bentwoody66
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Finally got around to being satisfied with the patina on my re-pop Fowler badge. Mounted on the bike and looking good. Jeremiah is an artist to say the least, thanks
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Sunday's Show and Tell ...5/12/24
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New Mexico Brant
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Looks perfect Kenny! Congratulations, I am looking forward to seeing the complete bicycle.
Bike from the Dead
I live for the CABE
I traded a 1968 Schwinn Stingray frame and a MTB rack for a "barn-find" JC Higgins I had my eye on for the past 5 years from a buddy of mine down in Oklahoma City yesterday. I could never get the best look at it because it was always buried behind a bunch of stuff, but I could see the seat well enough to know I wanted that at least!
Thankfully, excavating it was actually pretty easy. I dusted it off and loaded it into the back of my mom's Ford Edge before heading home. (My car's battery chose to die at the worst possible time, so she offered to let me use hers until I could replace the battery.)
I wiped the JC Higgins down with some car washing liquid that got tossed in with the deal, and this bike looks waaaaay better than I thought it would! Despite being exposed to the elements for who knows how many years, this JC Higgins is in great shape! It even still has both original Sears Allstate Safety Tread tires! And the seat that attracted me to the bike is gleaming so bright it's difficult getting the best shots of it in the sun!
What's weird about this JC Higgins is that it's got a "false cantilever" design, where the bars start at the frame, but they're not part of the seat stays. I don't know much about these early middleweight Murrays, so I'm looking forward to leaning more about it.
Thankfully, excavating it was actually pretty easy. I dusted it off and loaded it into the back of my mom's Ford Edge before heading home. (My car's battery chose to die at the worst possible time, so she offered to let me use hers until I could replace the battery.)
I wiped the JC Higgins down with some car washing liquid that got tossed in with the deal, and this bike looks waaaaay better than I thought it would! Despite being exposed to the elements for who knows how many years, this JC Higgins is in great shape! It even still has both original Sears Allstate Safety Tread tires! And the seat that attracted me to the bike is gleaming so bright it's difficult getting the best shots of it in the sun!
What's weird about this JC Higgins is that it's got a "false cantilever" design, where the bars start at the frame, but they're not part of the seat stays. I don't know much about these early middleweight Murrays, so I'm looking forward to leaning more about it.
Barnegatbicycles
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Fabricated a beam and some posts for a shoring job at work.
Worked on my star for a bit. Mounted the arms, drive units and made an axle.
Also did some work on a set of g&j rambler pedals. The axle threads on one were snapped and the other way missing pedal blocks. So I drilled and tapped a hole and made a sort of threaded plug. For the blocks I was able to take some old ones I had and reshaped them.
Worked on my star for a bit. Mounted the arms, drive units and made an axle.
Also did some work on a set of g&j rambler pedals. The axle threads on one were snapped and the other way missing pedal blocks. So I drilled and tapped a hole and made a sort of threaded plug. For the blocks I was able to take some old ones I had and reshaped them.
volksboy57
I live for the CABE
Glad to help!
WillWork4Parts
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Traded for this one this week. I had started to just post these first three photos and see who wanted to guess what it was...lol
...figured not that many people like the lightweights THAT much.
The bars are gonna need flipped. Already got some grips for it from a Tandem. I thought I was going to shear my calluses off trying to remove the grips from the tandem bars! Also dug up some truss rods to try on the beater Continental.
The bars are gonna need flipped. Already got some grips for it from a Tandem. I thought I was going to shear my calluses off trying to remove the grips from the tandem bars! Also dug up some truss rods to try on the beater Continental.
dogdart
I live for the CABE
Scored a ton of stuff at ML and Monroe.
Also got a bike from Pete's auction that looks like a keeper
And another sweet pair of 30 inch Torrington script steerhorns
There's even more not pictured, including a really nice Pixie from the BMoA sale for the grandkid and a bike I bought just for the gumwall Indian head tires
Also got a bike from Pete's auction that looks like a keeper
And another sweet pair of 30 inch Torrington script steerhorns
There's even more not pictured, including a really nice Pixie from the BMoA sale for the grandkid and a bike I bought just for the gumwall Indian head tires
Rust_Trader
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
A cool baggie
SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Actually, that's really nice. The black looks great with that decal set. I wouldn't call that a "beater". Interesting that your bb serial number actually drops into place alongside the Superior bb serials for 1949-50. Looks like they pulled your shell from the same bin as the Superior shells. It's too bad they aren't sequential numbers, but same neighborhood roughly. My guess is those cottered crank shells were stamped, went into the bin, and then pulled more or less at random.
Post-War ('40s-'50s) Schwinn Superior List | Lightweight Schwinn Bicycles
My 49 is for sale, message me if interested!
thecabe.com
Any interest in a Continentals serial list for 1940s-50s Continentals? I have a blue one I need to photograph and get back on the road in the next week or so. Maybe a worthwhile project to do a list for these as well.
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