ORPHAN AND ULTRA RARE BIKE THREAD, THE HARDLY EVER SEEN.

[Adamtinkerer]

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[Adamtinkerer]

An early postwar Monark, blackout hubs. I haven't seen another with this paint scheme, and I've only seen 2 or 3 other bikes with the J&R Auto Flyer badge.

 

[brwstrmgmt]

Here is a Western Flyer Airflow, aluminum fenders and all. Don't see these every day.

 

[mrg]

An early postwar Monark, blackout hubs. I haven't seen another with this paint scheme, and I've only seen 2 or 3 other bikes with the J&R Auto Flyer badge.
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Badge pic?

 

[Adamtinkerer]

Badge pic?

I have one from my other J&R, which is a '30s Shelby built.

 

[Freqman1]

The company didn't name the '38 Twin Flex "the Death Bike!"
That name didn't happen until around 1990, at the Motel 6, in Ann Arbor, by 4 guys, bike meet tired/drunk.
(Phil Scott, Pat Cafaro, me, and Tim Geddors.)
There was no known literature at the time, let alone the bike.
Within 2 years, the catalogs popped up and a nice one rolled into a meet.
Phil always swore he saw one, in the back of a truck, at a rainy Perrysburg fall meet, in the 1980's.
The old guy, driving the truck, didn't unload and just drove away with a load of bikes.

Notice how the article says the design was due to weakness. Also notice how the above dates don't line up with the date of the article. V/r Shawn

 

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[Goldenrod]

1) Rubber band Gatling gun 2) Runt bike, 3) Kangaroo bike handle bar should be under the rider 4) Roller skate bike Zamboni type street sweeper 5) When motorized a Steampunk bike

 

[non-fixie]

Came across this bike in Belgium a few years ago. Presumably a one-off. Not sure Ernesto would approve, though.

 

[catfish]