Trash picked it and used some steel wool to clean up the chrome. Man this thing is shiny. Not sure what to do with it yet... It's a Sears Free Spirit Brittany...my guess is late 70s early 80s..
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I guess this is vintage..
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Iverider
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
RIDE IT! Looks like it cleaned up nicely.
cyclebuster
Finally riding a big boys bike
nice bike
that is an austrian made bike. not the dime store free spirits from thailand.
that is an austrian made bike. not the dime store free spirits from thailand.
OBcollector
Look Ma, No Hands!
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Good job. I'm also doing a restoration with my Dad's bike. Have no idea what year it is. I'll post some pics soon.
harpon
Finally riding a big boys bike
If I had to guess, I'd say that those are DEFINATELY Asian bikes though-
They are a step above what I recall the Free Spirits were back in the '70's, but you have to realize that the japanese and asian quality really went up through the '80s as far as cycling equipment, so that when Campy got too expensive and exotic, they were ready to offer a great lower cost item on even the top end-
but at the consumer level, they just out-produced everybody else. All kinds of makers started incorporating more equipment and bikes into their lines. I was working at a shop in summers of '73 and '74. We had one line called "Italvega" which were almost exclusively italian manufactured- although I don't know if the name was worldwide or some kind of American distributor. But by the second year, the line had changed the name to "Univega", and began to sport more japanese equipment until I think it became pretty much all Asian.
Nice bikes.
They are a step above what I recall the Free Spirits were back in the '70's, but you have to realize that the japanese and asian quality really went up through the '80s as far as cycling equipment, so that when Campy got too expensive and exotic, they were ready to offer a great lower cost item on even the top end-
but at the consumer level, they just out-produced everybody else. All kinds of makers started incorporating more equipment and bikes into their lines. I was working at a shop in summers of '73 and '74. We had one line called "Italvega" which were almost exclusively italian manufactured- although I don't know if the name was worldwide or some kind of American distributor. But by the second year, the line had changed the name to "Univega", and began to sport more japanese equipment until I think it became pretty much all Asian.
Nice bikes.
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sailorbenjamin
Finally riding a big boys bike
I've got most of a lady's bike to match that if someone were gung ho about Free Spirits. Mine's the lugged Austrian frame.
silvercreek
Wore out three sets of tires already!
There ain't no way you got that out of the trash. LOL! Why can't I ever find a bike like that?
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