luckyfind
Finally riding a big boys bike
I just picked this up today. I'm pretty excited about it but that's every new bike that comes home. Living in northern Idaho bike finds can be few and far between. This one was on Craigslist and excited me enough to drive seven hours round trip to make it mine[emoji7]. My drive started at 4:00 am this morning. I had to make it back to my daughters concert at 1:00pm. All went well wife is happy daughter is happy and I am happy! I will be cleaning and undressing the newer parts off the bike to revile what is left of the original bike tonight. More pics to follow soon.
I know there is quite a bit of wrong parts on the bike. That goes without saying. I believe this bike (frame, forks, and fenders) to be original Columbian built. I have a bike that is almost exactly the same. The serial number got me excited! Could this be a ww1 military machine. That is my guess?? What do you guys think? The drab green under the maroon plus the U.S. Before the serial number is what I'm going on. Does the 2 that kind of floats by its self suggest 1912? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Tomas
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Thanks
Tomas
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