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[Dan the bike man]

Very cool. Never heard of this one before.

 

[kccomet]

wow, wow wow. can you tell us the back story on how you found this

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

wow, wow wow. can you tell us the back story on how you found this

Thank you. Two years ago I started collecting old bicycles. I have an 82 year old friend who is a packrat, hoarder, picker dude. I told him that I wanted old bikes. He goes to the scrap yard every day which is where he found it. I came home last December after spending some time in Chicago and my friend said he had a bike for me. He walked over to a 4' snow bank ( we get a lot of snow here) and pulled it out and said "Here you go. If you never need it you'll use it some time." He's a great old dude! I didn't know what it was but l saw the toc bars and was pretty excited.

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

@Bike-A-Yike-All ....That's one HELLOVA first post! Welcome to The Cabe & thank you for sharing such a rare & unbelievable piece of bicycle history!!!

Thank you for the warm welcome. Wished I would have joined sooner.

 

[fordmike65]

Thank you. Two years ago I started collecting old bicycles. I have an 82 year old friend who is a packrat, hoarder, picker dude. I told him that I wanted old bikes. He goes to the scrap yard every day which is where he found it. I came home last December after spending some time in Chicago and my friend said he had a bike for me. He walked over to a 4' snow bank ( we get a lot of snow here) and pulled it out and said "Here you go. If you never need it you'll use it some time." He's a great old dude! I didn't know what it was but l saw the toc bars and was pretty excited.

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

Unbelievable-
You're dealing with pure unobtanium there my new best friend ([emoji6])
That chain case hardware doesn't exist, it would almost certainly need to be fabricated from at best a catalog image.
Unreal survivor though, museum worthy as it sits.


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Thank you

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

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Thank you. Great info. The celluloid cover amazed me. I have wondered what the groove all the way around chain case was for.

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

Not mine, I downloaded this image from the net several years ago, no other info on it.

Thank you

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

That's the coolest thing I have seen in a long time!

Thank you.

 

[Bike-A-Yike-All]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA???????
:eek::eek::eek:

Right?!?!???!