what should i do?????????????

[Cole Lower]

i have this old pre war 28 in elgin (i need to know what year it is??). I would also like to know what i need to do to make it rideable I wanted to keep it original but I am being told that I shouldn't ride it on the metal clad/wooden rims.

 

[yeshoney]

Here are your pics

Small issue with the pic loading protocol, but I posted them for you. If you decide you want to sell this bike, let me know. It has a bunch of stuff i need for one of my Elgins.

 

[Cole Lower]

thanks

thanks for posting my pics that was my first atempt to post them, what did I do wrong? I will keep you in mind if i want to sell it but i want to ride it for a while. So would you know what year it is.

 

[DonChristie]

Beautiful bike! I am getting a similiar bike road worthy. If those rims are 28" metal over wood, I would say it is pre 1935, IMHO. Check out the Mobibicycle thread. You can get tires for it. She will clean up nice. Nothing WD40 and xxxx steelwool wont fix. I am sure there is a resident Elgin expert here...

 

[kunzog]

Those tires are not rideable but dont throw them out they are still useable to a collector that would want them for an original bike.

 

[Adamtinkerer]

The dilemma with these is that replacement tires go for $100+ each! Modern 700C rims are approx. the same size, though most tires that size are skinny road type tires. If you can find an English/China?Indian 28" roadster, those rims will work. I picked up a pair of flying pigeon rims for one of mine, though I'll need to replace the freewheel rear hub w/a coaster brake.