Classic & Vintage - Separated at Birth?

Who owns a bike or frame built the year you were born? Post a pic.

Furthermore, has anyone dated a frame or bike to the exact day or week you were born? Who can come the closest?

I think I had a Moto from the year of my birth, '76, but I didnt narrow it to the month and I gave it to my dad. I'll have to check it.

Here's that one for now, just so I have something to show :)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bYNfObzpWyA/TQjuCcWK73I/AAAAAAAAAxY/ZzhcnTkD2Bs/s720/7.jpg

My new '71 Paramount was built sometime during the month of my 13th birthday, March specifically. It would have made the perfect gift for a new teenager, (in my dreams)! :lol:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/pastorbobnlnh/71Frameset.jpg

I don't have any bikes from when I was born. but I do have two with the serial number about 6 apart, aquired almost 20yrs apart

Well this is odd

Born in '62
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Graduated High Schol in '81
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Who owns a bike or frame built the year you were born? Post a pic.

Furthermore, has anyone dated a frame or bike to the exact day or week you were born? Who can come the closest?

I think I had a Moto from the year of my birth, '76, but I didnt narrow it to the month and I gave it to my dad. I'll have to check it.

Here's that one for now, just so I have something to show :)

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bYNfObzpWyA/TQjuCcWK73I/AAAAAAAAAxY/ZzhcnTkD2Bs/s720/7.jpg

Hey, I recognize your background in that pic!

Nothing fun comes to mind in '88 :D

When I turned sixteen i had a bottle of Australian Red Wine made in the year I was born (77) that my uncle had set aside for me. It was terrible.

The only possibility I might have is the Viking I picked up last weekend - but I rather doubt it.

Know what this means? holiday gave me an excuse to get another bike. :lol:

Anybody have a '59 in 56 cm?

1956..... that's gonna cost me.

1956..... that's gonna cost me.

I surprised people as old as you still attempt to ride. :D :innocent:

No I don't have one. I don't think they made bikes that long ago.

Ive never thought about it before, but now ill think about it every time I add a 'new' bike to the garage. Being the same age as me could save some lucky bike from getting sold when I have too many pile up and its time to make some cuts, but the closest thing I have is a 85 Norco(a year older than me) and its ways too small.

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My "grail bike" back in the day . . . a 1791 French Comte Mede de Sivrac:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/auchencrow/Bike%20Forums/oldbike.jpg

Remind me never to ask you guys about fish you've caught. :lol:

Hey, I recognize your background in that pic!
i almost was going to say something about where the pic was from, but I figured I'd see if you'd notice first :)
BTW, finally took my first ride tonight with the Supernove E3 LEd headlight, wow! Awesome! I can actually see!

Nothing fun comes to mind in '88 :D

Say again????
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/Muttleyone/DSCF0008_5.jpg

Mutt

My "grail bike" back in the day . . . a 1791 French Comte Mede de Sivrac:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/auchencrow/Bike%20Forums/oldbike.jpg

You are older than dirt!

I have quite the selection of varsities in the basement. I'm sure at least one of them was made in May 1970.

The closest I can come to 1959 is my Legnano. The person I got it from thought it was from 1961.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FfM_jO4_Tm0/S_cm6WkDy-I/AAAAAAAABcI/PLgMOw9XYJQ/s800/IMG_3650.JPG

I had a Robin hood that was close, 1963 two years older than me.

My new '71 Paramount was built sometime during the month of my 13th birthday, March specifically. It would have made the perfect gift for a new teenager, (in my dreams)! :lol:

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/pastorbobnlnh/71Frameset.jpg

Please tell me you just installed the threadless stem so the fork would stay in place for the photo. Threadless stems on a vintage bike just look funny.

Just checked the Viking's serial number. It starts with 59, with a superscripted 0, then a four number code, with another superscripted 0, and then 22 (which is the size of the frame in inches). I may have my twin. :eek:

Had the year before and the year after, but never the year of.

Please tell me you just installed the threadless stem so the fork would stay in place for the photo. Threadless stems on a vintage bike just look funny.

Exactly! It was just there as a handy way to hold the fork in place for pictures. It has an age appropriate Campagnolo headset ready to install.

Here's an '88 Nishiki Olympic that was too small for me, and have since passed along. I had a early Diamondback as well that I suspected was around the same. Most everything else I've had has dated me pretty well.
http://i466.photobucket.com/albums/rr27/jstewse/bikes/IMG_1662.jpg

you were born is 1988? Great, I'm turning into one of the old guys...

I've also been close with bikes that had a known date, and the closest in the current fleet is my '63 Paramount. And there's a '62 Raleigh Gran Sport frameset hanging in my basement. But I have yet to find something born in 1960, as was I.

Neal

you were born is 1988? Great, I'm turning into one of the old guys...

Old?? Dream on. And try finding a vintage 1954 bike - my LBS has a '54 Raleigh Lenton Sport on display, but that is literally the ONLY bike of that age I've ever seen. Where's that 64cm '54 Herse randonneuse "barn bike" I keep fantasizing about??

SP
Bend, OR

Old?? Dream on. And try finding a vintage 1954 bike - my LBS has a '54 Raleigh Lenton Sport on display, but that is literally the ONLY bike of that age I've ever seen. Where's that 64cm '54 Herse randonneuse "barn bike" I keep fantasizing about??

