Charlie Jaeger's Bastid motor paced stayer bike

[Harvest Cyclery]

Picked this up at the T-town swap this weekend. The nice folks I bought it from said it had belonged to motor paced champion Charlie Jaeger of Newark New Jersey.

I added the saddle, rear wheel, and bar/stem combo.

Wondering if anyone has any info on the Bastid brand, or Charlie Jaeger.

Very exited to have a bike that may have been raced in the Golden Age of New York City racing.

Any info or comments appreciated.

Thanks,
-AJ

 

[kccomet]

very cool, thats the kind of bike that gets me excited. let me know if its for sale. i have a several bastides and would like to have another

 

[Harvest Cyclery]

I got really exited as well. I saw it being carried to a booth from 30 yards away and followed it in. I bought it within 30 seconds of it landing. Joel did me a solid by not grabbing it.

The only other Bastid stayers I have found on the web had a gusset tube running from the headtube to the bottom of the downtube. Would you happen to have any photos of your bastids? Anyone know where I could find the appropriate extra long adjustable stem for it?

Thanks,
-AJ

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Wow, 'factory' backwards forks! It must have handled pretty erratically.

 

[walter branche]

the forks were to enable, the bike to get closer to the pacer , check out some early photos ,

 

[Harvest Cyclery]