Let's See Your Wood Wheels!

[mike j]

Mo' Faux

Ballontyre posted some great pages from the Sears Elgin catalogs from the thirties a while back. One of them was from spring 1934, they advertised just under two thousand of these economy camelbacks for sale. I picked this one up at the 2013 fall Dudley swap. ( Next one, a week & a half away ). It was pretty crusty & what was left of the wheels were wrong & shot. Painted aluminum hoops that look good, not too close. This is a really nice rider.

 

[oldy57]

Gold plated CCM Flyer.

 

[Greg M]

Ooooo, shiny!

 

[fordmike65]

1890's Crescent project


It's a crusty mess, but it'll be roadworthy some day...

 

[cruisersbylou]

What year is the Flyer? Beautiful bike!

 

[Dale Alan]

Gold plated CCM Flyer.

That is a beautiful bike you have. I see some CCMs here but nothing that goes back that far.

 

[vuniw]

This might be my favorite thread on this forum. Keep the wood wheel pics coming

 

[fordmike65]

This might be my favorite thread on this forum. Keep the wood wheel pics coming

.......Next Wednesday

 

[mike j]

A pair of metal clad ladies. Both of these girls were battered, white washed, stripped of all dignity (and parts that could be used on boy's bikes), then cast into the street. Well, parking lot at swap meet, where I found them. Guess I figured that I could have my way with them then. Fenders, seats, lights , wheels, etc. all came from different swaps. Both sets of metal clads were single tubes, cut grooves for clinchers using knowledge gained from this forum. Westfield Elgin & Colson Silver Ring, both early thirties. Starting to run low on my wood wheels, though that may change after the Dudley swap this weekend.

 

[Wcben]

My 1903 Racycle, with one original wood wheel, not shown are the wooden drop style handlebars and the two new wood hoops (and allot of new nickle plating)....