Would love some information please!

[R&D]

You are so knowledgeable I also have this bike. It's a Murray but looks very similar. What are your thoughts. Again I really appreciate you sharing your amazing and vast knowledge

 

[nick tures]

foremost swinger nice bike should clean up !

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

I just ran across this gem.

From the Western Flyer catalog, 1969 I believe.

 

[AndyA]

That bike is crazy cool! But could someone please explain to me about he brake lever next to the shift lever? Is it attached to the rear brake cable? I'm trying to imagine stopping and steering with one hand on the handlebar and one hand on the top bar lever.

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

It was labeled as a parking brake to lock the rear wheel so the bike didn't roll away when you parked it.
Since most boys jumped off the bike while it was still rolling and let it park itself there weren't many bikes rolling away when parked.
Unless they had help.

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

You are so knowledgeable I also have this bike. It's a Murray but looks very similar. What are your thoughts. Again I really appreciate you sharing your amazing and vast knowledge

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That is an Eliminator as well, but it is the one like the AMF Buzz Bike.
Not the Buzz Buggy like the last photo I sent you.
Not nearly as cool, but still a nice bike all in all. Orange or purple ones still looks cool though.

 

[bikemonkey]

Very cool thread on some very cool bikes!

Here is my contribution on the Murray Elimanators - photos I snapped of a 1969 Murray catalog.

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

You are so knowledgeable I also have this bike. It's a Murray but looks very similar. What are your thoughts. Again I really appreciate you sharing your amazing and vast knowledge

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Some Buzz bikes for comparison and some early style Eliminator catalog info.

 

[AndyA]

It was labeled as a parking brake to lock the rear wheel so the bike didn't roll away when you parked it.
Since most boys jumped off the bike while it was still rolling and let it park itself there weren't many bikes rolling away when parked.
Unless they had help.

Dr. Oldbikeguy:
Thanks for clearing that up! That brake may fit in the category of solutions looking for problems.

My little brother had a Sears muscle bike that rolled away with some help. He found it chained to a bike rack at the neighborhood swim club. He went home, got a hacksaw, and started to cut the chain when a police officer showed up. He had some explaining to do, but all was well in the end.

 

[Oldbikeguy1960]

Dr. Oldbikeguy:
Thanks for clearing that up! That brake may fit in the category of solutions looking for problems.

My little brother had a Sears muscle bike that rolled away with some help. He found it chained to a bike rack at the neighborhood swim club. He went home, got a hacksaw, and started to cut the chain when a police officer showed up. He had some explaining to do, but all was well in the end.

I also read something today in an old Sears ad for these bikes that talked about the Park brake as an aid in doing your stunts, that it would provide just the right amount of drag.
Pretty risky advertising, but those were different times. The CPSC would roast a company over hot coals for "endangering those unable to make rational decisions without their assistance and approval".