manuel rivera
Finally riding a big boys bike
Anybody know who own that beauty?
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Car&bikeguy555
Look Ma, No Hands!
Wow thats nice!
tripple3
Riding Miles; Collecting Smiles
Awesome Westfield Wednesday!
Super-Moon Lunar Eclipse HIGH.
1900 catalog cover,
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Super-Moon Lunar Eclipse HIGH.
1900 catalog cover,
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Thank Goodness for Westfield Wednesday.
I was thinking of how I was going to make it until the Show and Tell forum Sunday.
This is Ethel.
She's from Massachusetts but has lived in Canada for many years.
We met on line a couple of days ago when I saw her picture and profile.
She agreed to meet me at her end of the city after a short chat.
I like my bikes a little on the trashy side, so I bought the ticket and took the ride. A Bus and Subway ticket that is,.....The TTC, The Red Rocket. (Toronto Transit Commission)
I liked what I saw and after a short discussion and negotiation, it was agreed that she would come home with me that night.
As I staring across the Subway aisle on the ride across town with her my imagination raced with thoughts of all the things I wanted to do with her.
She wasn't much of a looker, but she had some attractive bits that all the boys would like to get their hands on.
I was originally eye balling the triple step rims and stand clip, then thought......I've never had a flipped frame bike and RRB Build Off 16 is underway and....and...and...
Well, as it turns out, I was more respectful of old Ethel than I'd expected to be honest and left all her bits right where the good factory people put them some time ago.
I ran short on grease to rebuild the Model D hubs and lent her a pair of hoops and shoes for the photos.
I added a misc pair of Chair pedals,
some Columbia grips, repaired truss rod and recovered seat.( with leather from a neighbour that I got while taking pics.)
(sadly, the seat has one broken saddle come spring, but still works for now)
The spring fling with the lady from the other side of town is going well.
I don't know if she'll borrow a drop stand or get one of her own one day. I'm low one stand and one clip after shipping my 'spare' recently.
Nice old girl but she hasn't even told me her age yet. D94787 F7
I was thinking of how I was going to make it until the Show and Tell forum Sunday.
This is Ethel.
She's from Massachusetts but has lived in Canada for many years.
We met on line a couple of days ago when I saw her picture and profile.
She agreed to meet me at her end of the city after a short chat.
I like my bikes a little on the trashy side, so I bought the ticket and took the ride. A Bus and Subway ticket that is,.....The TTC, The Red Rocket. (Toronto Transit Commission)
I liked what I saw and after a short discussion and negotiation, it was agreed that she would come home with me that night.
As I staring across the Subway aisle on the ride across town with her my imagination raced with thoughts of all the things I wanted to do with her.
She wasn't much of a looker, but she had some attractive bits that all the boys would like to get their hands on.
I was originally eye balling the triple step rims and stand clip, then thought......I've never had a flipped frame bike and RRB Build Off 16 is underway and....and...and...
Well, as it turns out, I was more respectful of old Ethel than I'd expected to be honest and left all her bits right where the good factory people put them some time ago.
I ran short on grease to rebuild the Model D hubs and lent her a pair of hoops and shoes for the photos.
I added a misc pair of Chair pedals,
some Columbia grips, repaired truss rod and recovered seat.( with leather from a neighbour that I got while taking pics.)
(sadly, the seat has one broken saddle come spring, but still works for now)
The spring fling with the lady from the other side of town is going well.
I don't know if she'll borrow a drop stand or get one of her own one day. I'm low one stand and one clip after shipping my 'spare' recently.
Nice old girl but she hasn't even told me her age yet. D94787 F7
manuel rivera
Finally riding a big boys bike
With all the respect , but for an 82 years old that lady looks very foxy
Thank you Manuel for helping date the bike. Born in '39 was she?
I'm happy to find it much more original than I first thought.
It will be safe now.
Those fenders, wheels would be just killer on my Elgin Twin project in bare metal and Big Hanks though. (Also where my drop stand lives.)... Nah.
It's rare that I come across a complete and as original bike as this round these parts, so have a tendency to take some artistic license with my long term builds on a budget.
I'll see if I can get them to sit still together for a picture soon.
Freqman1
Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
Looking good but you may want to straighten her fork. V/r Shawn
Roger That Freqman1, Thank you.
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