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Kickstand3
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I tried at first, then it mostly went down hill for me and I was there before 6 and lost patience by 9am . So I left. Lots of NFS items or just stuff. The good few good items that were sold seems to me were sold within a brother hood . Not much worth taking more pics other than the museum and I wasn’t part of the brotherhood. Not very many vendors really nice place to have a swap tho , kinda sucked after driving 7 hours and trying to sleep at a best western the night before then driving in the rain most of the way back into Texas.
rollfaster
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
I’ll see if I can get Marty@1018Kustoms or @oldfart36 to post some. Ici could’ve make it, I would have posted a bunch!
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
Hold tight, I finally got a moment to copy the pics from my camera to my hard drives. I then got to scale them down so I can upload them here, but I'll be posting a decent amount of pics tonight!
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
Hold tight, I finally got a moment to copy the pics from my camera to my hard drives. I then got to scale them down so I can upload them here, but I'll be posting a decent amount of pics tonight!
bicycle larry
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
thanks , thats good of you to do that
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
No problem. Might take a while though. I took a lot of duplicate/bracketed photos, so I might want to skim down the hundreds of photos I'm currently copying before I take everything into Photoshop and post them here.
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
Okay, I don't have a ton of photos of the swap meet, but I have enough to prove that there was a swap meet on Sunday. For some reason, probably because I was just in a rush to get set up, I didn't take photos of my own stuff I had for sale/trade. I did get photos of what I bought/traded for, though.
One guy, who's name escapes me at the moment, had a 1950 Montgomery Ward/Hawthorne just like my RRBBO15 bike, Dumpster Diamond, except his was a stock survivor! I just had to get some photos comparing the two.
Another guy had this custom-built swing bike. I never rode one of these before, but I always wanted to try one out after I learned about them. Thankfully, I got to take it for a spin, and I quickly understood why he wanted me to practice just going straight first. It's a challenge just to go in a straight line, but once I got the hang of it, turning and twisting was a little easier to figure out. This thing is squirrely, sketchy, and downright fun! I need to get me one of these!
These are all the photos of the swap meet that I've got. I shot photos earlier today of all the stuff I bought/traded for, which I'm either going to try to edit now, or early tomorrow morning so I can post them here as well.
One guy, who's name escapes me at the moment, had a 1950 Montgomery Ward/Hawthorne just like my RRBBO15 bike, Dumpster Diamond, except his was a stock survivor! I just had to get some photos comparing the two.
Another guy had this custom-built swing bike. I never rode one of these before, but I always wanted to try one out after I learned about them. Thankfully, I got to take it for a spin, and I quickly understood why he wanted me to practice just going straight first. It's a challenge just to go in a straight line, but once I got the hang of it, turning and twisting was a little easier to figure out. This thing is squirrely, sketchy, and downright fun! I need to get me one of these!
These are all the photos of the swap meet that I've got. I shot photos earlier today of all the stuff I bought/traded for, which I'm either going to try to edit now, or early tomorrow morning so I can post them here as well.
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
I managed to bring back less than I brought up with me, even after I bought/traded for other stuff. That's fine by me, as I got rid of a bunch of bikes and parts I didn't need, and I got a few things that I wanted. Here's what I brought home:
I traded a bunch of stuff early on for this bike carrier, as I'd been thinking about getting one for a while to use on my car. Now I just need to get the trailer hitch!
Got this matching set of wheels for a bike I'm doing a mild restoration on.
More parts for custom bikes: a rear rack, handlebars and some grips.
I was pretty excited to get this Columbia springer fork.
It needs a little work though, as the wheel mounts aren't exactly straight...
And to go with the fork, I got this "Goodyear Double Eagle" Columbia frame. The kickstand's bent and stuck, so if anyone knows how to remove that part, I'd appreciate some help. Also, is the seat clamp supposed to be welded to the seat tube, or did someone just do that to this one?
Love the head badge on this one. Just wish it didn't have some red paint on the edges.
Okay, I didn't get these last 2 bikes at the swap meet, but I did trade for them on the way home after the swap meet. Got them from one of the local vendors whom I've known since I got into this hobby 3 years ago. First up, another Columbia straight bar, with what looks like either the original paint, or a really old repaint.
