice a Flamingo Pink bike, and so I purchased it as a companion for my ‘77 Flamingo Sierra. I ran the serial number which came up February 1977; but...

Now that the novelty of my '37 Hawthorne has worn off, my restless heart is already looking for a new balloon tire bike to obsess over. Of course there's very little available here locally, and even less in my meagre price range, but I think I've managed to narrow it down to a pair of pre-war...

Man, being borderline OCD has its drawbacks. I'd been wanting a middleweight single-speed for some time (yeah, I know I had that red Typhoon a month or so ago, but that was just a placeholder), and because there's diddly-squat for sale around here, I decided to build my own. I had pretty much...

Looking for one (or two!) of these. In rideable condition. No whitewalls.

Even though the '59 Schwinn Speedster I just bought hasn't even arrived yet, I found myself looking at buying yet another bike today. The Facebook Marketplace ad said 'Vintage Bicycles', and front and center in the pictures was this beauty. And the prices was right. How could I resist? So...

1941 Chevrolet parts for sale. Door and window trim, hubcaps, dash pieces, radiator, bumpers, engine parts, etc. Make offer. Willing to ship smaller pieces, just ask.

This stray followed me home yesterday. Wasn't planning on buying another bike right now (where have I heard THAT before?), but I'd been wanting a red Typhoon or an American, so I figured it couldn't hurt to at least take a look, especially since it had been posted for sale for quite a while...

I picked this beauty up today— a 20-inch, ‘77 Sierra in that most lurid of colors, pink flamingo. I originally came across this bike last summer on my local Offer Up page, but despite how much I loved that finish, I didn’t really want a road bike. It disappeared from the listings last...

Picked up this 6/76 Suburban yesterday for $15.00. Really didn't need another project, but I couldn't pass it up, I still miss my opaque blue '73. This one at least is a 22" frame rather than a 24", so I won't need my stepstool to mount it. AND it's a five-speed, so hopefully I won't have the...

So I've finally decided to liquidate my collection of sports cards. Card conditions range from good to excellent. The breakdown by genre is as follows: Topps NFL (primarily 1978, with some '79 and a smattering of other years 901 Topps NBA '75: 4 Topps NBA '77: 26 Topps NBA '78: one complete...

26” Schwinn 3-speed wheelset in excellent condition. These came off of a 1956 Corvette. Sturmey-Archer hub dates to 3/56. Chrome is excellent, almost no corrosion on either rim. Tires are in excellent condition, with no cracks or splits visible. Slight yellowing of whitewalls, which is...

First off, yes these pictures suck, I did not take them. Anyway I’m considering this Columbia that i found online, but I can find no other similar bikes, which makes me wonder if this isn’t one of those knock-offs they reproduced back in thd nineties… now I know even less about Columbias than I...

As some of you know, I purchased a very nice '63 Schwinn Varsity Tourist for my wife for Valentine's Day this year. And while she very much liked the bike, what she really wanted was a 'cruiser', which I took to mean something more akin to a middleweight like my Corvette or Jaguar. But she...

Looking at buying a bike in the Baltimore area— Westminster, about 30 miles NW to be exact— and the seller won’t ship; anyone around in those parts that might be willing to lend a hand?

I got this bike in a deal I made for a '58 Hornet earlier this week. Despite crappy pictures (what is it with people, do they NOT want their items to sell?), I was intrigued by this one due to its color and the non-Schwinn cantilever frame (one of the truly glorious shapes of the modern world...

Bought this 5/1958 Schwinn/BFG Hornet yesterday, because it was cheap, and I wanted it for parts. I noticed as I was disassembling that the rear hub and brake arm are completely different from any I've encountered before; can anyone offer some details as to just what I'm dealing with here...

Left handed 1985 Schecter PT / Saturn. As made famous by Pete Townshend. This is an A-series guitar, which dates it to Schecter's Dallas Days. Guitar in overall very good condition, though there are some dinks and doinks, albeit nothing out of the ordinary for a thirty-seven year old guitar...

So last night for Valentine's Day, I presented my wife with the '63 Schwinn Varsity Tourist I bought for her; and while she likes the bike, she admitted that she'd really rather have, in her words, 'a cruiser, with gears'. So I guess I'm on the lookout now for a step-through framed middleweight...

As many of you know, I’ve been trying to find my wife a vintage bike so that she might accompany me on my rides. After several failures, I think I’ve finally found the one— a 1963 Varsity Tourist. Bought it from a fellow who bought it from the original owners; he claimed it had...

Itching for a new project, so I'm looking for 26" inch Schwinn middleweight frame, 1955-70. Boys/Mens bikes only. Originality a plus, no repaints or powder coats or bare metal bikes, please. Oh, and any color BUT black!

1953 - 54 Wheaties Miniature License Plate Set. 56 Plate Set. Includes all then-48 states (plus the territories of HI and AK) except Arizona, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Also includes ten foreign plates (Canal Zone, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Guam, Italy - Military, Iran...

Made my first foray into the vintage mountain bike realm today, picking up this (I believe) 1983 Ross Diamond Cruiser at the Turlock, CA Swap Meet. Wasn’t planning on buying this— I had gone to the swap meet looking for a Schwinn middleweight frame for a new project— but the price was too good...

I bought this 'Vette a couple weeks ago to cannibalize for a pair of other projects, and now I have parts to sell. It's a '56 with a frame stamp date of 7/1956. Other than tires, top tube decals, and rear fender reflector, I believe the bike to be all original. The parts I'm selling...