Turbo231

I'm a sucker for banana seat bikes, probably because one was my first bike. Anywho, rarely pass one up when I find it locally, picked this one up on an online facebook auction.

I would love some input...ever have one? Fairly common? Rare? Total Disaster? I will probably end up painting it green and keeping in my kid fleet...green because it tends to be gender neutral so boys will also ride it.

Most kids bikes I find are smaller version of larger bikes, this one however appears to be an overgrown tricycle, pedals included.

Here is the bike similar to how I saw it in the ad...old girls bike. Wasn't sure if it was a 20" or 16", ended up being a 16". Already knew it was cheap by the handlebar tightener and the pedals not having bearings.


Brand Badge...weird logo, haven't found much on it yet.


The bottom bracket shell is open, so I guess oiling is easy.


The seat post is tiny and the pedals are pure tricycle...




Thoughts? Not rare I'm guessing, but seems safe enough and will look pretty with new paint and tires. They appear to be standard 16" white walls.

gurry

That really is a small seat post. I think that is a neat little bike. No down tube, just a double mixte frame with the bottom bracket suspended from the seat tube.
Can you take a picture of the cheap handlebar tightener?

Turbo231

Holy crap! You are right, the bottom bracket does just hang there! I never noticed the lack of conventional chainstays. She's a keeper for sure now. It is a Shimano coaster brake, so that's a recognizable name.

As for the handlebars, it appears to just have a set bolt.

fixed1313

Gotta love it..............even has spokey dokeys or what ever they were called.

Turbo231

Well, to add to this thread a bit, I have found a similar bike setup with different steering and wheel sizes. The frame is just about the same just with a different fender mounting for the rear and this bike uses HARD rubber tires. Yuck. Thought it might have been smaller but the frame is the same, just smaller wheels. 7" in the front and 9" in the rear. The front is cracked badly, will have to find a fix for that and a new pedal. My questions before the pictures...are all bikes usually coaster brake bikes? This bike the pedals are locked with the rear wheel, front or back, with no coasting. Perhaps a step up from a tricycle or is the coaster brake frozen? Still a bit cold for me to take apart yet, so first hand knowledge will save me a bit of digging.






BayCrest is a part of the Hudson Bay brands here in Canada, probably sold at "The Bay", guessing 80's or earlier. Anywho, any information would be great. Pink bike is being painted this green soon for my girl.

PatTheSlat 

Ha, it's a tiny fixie! I don't see any coaster brake brace on that green one so I'm guessing that's how it's supposed to be.