Found This Old Bird On The Porch...

[bikewhorder]

So the other night I was scrolling through Craigslist listings and there was one from this antique store in Vermont and they showed a picture of the store in the last photo and I noticed that there were some bikes on the porch in the photo and when I looked closer I couldn't believe my eyes. Here's the picture.

 

[cyclingday]

So, I hope you contacted them, and told them to get that bike off the porch because it was about to be stolen.

 

[jkent]

And have been burnning up the phone every since.
Already got my plane ticket out to Vermont to pick it up.
JKent

 

[bikewhorder]

I tried not to get too excited I figured the photo was old and the bike was long gone but I made a point to call them in the morning anyway and as it turns out they were not long gone the photo was a year old but they've been sitting there on the porch of this antique store for about a year. First I talked to the wife of the husband-and-wife team that ran the shop and I expressed my interest and threw out a few numbers based on the fuzzy photo and I got a call from the owner who said my numbers had perked his interest even though as far as he was concerned they were not for sale. I made the trip over there today and this is what I came home with.

 

[mike j]

I need the rack, front fender & the fork. Only kidding, it's raining Bluebirds!!! Big congratulations on a great score.

 

[bikeyard]

Nice. Good job

 

[cds2323]

Glad you didn't jinx it when you hinted about it before you got a chance to pick it up. Bluebird over Oriole any day! Love the homemade combination tank/rack on it.

 

[bikewhorder]

Glad you didn't jinx it when you hinted about it before you got a chance to pick it up. Bluebird over Oriole any day! Love the homemade combination tank/rack on it.

 

[bikewhorder]

Yeah an interesting footnote to this story is that I was actually on the phone with Chris AKA cds2323 at the time when I found this bike. I might have spaced out for a second during our conversation, sorry Chris.

 

[bikewhorder]

And have been burnning up the phone every since.
Already got my plane ticket out to Vermont to pick it up.
JKent

Huh?