There are a few blobs of metal on this frame. There are two under the bottom bracket, and there's one on the chainstay. I'm not sure if they're signs of an old repair, or if they're manufacturer errors. I don't see anything like this on my other frame, but I don't know...
This is arguably my favorite item I traded for on Sunday. I saw this bike pop up on Marketplace about a month or so ago, and while I'm more into boys' bikes than girls' bikes, this one just caught my eye. I loved the shape of the frame, the patina, and the overall art deco vibes I was getting from it. I'm not really sure what exactly I'm going to do with it just yet, but I think I'm just going to try and get it riding again with as much of the original parts and patina as I can.
The head badge says it's a NONPAREIL bike from the NONPAREIL BICYCLE WORKS in St. Louis, Missouri. I've never heard of this brand before, and the frame, though similar to some Elgins I've seen, looks different. I'll post it and the two Columbia frames and parts in an I.D./Value thread later.
Speaking of the Columbia frames, I couldn't help but mockup parts on one of those frames. I was originally planning on stripping the paint and either painting or powder coating it black, but when I stuck a Columbia chain guard from my stash of parts on it, I began to have second thoughts. Maybe I'll do the already repainted frame in black, and just build this one with all old, rusty parts. I don't know, but these bikes are on the back-burner until I finish some other projects first.
I can't help but think my springer fork is either bent, or just not assembled properly. Is the spring supposed to be at a different angle than the main part of the fork, or is there some adjustment I need to make? Again, any and all help is appreciated.
I traded a bunch of stuff early on for this bike carrier, as I'd been thinking about getting one for a while to use on my car. Now I just need to get the trailer hitch!
Got this matching set of wheels for a bike I'm doing a mild restoration on.
More parts for custom bikes: a rear rack, handlebars and some grips.
I was pretty excited to get this Columbia springer fork.
It needs a little work though, as the wheel mounts aren't exactly straight...
And to go with the fork, I got this "Goodyear Double Eagle" Columbia frame. The kickstand's bent and stuck, so if anyone knows how to remove that part, I'd appreciate some help. Also, is the seat clamp supposed to be welded to the seat tube, or did someone just do that to this one?
Love the head badge on this one. Just wish it didn't have some red paint on the edges.
Okay, I didn't get these last 2 bikes at the swap meet, but I did trade for them on the way home after the swap meet. Got them from one of the local vendors whom I've known since I got into this hobby 3 years ago. First up, another Columbia straight bar, with what looks like either the original paint, or a really old repaint.
There are a few blobs of metal on this frame. There are two under the bottom bracket, and there's one on the chainstay. I'm not sure if they're signs of an old repair, or if they're manufacturer errors. I don't see anything like this on my other frame, but I don't know...
This is arguably my favorite item I traded for on Sunday. I saw this bike pop up on Marketplace about a month or so ago, and while I'm more into boys' bikes than girls' bikes, this one just caught my eye. I loved the shape of the frame, the patina, and the overall art deco vibes I was getting from it. I'm not really sure what exactly I'm going to do with it just yet, but I think I'm just going to try and get it riding again with as much of the original parts and patina as I can.
The head badge says it's a NONPAREIL bike from the NONPAREIL BICYCLE WORKS in St. Louis, Missouri. I've never heard of this brand before, and the frame, though similar to some Elgins I've seen, looks different. I'll post it and the two Columbia frames and parts in an I.D./Value thread later.
Speaking of the Columbia frames, I couldn't help but mockup parts on one of those frames. I was originally planning on stripping the paint and either painting or powder coating it black, but when I stuck a Columbia chain guard from my stash of parts on it, I began to have second thoughts. Maybe I'll do the already repainted frame in black, and just build this one with all old, rusty parts. I don't know, but these bikes are on the back-burner until I finish some other projects first.
I can't help but think my springer fork is either bent, or just not assembled properly. Is the spring supposed to be at a different angle than the main part of the fork, or is there some adjustment I need to make? Again, any and all help is appreciated.
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