SP
Bend, OR

no you're right, you're old.

I had a '50 Sports for a while. I'd of happily given it to one of you super old folks, but it went to Banjo Mole.

62

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/72tunaboat/IMG_2271.jpg

... one of you super old folks...

A little disambiguation here:
- An adjective cannot modify another adjective, so obviously you intended that "super" be applied to the noun "people", and not to the adjective "old". ;)

A little disambiguation here:
- An adjective cannot modify another adjective, so obviously you intended that "super" be applied to the noun "people", and not to the adjective "old". ;)

sure, old people are not only super, but super old.

I don't have it any more, but my first "two-wheeler" bike was a second hand Raleigh Chopper from my year of birth:
I dressed like that kid in the ad then (and now): Levi's, Chucks, t-shirts....
http://www.blenheimgang.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/100825-raleigh-chopper-2.jpg

My "grail bike" back in the day . . . a 1791 French Comte Mede de Sivrac:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh117/auchencrow/Bike%20Forums/oldbike.jpg

I should know better then drink coffee when surfing C&V post. now where are the paper towels??

you were born is 1988? Great, I'm turning into one of the old guys...


I was thinking the same sort of thing, this thread could become real depressing.

Graduated High Schol in '81
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Love those little fenders. What are they? Are they at all functional? Not that it really matters for me as im in la and never ride in the rain anyway.

I don't have it any more, but my first "two-wheeler" bike was a second hand Raleigh Chopper from my year of birth:
I dressed like that kid in the ad then (and now): Levi's, Chucks, t-shirts....
http://www.blenheimgang.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/100825-raleigh-chopper-2.jpg

I used to help in my uncle's shop by putting those together. They looked sharp, and I coveted one, but I ended up with a Fireball instead. Just as well - I think they rode better than the Chopper.

Love those little fenders. What are they? Are they at all functional? Not that it really matters for me as im in la and never ride in the rain anyway.


186928Read up Shorty Haters, there's love on the Fourm! Those little fenders are called Shorties, the smallest ligthest thing you can still call a fender. Functional? you bet cuz there purose in life is to liik sweeeeet. No they do nothing and stop nothing. These are alloy Bluemels which I recieved from a closet Shorty lover on the Forum. you can find them on ebay and there is even a Thread on the forum about Shorty Fenders.

I left the factory in October 1980. My Voyageur 11.8 left the factory a little less than six months later, so pretty close.

http://gallery.me.com/justinhughes/100108/Schwinn%20Voyageur%202/web.jpg?ver=12831820700001

Evertime I see that bike, I contemplate entering into a life of crime....sigh

I've got one from the year after, but none of my exact vintage. Anyone got a 56-60cm '79 (preferably from April) they'd like to sell?

Undoubtedly cool, but my bicycle tastes are stuck in the early 80's.

EDIT: ...with a pastel paint job.


Say again????
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i297/Muttleyone/DSCF0008_5.jpg

Mutt

no you're right, you're old.

I had a '50 Sports for a while. I'd of happily given it to one of you super old folks, but it went to Banjo Mole.

Better watch yourself, young 'un, or you might not get to be an oldster...

SP
Bend, OR

Evertime I see that bike, I contemplate entering into a life of crime....sigh

It's already been a victim. I pilfered the wheelset and handlebars for my touring Voyageur. It's upstairs laying on the carpet, without wheels, like an injured horse or something. It makes me sad. I need to build some wheels for it and soon.

Better watch yourself, young 'un, or you might not get to be an oldster...

SP
Bend, OR

:)

Evertime I see that bike, I contemplate entering into a life of crime....sigh

Hi Velognome!
You're from New Jersey, aren't you?
I hear that after the big FBI round-up Thursday it's looking like a ghost town. ;)

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php/708354-Separated-at-Birth/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Velognome
Evertime I see that bike, I contemplate entering into a life of crime....sigh

Hi Velognome!
You're from New Jersey, aren't you?
I hear that after the big FBI round-up Thursday it's looking like a ghost town.

Yeah, kinda created a void in my neighborhood...Hey opportunity knocks....Yuz tinkin bout buyin some surance for ya bike wuz ya?

Hey Colonel- Kentucky+Lame horse= !!!!!! My God youre not gonna shoot it are ya?

These are alloy Bluemels which I recieved from a closet Shorty lover on the Forum.

Shhh. I'm not ready to come out yet :lol:

My first really great Garage Sale deal: '81 Miyata 110....came attached to a 20$ brooks B.66

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.... I made out. My Bookie got nabbed :lol: (for any FBI agents reading this, I do not actually have a bookie.)

All my bikes are much older than me :p

Nah , this Benotto is a 1986 only one year before my birth (currently completely stripped down, either going to me my first attempt at a FG or a flip)

sorry for the crappy pic
http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac167/minor_mass/New%20Ride%20-%20Benotto/Bike_34019.jpg

My 58 Raleigh Superbe.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/__0sZkBzxvxs/TQ1PF-qZMcI/AAAAAAAABAE/N1DuyFy7NsQ/s800/DSC04623.JPG