Hi All, I’m from beautiful Marysville California right next to the mountains. It is real nice this time of year so I wanted a new bike. My old schwinn is...
yeah, hey, tell ya what. I willl send you a nice mountain bike. air in the tires and everything for a swap for that old Eisenwhatsis bike. Probably not any...
DO NOT Listen to the man behind the curtain about trading that bike for his wally world special (LOL) Hang on to it!!! Take it to a reputable shop and find out...
yep, that WAS a fortunate find if this wasn't an April 1 joke! (which I took it for myself!) and why I responded in kind. My advice if it is TRULY a nice...
I just picked up what i am told is a 1960 schwinn at a local bike swap. I paid $40 for it and it had been hit by a car. lucky the plummer tubing straighten...
Met Saint Rudge this morning out at the western new york bike swap. His name is Don and he was astride a 1880s 53" wheel, honest to goodness, for real...Rudge....
Guy was meandering around the swap meet carrying a set of wheels (which I'd presumed he'd bought)..nice looking. Finally, almost the end of the meet he comes...
Hi Forbes, I don't have any personal experience of new Sturmey gears, but it happens I asked my brother (who runs a bike shop) the same question a couple of...
I was out running errands on a bike yesterday, when I saw an old Nishiki road bike locked up to a street sign. Something pulled me nearer. Sure enough... ...
Did you ask him why the bidding for the New Hudson is going so badly Rich? ;-) Something I've always wanted to do is have a go on a high wheel ordinary, but...
An 'Empire' gents bike has just come up on auction. I dare not bid because I'm stretching my budget horribly with chasing the New Hudson at the moment, but I...
was answered today as a parade of schwinn stingrays came rolling into the swap meet today. As they came by our clubs table I looked at the guy and said: ...
When installing Benotto cello tape, the directions say to "heat end with flame and adhere to tape pressing until it sticks." Could someone please elaborate on...
Dang, some people have all the luck. All I managed to score this weekend was an old 1967 Raleigh Sport, in metallic red with a Wrights leather seat. And a...
Gary, Here you go: http://www.geocities.com/sldatabook/publications.html The 1960 Dealer catalog is actually from 1959 -- I still haven't changed that ... The...
I've just been told it's my birthday today. Amazing the things you can overlook when you're having a fun day working on your bicycles :-) Cheers, Annie...
My B Day wish for ya is to "beRudgingly" hope a new electric system comes on the market that weighs all of 5 lbs and has a 6 hour duration to motor you up hill...
I must have been the red headed stepchild in wraping handlebars because I always started from the inside and worked out,tucking the tepe end into the bar end...
Well I didn't get the New Hudson (sigh). I'd bid up as far as I dared and even then I would've been messing up my budget if I'd won, - but (sigh) I lost for...
... But Annie, I'm sure that if you total up all our salaries, the men on this list add up to one rich husband. Well, one upper-middle class husband at the...
My connections in India have gotten me interested in the Cricket World Cup. I guess, in a way, cricket and old bicycles go together pretty well. I can easily...
I certainly am Forbes :-) I heartily approve of cricket and I'm proud that NZ has such a strong team in the Black Caps. My own preference is for the...
Yer killin' me Annie! I wan't to move to your town tomorrow! Leave my cars and my troubles in southern California and start a simple, clean life in NZ. Of ...
Forbes; being rich is the only way those kiwis will let us in! Trust me, I tried several decades ago. It is truly a beautifull country (epecially the north...
Yes but the actual landscapes they put the computer stuff into was real. It's possible to actually go and have a look at the various sites if you've got a...
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