1891 New Mail

[Freqman1]

My brother stopped and checked this out for me today. He spoke to the owner/auctioneer who said there has been a lot of interest and people trying to get him to stop the auction. I think offers were in the $2500 range. I'm going to bid to keep it honest and who knows? V/r Shawn

 

[oldmtrcyc]

Very cool. Looks like wrong wheels/hubs?

 

[locomotion]

nice, I will also bid on the bike as a phone bidder.
crazy thing is that I have the whole brake hardware for this bike
found it years ago in a parts box, didn't know to what bike it could belong to until I saw posts about this bike!

 

[Phattiremike]

Cool bike - good luck guys. Max, would that have been a spoon break set up?

Mike

 

[locomotion]

Mike
no, it's a wheel band brake
fenders and chain guard should be pretty easy to fabricate

 

[Freqman1]

Based on these pics--I'm no expert--looks like at least the rear hub is correct and laced into a 28" rim. Mike, the brake has a rod that runs from the handlebars to the rear hub for the brake. V/r Shawn

 

[bikebozo]

The hub is correct, it is missing the brake part, where the contracting band , locates

 

[bikewhorder]

That's a really awkward looking bike, there's nothing even remotely cool about it. Only a fool would pay more than the scrap value for that POS. Even the chain is on the wrong side. I think we should all just boycott this auction listing.

 

[Freqman1]

Hammered at $6700 not including fees and taxes. Over the money in my book but hey it wasn’t my money!

 

[bikewhorder]

Hammered at $6700 not including fees and taxes. Over the money in my book but hey it wasn’t my money!

I think that's a good price for something this cool.